My 32nd birthday was a special one. A deep reset. Leave can be a way of squeezing a break in. Not less work, just work squished before and caught up after. I took what felt incredibly indulgent. 4 weeks.
I signed up for a month long Yoga Teacher Training Course. After a week, not only had I started to relax, but I knew I would still be relaxed in another week, and still not mentally preparing for a return to work.
Fast forward 14 years and I am in a very different life stage, where that feels like a parallel universe. With an almost 3 and almost 5 year old, my relaxation is mostly toilet breaks.
The trick of yoga becomes yoga in reality. Month long escapes to reflect and invest in your physical and mental health have to be condensed to a simple deep breath.
South Africa’s reset is full of the big challenges of consensus and coalition, while not forgetting that those have to be built on the basics - water, ports, rail, electricity, roads, security, work.
The yoga I learnt focused on 5 basics:
1. Proper Breathing
2. Proper Diet
3. Proper Relaxation
4. Proper Exercise
5. Proper Thinking
Interestingly one of the main yoga texts isn’t about mat work. It’s about war. The Bagavad Gita doesn’t tell you life is just an illusion, so check out.
It is a recognition that life is lived under pressure.
A life worth living starts where you are.
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