Mountain Views News          Saturday, March 30, 2013

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

 Mountain Views News Saturday, March 30, 2013 

HOW CAN YOGA HELP 

GROUNDED


ene
Did you ever have one of those days where you just can’t concentrate? Head is up in the clouds and 
not for any special reason? Or maybe there is a special reason and you are completely distracted by 
it. The mind can wander off and leave us with work undone, sentences unfinished. In fact, the mind 
can attach to a thought and lead us on a journey of unbelievable drama! Suddenly we are a mess or 
aggravated and nothing really happened – our own little thoughts caused the problem. Where our 
mind goes, so does our energy. This is a problem. I do not want my energy to go to some issue that 
my mind made a big deal of at 3:00 in the morning! We look back later when we are all balanced again 
and say “what was I all in a fit about in the middle of the night?”. 

Ideally we would meditate and find our inner calm and everything would be right again. But how do 
you do that when your mind is in the driver seat towing all your energy along with it? Well, you do 
yoga and pranayama that’s what. The fastest way to change how you feel is by changing your energy. 
If you give your mind a task that requires focus, concentration, attention to breath and movement it 
will ground you. This can change your perspective in no time. A grounding practice can bring you 
down form the clouds and allow you to get much more accomplished than you would have. Making 
the time for yoga can increase your productivity. There are actually breath practices designed for that! 
No more ADHD excuses for me. I now know how to focus!

A grounding practice consists mainly of forward folds and standing poses held for a bit. A lot of 
jumping around and movement can make you feel good, yes, but grounded? – not so much. We want 
to feel good and grounded. Ask any of the creative minds that practice before work. They’ll tell you 
how productive they are and how much they enjoy the process after yoga. So get those feet planted 
and do a tree pose. 

Namasté, René


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