My Yoga

I breathe in and out, more slowly with each breath. Focusing on my breathing, I steer my mind back when it wonders. The Celtic music both calming and uplifting plays softly in the background. I move through the poses requiring my mind to focus on my movements and my breath. The hunger but a distance hum.  Continuing through the poses altered only by the occasional soft warm fur against my leg or under my hand. These bonding moments with my fur family have become a welcome addition to my morning yoga practice. A practice which helps to quiet the hunger long enough to allow for planned consumption. Which in turn leads to a more productive output. This is not a hunger that resides in my stomach but in my mind. You see my mind has a ravenous at times almost insatiable appetite for knowledge. Attempting to consume knowledge at a speed that does not allow one to savor the complexities. The result a flooding of the system causing most of what is consumed to pass right through. By quieting the hunger I am able to be discerning in my choices. Determining the knowledge that will best help me to achieve my goals which are derived from what I believe to be my purpose in this life. Additionally, I am able to retain more of the knowledge and use it to increase output. Output is an action taken towards a goal. The goal being my purpose in life. Thus, my yoga practice is an essential piece in achieving my life purpose.