Yoga in everyday life: do yoga throughout your day
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Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles
Do you confine your yoga to the times each week when you’re “doing” yoga?
That’s a shame. You can and should use yoga throughout the day. Yoga means “union” or “yoke.” In yoga, you’re uniting all the separate parts which make up “you” - your body, your mind, your emotions, and your spirit.
Take yoga with you every day
You can take yoga with you by taking note of your breathing as often as you can. Take a deep yogic breath as you sit at the computer, or while you’re waiting for a red light to turn green in your car.
Straighten your body, and do a modified Mountain Pose in the supermarket checkout line.
When you remember your breath, and breathe consciously, you return to yourself - to the present moment, which is all any of us have.
Combine breathing with a mantra
You can combine your breathing with chanting a mantra: try “let go”, or “breathe” or “relax.” Choose a single word, and say it silently as you breathe in and out.
If you’re familiar with Sanskrit mantra, say Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha as you breathe - this is the Ganesha mantra. Ganesha is the remover of obstacles: remember him when you’re about to give a presentation, or make a phone call on an important matter and say the Ganesha mantra aloud or silently.
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