Week 6: RefinementThroughout the 40 day program we have been exploring basic, essential practices for health; self awareness, relaxation, proper breathing, movement, meditation and good diet.
Hopefully, you have experienced, at least to some degree, the power of these practices to clear away the negative effects of stress and to rejuvenate the mind and body. You might have also come to the realization that you have only scratched the surface and that there is much more to be gained by further study and practice. With regular practice and right action you are constantly fine tuning and therefore refining your physiology, sharpening the mind and strengthening the body.
The challenge then, is to incorporate these practices into your daily life, creating a lifestyle that supports your well being, allowing you to live a purposeful life.
Week 6: TRIUMPH Congratulations!
5 more days! You should feel great about yourself and your own personal success. You gave yourself this gift of 40 Days, and we hope you are realizing the benefits - which can be subtle, or not so subtle! A regular practice of yoga, meditation, and conscious eating will help make you feel younger, lighter, brighter, more natural and whole.
Remembering who you are, and where you belong is no small gift. We hope this program has been a help to you. Your completion of the 40 Days is not the end. It is the beginning of a flexible life where you can find triumph in staying open to growing and transforming and refining. For these final 5 days, just observe the little triumphs you are experiencing. This may mean you’re going a little deeper in a pose, finding that a relationship has gotten easier, realizing how easily you can change habitual thinking and action. Whatever it is, know that these changes, small and large, bring you home.
You created this, so you deserve a triumphant, HURRAH!
Week Six Yoga:
Keep up with your glorious practice!
Week 6 Diet:
Take the time to look back over the past five weeks' worth of eating habits and ask yourself: From which did I most benefit? Which habits and practices yielded the greatest results for me? Which do I want to incorporate into my lifelong eating habits? Write down your answers to these questions. This will help you remember your responses, and how good you felt when your diet was in balance. It will be easier to get back on track if you notice negative habits creeping back in. I hope that you have shifted your beliefs about food. You can enjoy any food, without guilt! You have learned how your body feels when you nourish it with all-natural, whole foods. When your overall diet is healthy you can nourish yourself with your old favorites...simply by listening to your intuition, you will know.
Week 6 Meditation:With the meditation that we’ve been learning there is an endless flow back and forth between two aspects. One aspect involves an inward settling or pure resting of the awareness. The other is dominated by thoughts, feelings or sensations. One aspect may be brief, the other much longer. It’s insignificant and will certainly change. The two aspects are part of one process of unraveling and integrating. Simply, innocently, effortlessly, pick up the “Self “ on whatever level you do. Allow whatever flow there is but, pay it no mind. After 10 to 20 minutes, come out slowly and rest for an additional 5 minutes.
