I LOVE this practice, and am filled with joy to share it with you.
At this time in our world, when for many life has brought challenges we need now more than ever to choose happiness.
A few months ago I could feel myself slipping off the happy slope, feeling disconnected, hopeless, lonely, joyless. I poked and prodded into what was causing this, and eventually made a choice to be happy. Yes you heard that right. I choose to be happy.
This choice did not lead to a life overhaul in minutes, instead it opened the door to my willingness to be happy, my choice in the moment to moment living of life. As I approached each daily task I asked myself will this bring me happiness, if the answer was no, I let it go from my life, and for those essential things that still needed to be done I opened to the possibility that perhaps this task, that I did not want to do could spark joy within.
In this weeks video I offer one of the simple practices that I used, especially before those tasks that I was not so eager to complete. Working with yogic mudras which are hand gestures, combined with breath to direct the energetic flow can support us in releasing blocks to open us to possibility, in this case opening the heart- the energetic centre of love, joy and compassion.
So if you are having a hard day, are feeling disconnected, fed up with all the restrictions or are simply looking for a top up of happiness in your life give this mudra practice a go. I recommend committing to doing it twice a day for at least a week, allow yourself the 90 seconds to drop inwards, to your willingness to be happy.