A Little Bit of Something...

I've been taking acting classes for a while now, and my wonderful teacher, who is also a life coach, has offered us several sage phrases that I have found to be relevant to my life as a whole. One that came up for me this week is, "The difference between doing a little bit of something and doing nothing is everything." In acting, it's about preparing for a scene, but I find it to be true in Yoga practice as well. As a teacher (and I know this is true for many students as well), I am often torn between practicing what feels right for me in the moment and what I think I "should" be practicing. As such, there is often a temptation to postpone practicing at all till I have enough time to do it "right." This is especially true before my early morning classes, where I rarely have the time to devote to a long practice. But I noticed recently that even a few minutes of conscious breathing and movement before class makes me many times more effective as a teacher. It helps me tune in and connect to my deeper self, and coming from that place I connect more authentically to my students. So it really is true, as I have often taught, that practicing even a few minutes a day can be more effective than two hours once or twice a week. Try it for yourself and see what happens.