Living Yoga

The idea of journaling in the world of blogging and vlogging seems so antiquated.  I mean, why don’t I just scratch my thoughts on parchment with my feather quill by candlelight?  Although blogging is a way of journaling, I still believe there is something powerful about writing down some thoughts, by hand, on a daily basis.  Thoughts I know that nobody will read.

I didn’t begin the practice of journaling until I did my yoga teacher training and we had to journal about our meditation practice.  Like meditation, it was something I had to make myself do at first, but found it to be relaxing as time went on.  However, my journals have an advantage over meditation; I can go back and read my entries weeks, months and years later.  I’ve discovered thought patterns, obsessions that I didn’t know I had.  I’ve discovered that I can occasionally write witty dialogue and that I have some very unusual (and embarrassing) dreams when I go to bed on a full stomach.  The best part is that I have documentation of my life’s progression over the last four years, the proof that I’ve achieved and am living the life that was only a fantasy for me in 2004.

I can’t recommend a daily journaling practice highly enough.  Whether it’s a journal about your fitness plan, your diet, your career or your life in general, just write.  A little bit every day.  It takes some discipline in the beginning, like anything else worthwhile, but once you’re in the habit I’m confident you’ll find it rewarding.  With a feather quill or a pen.

Thank you to attackdepression.com for the photo.