Simplicity

Simplicity carried to extreme is elegance.

LIVING YOUR YOGA: Choose an ordinary task, such as cutting an orange. Collect your tools and begin. Focus simply on one hand holding the orange, the movement of the knife through the fruit's skin, the sound as the knife strikes the chopping board. Notice the sunny brilliance of the orange flesh. Gather the pieces and put them in a bowl. Eat and taste.

This Living Your Yoga reaches into the core of what yoga is all about - existing in the present. I've been working on this since I started teacher training, so today's exercise wasn't exactly earth-shattering for me. However, with the pace I've been running at to get things ready for the studio it was nice to take a step back and stop thinking about anything aside from the task at hand. My "ordinary task" was ironing my shirt. And, I have to admit, that was the most pleasant ironing experience I can recall having. Ironing usually takes me back to my days at MMA as a Midshipman Under Guidance - ick.

All in all, I would highly recommend everyone try this one, preferably daily!