What If Your Mind Was a Place You Loved?

The longest relationship we'll ever have is with our own minds, so it's worth investing the time to make it a good one. I want my mind to feel like a friendly, helpful, and welcoming place to be.

Yoga is one of the ways in which we can begin to work on this relationship. When we're going about our day-to-day lives doing the things that we need to do interacting with others, most of the time, we really don't realize to what degree our thoughts are shaping how we see and experience the world.  

Yoga invites us to wake up and recognize that our thoughts are creating our reality. They're shaping how we see and move through life. So, why not choose our thoughts wisely?

The time we spend in formal practice—whether on the yoga mat or the meditation cushion—isn't just for those moments; it's preparation for the rest of our lives. It helps us step back into the world with greater awareness, so we can notice when we're attaching to our thoughts and using them to build identities or self-limiting beliefs.

I catch myself doing this all the time—tying my sense of self to thoughts about motherhood, teaching, or where I think I belong in the world.

But imagine what it would feel like to exist without these constraints, free from the beliefs that hold us back—free to simply be.