Looking to the future
24 Nov 2009 Leave a Comment
in 1 Tags: future, Montreal Yoga
Driving in my car I find I have neck discomfort, all the way into my trapezius. It has become my habit as of late, especially taking this yoga teacher training, to figure out how to bring myself back to a place of comfort and alignment.
I take my throat back and settle my head more towards the back body as though I am resting my head back into an imaginary head rest. I immediately feel my head lighter and my neck softens and relaxes.
Further on in the day I am sitting at my computer and again I notice a similar discomfort in my neck. I begin to notice my posture and see that my head is extended forward almost like a turtle sticking its head out of the shell.
I always love to reflect on how my posture is reflective of what is happening in my life. The action of my head sticking forward (which we all do because we all drive and use the computer) indicated to me that because I was “looking forward” that I was hurting myself physically by looking to deeply(or to forward) into the future. How often do I make myself crazy by worrying about what “might happen”. As a society we think about our future constantly. What I realized from this is that the beginning processes of manifesting out future starts in the present. Our thoughts and feelings in the present moment are what we should be focusing on. Those thoughts and feelings are what we should keep positive and in line with what we desire. Ultimately what we want in the present is to feel good, to have hope and expectation for what is to come and to do that through living the present moment to its full, abundant potential. Leave the future alone and we will start to see that pure potential resides within every moment.
