\u201cWhat you give comes back to you ten-fold\u201d – Brenda Bence<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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In the past one month, I saw an instant display of Karma. After organising the 5 week mindfulness course last month and seeing the impact of it in my life, this month I organised two meditation workshops on Focus and Better Sleep. In the week I taught focus, I was able to focus for four hours straight on the work I was doing without feeling saturated. The next week when I was teaching meditation for sleep, I started sleeping 10 hours a night against the usual 6 hours every night. The impact felt quite profound and interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1.Crystal Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even though I was not meditating on them daily given the complicated process to program them, I saw some results. One of my crystals broke in the first month itself showing their work. Looking forward to many more such experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2.Books<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This month, I read \u2018If truth be told\u2019 by Om Swami. It piqued my interest in Mantra Yoga and I picked up \u2018Ancient Science of Mantras\u2019 by Om Swami. I also read \u2018The New Earth\u2019 by Ekhart Tolle which I consider a life changing book. I have become more aware of my ego after that and I have been observing it so that it will not rule my life like before. Apart from this I read a couple of books on Astrology, Vastu, Graphology and dedicated a major amount of time for the workshop on understanding parenting.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3.Food\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I should say this was a disaster. The month started with my husband bringing a kitkat the first thing in the morning and putting it on my table and asking me to eat it as a sign of accepting his apology. While I appreciate his efforts to apologize with a token of gift, I had to have a talk with him on how he should change his gifts so that I don\u2019t break my diet to not break his heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For this month, I am tracking what rule I am breaking across the headings of deep fried, processed sugar, jaggery, wheat(gluten), maida, dairy, GMO<\/span> food. This gives me a more realistic picture on what I should eat less of and what are the reasons why my diet fails at times.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4.Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I published 6 against the 7 articles which I wanted to publish last month. It is not like I have not written, but they could not go beyond the draft stage. To be honest, one of the days, I have written such a deep article that moved me and brought up so much stored anxiety to the surface that I could not go on with writing after that. I needed a break from writing such stuff. Overall, I want to stick with writing at least 5 articles a month which is practically feasible.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are so many things I want to do but I hardly find time. A lot of my time goes into daily office work, household work, meditation and yoga that I can\u2019t make any more time to start something new. The book I planned to release for Dasara is nowhere close to completion. The Instagram page which I wanted to grow is on hold. On a few days, I hardly have any energy left to put some work into growing my side hustle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I decided to make a few major changes to my life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n With the freed up space, I want to see what I can do differently and how it can improve my productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The major habits I want to pick up for next month are<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1.Chanting mantras<\/strong><\/p>\n In my childhood, my grandmother taught me mantras to recite before doing everyday tasks like switching on light, taking bath and a few more. But I hardly remember any of them today. I came across mantras in the book by Om Swami again which reminded me of those days. I want to make a habit of getting back to chanting at least two mantras this month. This has nothing to do with religion and more about finding a way to tap into the potential handed over through ages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2.Staying in touch with scriptures<\/strong><\/p>\n A few months ago, even though I progressed till the second chapter of Bhagavad Gita, I could not keep up with it after that. I don\u2019t want to be ambitious. I will read just one sloka each day as prescribed by Om Swami. Just after my gratitude diary, so that it becomes a habit.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3.Celebrating Navratri<\/strong><\/p>\n Navratri is a good time to balance the yin yang energy in the body. I am looking forward to deepening my meditation and bringing energy balance.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n How was your September? What are your plans for October?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Happy October!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWhat you give comes back to you ten-fold\u201d – Brenda Bence In the past one month, I saw an instant display of Karma. 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Plans for October<\/span><\/h2>\n
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