Basic Pursuits

According to the Yoga Sutra, the goal of yoga and meditation is to calm the fluctuations of the mind.

When I sit in meditation, my goal is to calm my thoughts, the "fluctuations of my mind," and to be present. Being present is a long way toward calming the mind, because let's face it, most of these thought fluctuations are about the past or the future.

Last week I realized that I needed to spend more time on my recovery. Just because I wasn’t waking up sore each morning didn’t mean that I was recovering properly. With the combination of a fat loss diet and increasingly intense workouts, my body was taking hits from all angles without proper recuperation.

Sex is good for you.

According to Readers Digest, among its other virtues, "Regular sex increases immunity from viruses, relieves stress, and even helps protect the health of a man's prostate gland by emptying fluids held there. It also triggers the release of chemicals that improve mood and ease pain."

Nothing wrong with that. Nor with the other gazillion benefits that we all could think of.

Fact: we all have really bad days.
Fact: we know today's troubles will end and that tomorrow is another day.

Question: why wait til tomorrow? why not just reboot and start today over again.

The blog geeks are sexy make this intriguing proposal. It suggests that after a 15 minute nap, wake up telling yourself that a new day has arrived and you are rested and ready to face its challenges from a fresh perspective.

That's a great idea. For those who can't nap on demand, a good meditation session should reboot you as well.

Sometimes I'm guilty of what I call "military eating." Eat as much as you can as fast as you can because you don't know when you will be able to eat again.

There's absolutely no need for that in my life. I've got plenty of food and I can eat it when I need it. But that doesn't stop me on occasions from eating like it's the last meal I'll get for a week.