Break negative thoughts

In Today's Email: 

• Break The Cycle of Negative Thoughts: Easy steps to control your mind...

• Yogapedia: Todays pose of the day...

• Positive News Of The Day...

Picture of The Day

Break The Cycle of Negative Thoughts

A lot of what makes you unhappy is not the way things are in your life, but the story your mind tells you about them. That is a huge revelation.

This is called the second arrow in Buddhism.

The first arrow is about the bad thing that happened and how it made you feel. The pain we feel here is caused by things outside of us that we can't change (or avoid). We all get older, get sick, lose loved ones, get into fights, lose our jobs, go through grief, etc...

The second arrow is about how we think and feel about what happened. When we act in a negative way by blaming, shaming, avoiding, getting angry, or upset, we set off the second arrow of suffering. This second arrow is what makes us relive (and keep reliving) an experience that only happened once.

It's important to know that the second arrow's pain can be chosen. I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about scary things here. In that case, you might not feel like you have a choice. You might need professional help to change that.

So, we can't change the way things are, but we can change how we react to them. We can choose not to get stuck in a whirlwind of negative thoughts that aren't necessary and hurt our mental and physical health. Instead, we can use that energy to become more aware. When we increase our own power of awareness, our minds lose their ability to make us unhappy.

How to stop the cycle of bad thoughts?

• Recognize that certain ideas are harmful to your health; they serve no purpose and just make you unhappy.

• Get still and begin to watch your thoughts.

• Turn your attention away from your thoughts. When you do this, you take your energy/lifeblood (which is consciousness) away from your thoughts and put it into something else, like your body, your breath, or nature.

• When you take your mind off worries and useless thoughts and put it on your breath or the inside of your body, you connect with the oneness inside you. Thoughts will start to fade away immediately. Thoughts can't live without attention and consciousness, which are their lifeblood.

• Learn to keep dysfunctional thoughts at bay, not by pushing them out of your mind, but by being very aware and focusing on something else.

• Take a deep breath and feel your life. Remember that the story in your head is not you. You are the intelligence that runs through your body and keeps it together.

• When you do this more often, your power of being aware grows. The mind starts to lose its ability to make you unhappy and starts to help you become more resilient.

🛒 DEAL OF THE DAYThe Ultimate Meditation Bundle For 90% OFF (Expires in 24 hours) 

Limited Time: The deal expires in 24 hours. 

Today's Deal: Get 90% OFF - The Ultimate Meditation Bundle

About: Want to discover how to use meditation to transform your life? Have you tried meditation, but had trouble sticking to a routine or finding the time?

With benefits like decreased stress, blood pressure, anxiety, and depression and increased sleep quality, immunity, and mood, meditation has deservedly made its way into the daily routine of virtually every top performer.

Every meditation in this bundle was professionally narrated and recorded to deliver you the ultimate meditation experience in the comfort of your home. All meditations have multiple options for background audio, allowing you to customize the experience to your liking.

This bundle contains:

15 Guided Meditations Recorded Professionally With Relaxing Calming Background Animations.

📰 Positive News Of The Day! 

The Electric Power Research Institute and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District are repurposing a decommissioned nuclear power plant in California.

They announced that they would restore a native prairie habitat for pollinators beneath around 160 megawatts of solar panels.

This project is an example of agrivoltaics, the emerging practice of combining land-based farming and solar farms.

YOGAPEDIA

Bound Lotus (Baddha Padmasana)

Benefits: Strengthens leg muscles, improves flexibility of your body, and eliminates joint problems. 

Instructions: 

To achieve the right pose, follow the Baddha Padmasana steps:

Start the asana by rolling out a yoga mat or soft towel and sitting on it.

Now sit in the simple padmasana where your left foot is on the right thigh and the right foot is on the left thigh.

Breathe out, and move your right arm behind your back, closer to the left hip.

Try to catch your right big toe with the right arm, hold this pose, and breathe in.

Now, exhale, move the left arm behind your back, closer to the right hip, and try to catch your left big toe. Again, pause for a few seconds, and breathe in.

At this point, your back and head should be aligned, your eyes should be either partially closed or fully closed. If your eyes are partially closed, then fix your gaze at the tip of your nose (also known as the Nasikagra Drishti).

Keep breathing at a normal pace and maintain the Baddha Padmasana pose.

As a beginner, you can hold this pose for about 20 to 30 seconds but once you master it, you can increase the time period as long as you want.

Meme

NAMASTE ❤️

Have questions or feedback?Email us at: [email protected]