creating a personal practice
<iframe title=”YouTube video player” width=”640″ height=”390″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/y86RuvgsV5w” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>One of the most difficult things for me to sustain in a consistent manner is a personal practice. You may (or not) be surprised to hear that it’s hard to get me to sit still. I’m the kind of monkey who is distracted my shiny things.
The second I finally get myself onto my mat, I see how dusty the spot is beneath my altar – until the next thing I know, I’ve moved all of my furniture to sweep my room. Then, while I’m at it, I might as well clean the bathroom, too. Once the bathroom’s clean, I may as well take a shower in the nice, clean shower. And once I’m clean, I’m sure not interested ingetting sweaty by practicing.
Good excuses, eh?
But when I do finally find myself on my mat, participating more fully with my breath and witnessing my thoughts as I improv the movements of my body, I find that I more often than not end up making myself laugh at my seriousness.
I mean, seriously – who practices trying to wrap their leg behind their head at home by themselves and never once cracks a smile?
Who wakes up in the morning and tries to touch their toes and never once smirks at how fantastic it is to have the availability of a million different ways to move the body and still let the breath play through the lungs?
Get out there and use your body. Might as well.