Taming the Wanting Mind

Taming the Wanting Mind

Have you ever noticed how much your mind dictates how you feel?

The wanting mind is a source of discontentment and silent stress.  The Buddha called it suffering. Many of us seek external things in our day-to-day lives— a promotion, more money, a new car, good grades, a new outfit.  Some seek intangible things like love and admiration.  Yet this, too, is a kind of wanting that breeds discontentment. Constantly wanting what we don’t have may leave us feeling drained, a result of the mind driving our discontentment into our bodies.

Yoga offers us a miracle: A sure and reliable way to take a break from our minds and get into our feeling bodies and the present moment.

The more you connect with your breath and the sensations of the postures, the more thoughts fall away. It’s like a vacation! The more present you become to the experience of the body, the more contentment or santosha, arises.

Practice

Notice how frequently the thinking mind is driving your speech and action. Then use your breath to toggle the thinking mind off and toggle the feeling body on.

Let me know here how it goes.

Love and light,

 

 

 

 

“Misery exists. Suffering is optional.”— Bhudda