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Yoga helps you to live in the present moment

December 12th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

One of yoga’s many gifts is that it helps you to stay in the present moment. Few people can “be present” for themselves and others consistently.

Most of us don’t realize that we spend 99 per cent of our time - even our most intimate moments with others - worrying about the future and agonizing over the past, rather than being present for our lives.

In Yoga and human kindness give singer/songwriter Sherry Ryan many ‘Wonderful Cures’ Sherry Ryan says: “‘I think I worry and I live in the past and future, but maybe not as much as other people,’ she considers, noting that the practice of yoga is about letting go of the ability to think or dwell on the past or future. ‘There’s obviously a varying degree there, but maybe I’m a little better at being in the moment than I thought. There’s a good quote on the bathroom wall at The Ship — it’s a Ron Hynes quote, apparently, but I don’t know that for sure — it goes something like, ‘We barely savour the moment but we spend a lifetime dwelling on it,’ meaning you’re not in the moment but after it’s gone you worry about it and worry about it … you’re not really getting the full deal if you’re not in it 100 per cent.’”

As you continue to be practice yoga, you’ll find that you’ll catch yourself throughout the day when you’re worrying: you realize that you’re missing what’s real in your life, and the only life you have, in fantasy and regret.

Yoga has the potential to enhance you life in many ways, and the power of presence - where your whole life becomes a meditation - is a wonderful gift, so just keep practicing yoga.