Post Vacation Blues
I was lucky enough to spend a full week at a yoga retreat in costa rica, it was beautiful, ate vegetarian, did yoga each day, took surfing lessons and was in bed by 9:30 every night. Know this was certainly the way to live! “When I get back I’m gonna make some changes” I thought, but reality, patterns and ingrained behaviors smacked me in the face like the cold wind at Newark airport.
I’ve been feeling depressed, stuck in the same old routine, frustrated and thinking that I’m unable to change.
While in costa rica there was ample opportunity to meditate and relax and at the beginning of each day , Mary, one of the owners would haphazardly toss a deck of cards on the table face down. They were called the ‘power deck’ and had little messages, inspirations, meditations on them that I would try to keep with me throughout the day. I wrote one down and it certainly applies. One morning I chose COURAGE, here is what it said:
Action takes courage, we often feel like fish out of water, seperate and different from the world around us. Fish out of water can learn to swim in a new air of consciousness with a new purpose in life. Perhaps it is identification with objects and clinging to addictions that keeps you feeling seperate and keeps you from finding the source of your power: not only dependence on drugs, sex or alcohol, but also addictions like fear of failure, the need for approval, or fear of desertion. Discover your own power and meaning by having the courage to give up your addictions, the live your power with courage.
Tags: nyc personal trainer