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December 19, 2010Going with the Season

Around the holidays there is often so much to do. Even though my mind is telling me to speed up, my body is wanting to follow the rhythm of the Winter season and slow down. I find myself wanting to say no more than usual to invitations, obligations, and extra tasks. Even my yoga practices get a bit shorter (I tend to spend more time in meditation than doing asana around this time). As the year comes to a close, I break out my journal and start considering how I want to be in the New Year rather than what I want to accomplish.

Since my focus is more internal, I back off from blogging, email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Yes, my friends, it's time to unplug for a bit. I'm going to take an electronic sabbatical until some time in early January. My emails will pile up. My blog page views will decline. Yet my sense of peace will expand. That's a trade-off I'm willing to make.

If unplugging seems a bit radical to you, check out this wonderful post on taking a Winter's Rest (i.e. a digital sabbatical) by Sara Avant Stover. She makes some excellent points about honoring the Winter season in us and taking a much-deserved rest. Although I'm not taking quite an extended Sabbatical, a little is better than none.

I'll be back in early January. I wish for you rest, peace, love, and the happiest of holidays.

Namaste!

P.S. If you're wanting to cut back on your yoga practice and fully embrace the concept of rest, here's a 5 minute quickie practice that will add a little dash of bliss to your rest: Bliss in 5 Minutes.

Eoin's new Blissology Project is a wonderful daily practice DVD set (or you can download all of the practices on his Web site) . I downloaded it last week and I absolutely love it. If you're wanting to start off 2011 with a regular yoga practice (or if you'd like to inject a little life into a flagging practice), check out The Blissology Project:

 

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