For this blog (meditation) I would like to encourage you to start a meditation/yoga journal.
When a new one to one client starts working with me, the first home practice I set, is to start a mediation/yoga journal and as part of my yoga teaching qualification I had to wright a journal recording my yoga journey. Since then I have continued to wright in my journal and find this a wonderful way to self evaluate my yoga practice.
Try writing once a week and make notes every time to you’ve attended a class. You can include what you felt physically (aches and pains, what was easy and what was challenging) and how you felt spiriatually. Were you able to connect with the hear and now, working in that moment or were you feeling distracted? Make a note of what do you need to work on, where you feel you can improve physically, emotionally and spiritually? Your journal does not have to only need to consist of your practice, it can and should include day to day life, how you feel, how you faced a challenges during that day/week.
A good way to start is to wright about your day. Then choose a pose or meditation practice that would work best for you, with the day you are experiencing and challenges you feel on this day. Remember no entry is wrong, this is your journal. Wright what you feel in that moment being true to yourself. Feel free to draw or doodle, add colour or even poems and quotes you love. I always say to my clients, yoga is not just a class or physical practice, it is a way of living your life, being true to yourself.
With in the 8 limbs of yoga we have the Yamas (restraints, what we should not do) and Niyamas (positive duties, what we should do) these guide us through our day to day life. When starting your yoga journey it’s a good idea to research Yamas and Niyamas.
Yoga journals are a beautiful way to learn and see how you have grown as a person and it’s a lovely way to look back at your own personal yoga journey.
Breath and Balance Fitness 