Now that you're divorced, or going through the process, you're probably looking for things to do that will bring balance, joy and growth to your life. My recent piece gives you two suggestions as well as skills an attitudes you can bring to your current activities. It starts like this:
As
I ran one day it came to me, in the way that running and yoga bring insights,
that there are striking similarities between the experiences of running and
yoga. Neither is solely about benefits like relaxation, stress reduction or
weight management, because the gains are so much bigger. Most forms of exercise
and meditation enable us to practice the same skills and attitudes that also serve
us well in life.
If
you struggle to achieve balance, joy and growth in your life, choose an
appealing form of exercise or yoga-like activity, and try it using these skills
and attitudes:
1. Respect your intelligent edge. We have all paid the
price of not respecting the limits of our bodies, of not stopping at our
intelligent edge. The result is physical pain or exhaustion after muscling into
a pose that's beyond us or running too fast, too long on a given day. While you
don't want to be a slacker, you also don't want to overdo.
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