Are You Sandwhiched?

If you are sandwiched with the responsibilities of children and taking care of your parents now or in the near future, you just might be missing the beef, or tofu as the case may be for my vegetarian friends.

Your resources are tapped out going towards two generations of loved ones and as a result, not to the current generation – you. This means, by definition, you have lots of bread and no beef.

This is a recipe for burnout, premature aging, and worse – illness.

Since I don’t have children, and both of my parents are now deceased, I’m not sandwiched.

And yet, it’s STILL hard for me to find the meat of my life.

If all of your energy is going towards everything else but yourself, you will live a life without meaning – life without connection to the deepest part of yourself.

Is that what you want? At the end of the day – or the end of your life – will your accomplishments, bank accounts and possessions fill you up? Or will there be a sense of something lost or missed?

With all your attention going out, there is little time and connection to your authentic True Nature. According to Wayne Muller, author of Sabbath: Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest, decisions and actions born of stopgap solutions and rushing always contain the seed of your next problem and rarely solve anything.

Thank goodness, Yoga offers a very simple solution. It’s called presencing. Learning to be 100 percent present is learned through the practice of spending time investigating the sensations of the here and now while you sit quietly meditating or moving through yoga postures.

Even five minutes a day – less than 1% of your day – can work wonders!

Take advantage of these free resources to get you going, orsetup your free interview with Laurel to learn about private yoga wellness lessons.

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Live your light,

Laurel