“When I sit down on my yoga mat, it’s an instant reminder to press “pause” and bring my full awareness to the present moment and to simply “being”.
That brings almost immediate release of tension in my body & mind. There’s no greater feeling than that!
As Maria Popova (writer) says “Busyness is the greatest distraction from living, as we coast through our lives day after day, showing up for our obligations but being absent from ourselves, mistaking the doing for the being”.