Wherever you are right now, whether you’re standing, sitting or lying, at home, on a commute or maybe at work; take 30 seconds to try this short exercise - you might surprise yourself…

Think back to a recent conversation, argument or discussion. Maybe it was with friends, colleagues or yourself, and visualise a memory of it.

It could be a recent argument that you had, maybe you were toying with the idea of holiday plans but couldn’t make your mind up. It could even be your justification to a bad habit you know you want to stop.

The point is I want you to question yourself. I’ll give you an example:

The other morning, I was thinking about life while sitting in my bathroom. No need to visualise that (we all do it). I was thinking about Tribalism (long story) and it suddenly occurred to me, that that particular thought I was having was not my own.

I racked my brain to find where I had picked up this random excerpt of knowledge, to no avail. Was it maybe a thought of my own? Although it’s a simple thought, and one that’s barely ground-tickling let alone, breaking; it got me thinking.

Everything around us obviously affects our thought patterns and who we become, on a second by second basis. But how much of what we think is our organic cognition, rather than social conditioning, media influence, interpersonal, etc.?

Later that day, I found myself on YouTube and stumbled upon (not via StumbleUpon) the video where I had first seen the point raised; which I’d taken to be my own thought and subsequently argued with myself about it.

After all that I made a conscious effort to go back and meditate on lots of things I’ve said or written recently to give a personal dressing down of that mental chatter and falsified personal pretense. It’s a simple exercise that some of you probably do all the time anyway; it’s useful for us all to check ourselves, yoga practitioner or not.

Slightly abstract but I hope you can see my point: challenge your perceptions and opinions, I promise you’ll surprise yourself.

Yogasync me! This practice will help you really get inside your own head and meditate on your own opinions:

Healing and Drifting Away

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In traditional philosophy, the vibration created when saying the word

Om symbolizes the 

“all encompassing mysterious cosmic vibration of the universe”

The substratum of all the things, an eternal song of the Divine Silence on the background of Infinity.

The Mandukya Upanishad breaks down Om, Ohm or Omm 
or more accurately pronounced

AUM, 

into it’s three 
matras (syllables), 
defining each as a state of 
consciousness.

A 
Represents 
Wakefulness 

U Dreams 

M 
Deep Dreamless Sleep


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