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Morning Practices
Well, I‘m delighted to report that I actually HAVE morning practices these days. That‘s right, folks. I‘ve successfully established a set of morning practices that I do on a consistent and regular basis almost every day.
This is a Very Big Deal for me as I‘ve been working to establish this foundation, this great start to my day for quite some time now. I notice that it really does make a big difference, starting my day off in this particular way, with a little meditation, a little yoga, a little physical activity and a little journaling. This actually surprises me–the difference that these morning practices have been making–which cracks me up, because I believe that’s the POINT.
So, hooray for me and morning practices. It‘s a great thing and I‘d highly recommend creating your own. There‘s absolutely no need to struggle as long as I did. You could just start doing a few things every morning – 
As wonderful as morning practices are, I‘ve realized that we are practicing something all the time, every minute of our lives and our life does go in the direction of what we practice. Often what I am practicing is incredibly life giving like deep listening, pausing to find the stillness in each moment, being amazed by the beauty of the world, being responsible for my impact. Sometimes I practice things that are life diminishing like judgment, resentment and blame.
Our lives are shaped and formed by what we practice in the small moments. . .in ways large and small, we are either nourishing the sacred life within us or we are not. So establishing a set of Morning Practices that pleases us sets a baseline. . .lays down a foundation if you will of consciousness from which to create our day. Actually LIVING is the point! And when I am able to begin, to start from a place of grounded presence, the living of my day generally has more resonance and I spend more time practicing the life giving practices and less time on the life diminishing one.
I‘ll close my post with a clip from YouTube of an adorable little girl. Now this kid knows what morning practice is all about. It‘s less than a minute long. . .she‘s really efficient too!
KKH
Or click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg
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