My family life with a teenage tearaway is hovering around Def Con 3. It can get pretty intense at times, but I'm riding the storm, parenting as best I know, and of course, am safe in the knowledge that it is only a 'phase' and will pass. Brilliantly though, this coming weekend I'm away immersing myself in yoga, handing over the reins to my partner. Every year me and about 100 other yoga teachers get together and share yoga workshops, practices, enjoy good company and good food. Early morning practices, in depth teachings, chanting together and enjoying the expertise and wisdom of some of the most senior teachers sharing yoga in the world today. Even the granddaughter of Krishnamacharya (the forefather of modern yoga), daughter of TKV Desikachar, is Zooming in to share yoga with us. Should I go? Absolutely. It's important. By committing to this time away, I'll return able to be a better parent / friend / spouse / person. I'm making time for myself to reconnect deeply to the yoga practice that sustains me every day and that I share with those around me. This weekend will help me show up for my son in the way that I need to, with patience and love while also holding firm boundaries and accountability. On a smaller scale, day-to-day, week-to-week, we are always faced with distractions interrupting our best-placed intentions to get to our yoga mat. Family demands, work emergencies, dark and rainy evenings, tiredness, etc. The list of potential hazzards on the way to our mat is long. Important or Urgent When I used to work in business, we used the Eisenhower Matrix. You took your To-Do list, and placed everything into a grid of four boxes. Each box has a title along the axis: Urgent, Important, Non-important, Not-urgent. Everything in the Important and Urgent box is prioritised to the top of what you need to do. It helps you weed out the Urgent stuff, the stuff that feels really pressing, but actually might not be as Important. It helps you prioritise wisely so that you ensure the Important things are attended to. Yoga lands firmly in the Important box. Sometimes the Urgent stuff isn't as important and has to wait. Sometimes we leave getting to our mat until it is Urgent, instead of just Important. We wait until a health crisis, a burnout, anxiety overload, back pain, immobility, before we decide the time is right to get to yoga. Don't wait until it is Urgent Treat your yoga practice as Important now, don't wait until you have an Urgent health crisis. Yoga, alongside good sleep and nutrition are our foundation. They support us in our daily life so that literally everything feels easier and less urgent. And it even helps you enjoy the turmoil along the way.
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