THE RULES ARE ALL IN YOUR HEAD
Too often we get fixated on whether or not we are doing something right. When people think about trying yoga and meditation, there is generally a preconceived idea of what type of person can participate and a whole bunch of shoulds and should nots – but what if all the rules were in our heads?
I love this poem from Mary Oliver – a gentle reminder to just do you and enjoy the ride, in meditation and in all aspects of life. Enjoy.
One quote…
Meditation, so I’ve heard, is best accomplished if you entertain a certain strict posture. Frankly, I prefer just to lounge under a tree. So why should I think I could ever be successful?
Some days I fall asleep, or land in that even better place — half asleep — where the world, spring, summer, autumn, winter — flies through my mind in its hardy ascent and its uncompromising descent.
So I just lie like that, while distance and time reveal their true attitudes: they never heard of me, and never will, or ever need to.
Of course I wake up finally thinking, how wonderful to be who I am, made out of earth and water, my own thoughts, my own fingerprints — all that glorious, temporary stuff.
Mary Oliver
One question…
What rules have you created in your head for yourself that really don’t exist?
Sent with love,
Melissa x