When you ask a toddler what he did at preschool, you most certainly won’t be hit with a list of amazing accomplishments. It’s enough to paint a painting, nap well and then call it a day.
Until it isn’t.
Coming back from a weekend, the first moments at work can sound like a verified competition. The winner is the person who had the least fun and got the most tasks done. If you come in and declare, “Wow, my weekend was great! I did nothing!” you will likely be met with the sound of crickets.
It is time that we stop declaring our busyness as our identity. We are more than what we do and how many Facebook friends we have. Even if we did nothing, we deserve the very best. Just as we are.
Start by giving yourself this awareness by reciting a mantra that is built into your very breath.
Seeing that we breathe around 23,000 times a day, this certainly gives ample opportunity to find a
meditative moment in your day.
As you inhale think the word “Ananda.”
As you exhale, think “Hum.”
This means: I am bliss. You can be blissful and find bliss, attached to nothing but the core of your natural being.
Leave your dishes in the sink. Leave your email unchecked for a moment. You are busy being a blissful human being, rather than a human doer.
Courtney Sunday from Toronto, Ontario
Courtney Sunday is a writer, yoga teacher, Pilates instructor and Thai massage practitioner. She teaches corporations in Toronto the fine art of breathing deeply, and travels too much for her own good. She likes to cook meals from scratch using ingredients from her garden, and would mill her own flour and make her own butter if she had more hours in the day. You can find out more about her at www.courtneysunday.com.
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