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• Push Through Discomfort: When positive change becomes hard…

• Our Gift To You: 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge…

• Yogapedia: Circle Pose…

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TODAY'S LEARNING
Push Through Discomfort to Make Positive Change

“Don’t let today’s disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow’s dreams.” ~Unknown

One of the most difficult parts of reaching your goals or making positive change is pushing through discomfort.

This is where a lot of people give up—when the process inspires all kinds of challenging feelings.

1. Identify potential challenges and decide that you can meet them.

List all the factors that could encourage you to quit. Be precise. Which compromises will be the hardest? What adjustments could put you well beyond your comfort zone?

Then pose this question to yourself: What will you gain by continuing?

2. Observe your emotions without resisting them.

Unless you have a lobotomy, you will experience rushes of emotion all throughout your life. It's critical to understand that you are not your thoughts or feelings. Beyond the apparatus that is your mind, you are real.

You can experience life as it truly is in this place, free from judgment, analysis, opinion formation, nostalgia for the past, and fear about the future.

Observe your emotions. Feel them. Recognize that these feelings are fleeting; you won't always be afraid, nervous, or suspicious.

When you stop resisting something, it’s a lot easier to let it go.

3. When your emotions get louder, challenge them with more emotions.

In The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle explores how we can quiet our persistent inner monologue and step fully into the present moment, accepting it for all it is.

The majority of enlightened individuals still alternate between viewing the mind and surrendering to it. This tells me we need a few tricks up our sleeve to get past the louder mental moments.

Change can be uncomfortable, but I understand that my actions today determine how I feel tomorrow. And I am aware that overcoming fear is worthwhile.

4. Celebrate all your minor victories.

It's easy to feel unsatisfied with big goals until we've accomplished them entirely. If you want to produce a feature film, securing the first location might seem like little more than an item on your to-do list.

However, it goes much beyond that. It's the first of many victories you will have as you pursue your dream. It serves as a testament to your incredible talent, capability, determination, and inner strength.

You'll probably keep building them up if you give yourself a lot of credit for every little accomplishment—and that's what takes you where you want to be.

5. Call yourself a liar.

Oftentimes people give up because they’ve stopped believing in the possibility of the life they want to create. They begin to reason, telling themselves that it's probably unrealistic. Alternatively, they might even deceive themselves into thinking they don't truly desire it.

“I don’t want that promotion anyway. Traveling would be excessively extensive.

There’s a small chance this is actually true, but most likely you’re bargaining with yourself so you feel have permission to quit. Declare with pride and volume, "That is untrue." Of course I can. Yes, it is what I want. I will not give up.

You have the opportunity to live the life you desire right now. The chance you've been waiting for is now here. You are the connection you’ve been hoping to make. You are the light you’ve been seeking.

So shine on. Plow ahead. Be bold. Be present.

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ZEN STORY
EMOTIONS

A soldier named Nobushige came to Hakuin, and asked: “Is there really a paradise and a hell?”

“Who are you?” inquired Hakuin. “I am a samurai,” the warrior replied.

“You, a soldier!” exclaimed Hakuin. “What kind of ruler would have you as his guard? Your face looks like that of a beggar.” Nobushige became so angry that he began to draw his sword, but Hakuin continued: “So you have a sword! Your weapon is probably much too dull to cut off my head.”

As Nobushige drew his sword Hakuin remarked: “Here open the gates of hell!” At these words the samurai, perceiving the master’s discipline, sheathed his sword and bowed.

“Here open the gates of paradise,” said Hakuin.

OUR GIFT TO YOU

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Today you get our 30-Day Mindfulness Challenge. Mindfulness practices help people manage stress, cope better with serious illnesses and reduce anxiety and depression. Many people who practice mindfulness report an increased ability to relax, a greater enthusiasm for life, and improved self-esteem.

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YOGAPEDIA
Circle Pose (Mandalasana)

What is Circle Pose?

Circle pose, or mandalasana in Sanskrit, is an advanced pose that requires a great deal of strength and flexibility. With the arms and head in a headstand position, the practitioner circles his legs both clockwise and counterclockwise. In order to be able to practice this pose, ease in upward facing bow/wheel pose is a must.

Instructions

• Begin in headstand.

• Exhale and lower the legs to the floor so that the belly is arched toward the sky.

• Walk the legs clockwise/to the right. At about the 3 o'clock position, lift the left leg over the right, flipping the body so that the belly is toward the floor.

• Continue to walk the feet around the body in a clockwise position.

• Again, at about the 9 o'clock position, lift the right leg over the left, flipping the body so that the belly is again toward the sky. Walk the feet back to the starting position.

• Pause and take several breaths before repeating in a counterclockwise position.

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