10/05/2023
As a home lonely practitioner IG posting was kind of a way of being held accountable for my practice. But then I had my third child and started a full time 10 hours a day, consultant job and posting was the last of my priorities. I am happy and fulfilled in my hectic new life. However, I have to recognise that sometimes I feel close to the burnout and very often I am dealing with guilt and wishing to have more hours a day to spend with my kids, my friends, or even at work to better finish some particular project. I guess all working mums can relate to that. However, what is helping me keep things together and not fall into a burnout is my yoga practice. No matter what, really no matter what I dress and unroll my Matt. Sometimes is just for a short 10-15 mins “practice”, and sometimes I am blessed with some more time but I feel like I am really beginning to understand the purpose of this practice. It is about it sustaining ur life and not the other way around. I feel stronger and more balanced now, that I have less time to practice but I do it in a more efficient way. I am not progressing at all in my asana practice and that’s just fine: my practice gives me physical and mental strength to handle the rest of the day.
I don’t compromise my sleep, I will never put the alarm, my mental health depends a lot on sleeping, and three young kids around means a lot of troubled nights but as soon as I open my eyes, I put my clothes and jump into my mat. And some days,like today, I have the blessing of not practicing alone ❤️.