Day #5 Writing as Yoga Experience

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Gratitude? What does it mean to you?

How to be Grateful? It seems so easy, doesn’t it?! Us Yogis/Yoginis LOVE to throw Gratitude, Peace, Love & Light around like that’s all we’re ever experiencing. Or so I’ve heard so many people complain about this and criticize those of us who express these sentiments. I’ve heard people complain that gratitude loses its power when everyone is constantly throwing it around. Isn’t that interesting??

I’ll tell you that I am a very grateful person. Truly. However, feeling grateful doesn’t always come easily. I think the cynics sometimes overlook this. I try to focus on gratitude because I know that’s what will benefit me and make my life a better place. But, sometimes finding something to feel grateful for is like pulling teeth! It’s PAINFUL. All I want to do is sit there and feel sorry for myself {for whatever reason I have at the time}. I’m not ashamed of this…and I’ll tell you why….

1. I see that this happens for MANY people. There are a lot of you out there who choose to play the victim. And yes, I feel like doing it sometimes too! The only difference may be that I really work to change my perspective. Sometimes it’s more challenging and other times it’s easy. Sometimes I just have to cry it out and other times I might need to throw a fit! The point is, I always come back to GRATITUDE.

2. I am okay with being imperfect. I teach these things {Yoga, Gratitude, love, light} BECAUSE I NEED THEM! I am passionate about this because I have seen how consciously focusing on these things has changed MY life!

Life is a mysterious, emotional and complex existence. We can only do the very best we can and see what transpires. 

Some days I wake up and easily feel the Gratitude. Like this morning when I posted this picture….   

The point I am trying to make is that Gratitude must be cultivated, focused on…..

Don’t give up if you feel there is nothing to be grateful for, if you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, if you are struggling with moving your attention towards it. JUST KEEP TRYING>>>>>JUST KEEP FOCUSING ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. Even when it hurts! It will change your perspective and your life..

You are alive. You are well. You are breathing. You have people who love you. You have clothes to wear. You have food to eat. You are here for a reason. KEEP SEEING THE GOOD!

I am grateful for the ability to know that even when I’m down I CAN remember what I have, if I CHOOSE to.

I am grateful for so many things that 2014 has brought me…

~The beginning and creation of my online business

~A clearer understanding of my worth and what I deserve

~The ability to see how I’m living and what needs to change in my life, and the STRENGTH to change it {most of it} 😉

~The presence to acknowledge my faults, accept myself for them and do the best I can to see how they’ve shaped me into a better person

~The most intelligent people I’ve met that have changed my life for the better

~People who love and accept me

~Another day to breathe and be me

What are you grateful for??