๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐จ.
Arenโt we all dreaming about vacation right now? ๐
Every year in the fall I would go to a yoga retreat with my teachers. It is the only time in the year I carved out to spend time away from my family and spend time with my yoga community, friends, and teachers.
Retreat is different from a vacation. A vacation can be a retreat but retreats are not โjust vacationโ.
While vacation is simply a time off from everyday routines, retreats are a purposeful gateway intended for self-reflection and inner work. ๐ญ
December. Itโs the time when I โretreatโ myself and turn inwards. I missed doing long practices, quiet time, self-reflection. So, I decided to create a โretreatโ for myself, and do exactly that, in my own bedroom. I didnโt leave home. I practiced without time frames; I wrote. I turned off the world.
โWherever you go, wherever you are,โ said Jon Kabat-Zinn.
๐ฆ๐ผ, ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ?
Turn on some music, tune out the world. Turn off the technology, go deep in writing. Turn off your thoughts, and do long practices.
A long Sirsasana. A long Sarvangasana. And a long Savasana. That will do.
Find a retreat in yourself, when you can, at any moment.
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