01. MY THREE POSITIVES.
1. There's a lot of snow, for some reason that makes me happy.
2. A Yantra Yoga seminar.
3. Practice yoga during the day, instead of in the morning or evening.
02. MY REFLECTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.
During the holidays, when there's no work or a strict schedule, we have a certain freedom of choice in what to do during this time. Usually, after work, many prefer to rest. And this is understandable: when you're forced to do the same thing every day, something difficult, you want to at least take a break from it, preferably rest and recover, so you can work better later.
But during rest, you can go too far, lapsing up gluttony, binge drinking, lying on the couch, doing nothing. Or you can do less and less, taking a little rest, until you end up lying on the couch all day—a gradual decline.
Or, conversely, you could take up exercise. For example, if there's been a lot of snow, you could go skiing in the woods, go to a gym, finally finish some unfinished business, finish a renovation, finish a book, and so on.
However, you don't really want to do the things you've planned, because there's a certain difference between "should" and "want." And yet, with so much free time, it seems like an opportunity...
You can plan anything, but when the holidays come, you often don't want to get out of bed; you want to sleep more, eat better, etc.
And when you realize you're doing less, a feeling of guilt sets in: how can it be that you have the opportunity and aren't taking advantage of it?
Here we can recall the three types of karma yoga of a worker: as long as work doesn't push us, there's no fear or reward; we're left to our own devices. This is a small piece of freedom we gain at our disposal, and we can evaluate how we use it.
On the other hand, rest is certainly necessary, and often rest is precisely another activity. If you've been doing some kind of physical work, sports, or mental activity every day, then during rest you want to do the opposite – do nothing at all, lie on the couch, watch some stupid TV show that doesn't require any mental effort.
The question is how long this lasts, and to what extent is it a conscious choice. If it's simply compensation for workdays, then after a while it will wear off and return to a certain norm. But if you continue to slide further into sedentary rest, this is clearly not a good path (except for the practice of pushing yourself off the bottom – deliberately putting yourself in a state where doing nothing becomes impossible and the desire to start doing something appears).
You can force yourself to do something every day, or you can give yourself freedom and watch how the desire to do it arises, and then the pleasure. If this desire arises, of course...
03. MY YOGA INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK.
Hatha Yoga
04. MY GRATITUDE AND PRAISE.
For teaching me to keep a journal.
05. I WANT TO PRAISE MYSELF.
I'm exploring myself.
06. PERSONAL YOGA PRACTICE FOR THE WEEK.*
Yoga every day
07. DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING.*
None