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[cutieesnakerw]

Hope 2024 would feel like this..🪐

luv this song😻

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[getyourfaithup]

Faith Notes: There comes a time in life where peace outweighs pettiness! No longer do I want to payback, or inflict pain on to others like they have inflicted on me. My prayer today is that God grants PEACE and REMOVE everything and everyone that’s not like HIM! The Bible tells us in 2 Timothy 3:1-17 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. ... #getyourfaithup #faith #peacebestill #grace #deargod #beinspired #beempowered #beuplifted #getyourfaithup #faithbloggersc #bibleverse #betterliving #purpose #spirituality (at South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJIiQQPlj0e/?igshid=301sqr1a5ot2

[drjot]

Life is a GIFT!!! #2021 #jotword4today2021 #bible #word4today #godsword #faith #betterliving #jotswisdomwalk (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ64OsjrdWJ6y8zyzCcRIr-9lAoTBaVJibZkfw0/?igshid=1k6vpsou2wouo

[karolinium]

A couple of years ago I realised that a great way how to grow as a person and work out what you want to do in life and how you want to achieve it is to try as many activities as humanly possible. Now, this is overwhelming and can be demotivating, since there’s SO MUCH STUFF TO DO and so little time. A great way how to do this is to challenge yourself. This way, you will find out what you enjoy and what you want to do for the rest of your life - if you choose your time period wisely, your challenge activities will perhaps become habits. There are a few steps you have to keep in mind when thinking about a challenge.

think about what you should do + want do - compromise

Think about some activity you know you have on your to do list or you’ve been putting off - something that is necessary for your goal - now brainstorm some activities that would support your general direction in life. Add something you have always wanted to do and create a compromise between these two.

something that is mildly uncomfortable

Choose something that makes you mildly uncomfortable. Not too much, not too little. If you choose something you are excited to do, the whole challenge is going to be too easy and after a few days, you will feel bored. If you choose something you would absolutely hate doing, you won’t have the motivation to do it. Choose something you know is going to be hard, but at the same time doable.

achievable

Don’t pressure yourself into something super hard that you know right away won’t be achievable. This will demotivate you and you will not keep up with your challenge. Also, start easy and build up continuously.

can be done everyday

If you are seriously thinking about challenging yourself for an X amount of time, choose an activity you can do every day, wherever you are, so that your travel plans won’t limit you. Commit to your challenge so that you actually keep doing it even though you will be in different places.

you can measure your “success”

Choose something measurable, something you can track, so that at the end of the challenge period, you will see how you did. The tracking part will also motivate you to keep going. For this, I usually use habit tracker in my bullet journal. If you have a big challenge which entails a lot of smaller activities, consider having a separate habit tracker.

time slot

Choose a period of time for which you will challenge yourself. Generally, I like having montly challenges - one, max. two challenges/goals per month. This is achievable and thirty days is a great amount of time to actually form a new habit if you want to keep the activity you challenged yourself to do.

at the end of the time period, evaluate

At the end of your challenge, look at your habit tracker and see if you really did what you set out. Sometimes when the challenge has not been as successful as I anticipated, I will repeat it in a few months time. Usually - if you do the challenge for thirty days, you will quickly realise if you want to keep doing the activity, or if just wanted to experiment.

Some ideas for challenges:

journaling

meditating

yoga

running

working out

reading

no sugar

no phone in the morning/at night

waking up early

drinking more water

learning a language

spending time outside

Feel free to add your own!

If you are interested in more posts like this / my challenges, send me a message.

[redmike89]

-As I Approach #30 & W/ My Recent Health Scare; I’ve Finally Made The Decision To Get Bk To It...Being That I’m Apart of The #ThickSquad, I Never Had A Desire To Be One of The #BodyBoyz...I Have Started & Quit This #Fitness Journey A Few Times However, I Have To Be Around So It’s Only Right I Do My Part...My #Health Is Much More Important Than Having An #Image Nevertheless, If It Shall #Form While I’m Working; I’ll Accept It For What It Is...In The Meantime Between, Pay Attention To The #Signs of Your Body & Watch Your Diet...Oh Yea, For Those Who Are Aware; I Finally Made That Appointment To Go See A Cardiologist-!!!#HealthIsWealth#BetterLiving#NoMoreExcuses✌🏽🤪💪🏽🤪✌🏽 https://www.instagram.com/p/B04qRoDhNQ4ezMSg0q5CFaF47HijXGC0tshqtE0/?igshid=pi5v04ig16gc

[gadgettrish]

I love this post from @modernbodyyoga “Don’t practice yoga to get better at yoga; practice yoga to get better at living.” _________________________________________________🧘‍♂️ https://www.instagram.com/p/B2YqeD8JCiP/?igshid=j81sknobxvgc

[namastestudiomt]

The Niyamas- 2nd Limb

The second of the eight limbs is the niyamas, or spiritual observances.  The niyamas are recommended practices for day-to-day living that contribute to balance within mind, body, and spirit.

There are 5 niyamas, which are as follows:

1. Saucha, or cleanliness/purification.  Based on saucha, we are encouraged to remove impurities from both our external and internal environments.  This means nourishing our bodies with pure, clean food and drink; maintaining the health of our bodies health through exercise and enough sleep; enlivening our spirits with healthy entertainment and relationships; and cleansing our minds and thoughts with a physical yoga practice (asana, the 3rd limb), breath control (pranayama, the 4th limb), and meditation (dhyana, the 7th limb).

2. Santosha, or contentment.  Santosha reminds us to be content with the innumerable blessings in our lives, rather than to covet what someone else has.  By focusing on our gifts rather than what we lack, we cultivate a strong inner contentment that keeps us buoyed through the emotional peaks and valleys of our daily experience. Practicing gratitude protects us from our own pettiness and smallness and keeps us centered in the joy and abundance of our own life. 

3. Tapas ,(no small plate appetizers here!)  or self-discipline to endure tasks or periods of life that are painful or undesirable.  Tapas allows you to persist through something that you absolutely want nothing to do with – but you stick with it anyway because you know it may make your life better down the road.  For example, you may want to leave in the middle of a challenging yoga class, but instead you remain on your mat and stick with it, knowing that the physical and mental endurance you are building will strengthen you for the rest of your life, little by little.  Tapas reminds us that enduring discomfort now will only refine our inner capacity for strength in the long term. Tapas is our determined effort to become someone of character and strength. 

4. Svadhyaya, or self-study/introspection.  Svadhyaya entails being aware of who we are on the deepest level – including our weaknesses and flaws.  We have to be willing to see the unpleasant truths about ourselves to be able to connect with who we really are.  Acknowledging these truths can help us become more aware of our triggers and habitual thought patterns, so that we can take steps to change those patterns over time.  (I’d like to emphasize the “over time” part – these changes certainly don’t happen overnight.  Most of these changes take years and perhaps lifetimes of work.  But, being aware of our weaknesses and their underlying causes is a huge step toward changing our behavior to healthier patterns.)

5. Ishwari pranidhana, or surrender, presupposes that there is a divine force at work in our lives.  Specifically, Ishwari pranidhana involves the surrender of our labor to something greater than ourselves.  This labor may include your job/career, child rearing, pursuit of a hobby or interest, care for a loved one, or your physical yoga practice (part of the reason why you are asked to set an intention for class, or to dedicate your practice to something higher- this is the practice of Ishwari pranidhana).  In this way, we do not tie ourselves to the results of our efforts – rather, we do the very best we can with whatever we set out to do, and we surrender the results of our labor to something greater.  This is also the practice of non-attachment, since we direct our efforts to the integrity of the work itself, rather than focus on results. Ultimately this guideline,invites us to surrender our egos, open our hearts and accept the higher purpose of our being.

What do you think about these niyamas?  Stay tuned for our exploration of the third limb of yoga – Asana, or the physical practice – which is what usually comes to mind when we hear the word “yoga”!

Namaste-

Jessica