Daily Practice

Forming a daily practise can mean building a foundation for maintaining balance, obtaining relaxation and reaching goals in your life. It can be a time to consider what you would like your contribution and legacy to the world to be. Having a daily practice simply means taking the time each day to do something for yourself in a regular routine. This practice can be for any amount of time between five minutes to an hour, and can be done either once or 2-3 times a day. A daily practice has to fit around the lifestyle of each individual person and what they like to do. It helps us to develop equanimity, meaning an ability to remain calm in the centre of the storm, and to recover our balance when we are knocked off our centre by different events in life. It is a true blessing once embraced.

Support Offered
You will be offered advice and suggestions as to what daily practice suits you personally, whether it be yoga, silent sitting, walking, or something else.
Daily practice can also be a time to focus on the gaols you wish to achieve. Your own personal commitment to this is essential for successful outcomes.

“Take time each day to silently contemplate not only where you are but where you are going. Either you control your mind or it controls you”

Personal Story

I have never been a person who could stick to routines or who could be called disciplined. I am motivated and self directed but forming a daily practice has been a major achievement for me. In the end it was only possible because I wanted it so much. I knew it would give me great benefits when times were difficult and given time it would bring a flowering to me. I began with simple short meditations and yoga every day. I found the key was to do it every day without missing. Now I find it easy; I get up and do my daily practise before meeting the world. I become in touch with myself on a deep level each morning. My life has become deeply enriched because of this decision to give my self this wonderful gift. For me it is the time when I get the overview of the rest of my life and the formation of many creative ideas stream from this.

Charaka