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positive intention is the best thing you can do
for yourself. It teaches you not to give up, to
value the baby steps of real progress, to bond
with a community of fellow practitioners, to
open yourself up to a deeper education and to
feel the desire for more and more learning.As a writer, I am impulsive, anxious,
independent-minded, opinionated and
emotional. Through yoga, I have stopped
fighting these qualities, and accepted that they
make me who I am. I know I need to work on
myself, and yoga has its way of correcting one
from within. Constantly. Whether one likes it
or not.And so today, emotionally, I’m somewhere
at the start of my Phase 3. I’m seeing yoga
as a liberating friend, as an ally, as a tool for
strengthening myself in the world I live in and
the world I have to negotiate, as a practice that
will allow me to use my creative talents and
personality to their best potential. It’s time to
finish writing my (first) book and to get it out
there, to find a balance between my career,
my relationships and other responsibilities, to
develop the hardcore will it takes to cut down
on smoking. It’s time to let go of situations
and people who do not value or understand
me, to not take for granted the ones who do.
It’s time to be kinder, less stubborn, more
empathetic.Well, one day at a time.Selina Sheth is based in India and is a writer
and content developer in film, television, print
and digital media. She is working on her debut
book, ‘Any Time, Some Time’, a collection of
short fictional stories. http://www.selinasheth.com.75
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