Yoga Creates Lasting Calm

Have you ever had an especially stressful week of work? Really, who hasn’t? I certainly have. Last week in fact, was potentially my craziest week ever! It was as if the universe took everything it had and decided to throw it all at me at once. I had just gotten back from a nice weekend off and as soon as I walked into my yoga studio the world went hay wire. All of the negative things that the universe had in store for me took over my week. My normal to do list was utterly ignored while I dealt with the craziness of the week.

If this would have happened a few years ago, I would have either wanted to shut down or I would have held it all in. Then it would have simmer under the surface until it eventually boiled over at someone or something completely unrelated.


This time, with all of the negative things thrown on my plate, I was able to approach everything with a sense of calm and a smile on my face. I took each thing one at a time and dealt with things as they came up.


As I was reflecting on this hectic week, I asked myself “What’s the difference?” The answer, “my daily practice of yoga.”


My yoga and meditation practice has truly deepened in the past few years. Yoga’s definition is “to yoke” or “to unite”. It helps us to unite to our own bliss, our own soul. When we are connected in this way we can stay centered and balanced, eternally calm because we know that peace comes from within. It does not matter what the world throws at us. It is all about how we take it in and react to it. If we are calm and peaceful within we will respond to all events, good and bad, in our lives from that same place of calm.


Our yoga and meditation practices give us the opportunity to put ourselves in new places physically and mentally and see how we react to these new situations. Each time we come to our mats we can observe if we maintain calm in simple postures as well as in more challenging postures. If we notice anger, fear, or frustration arising in a posture we have the ability to practice recognizing it and releasing those negative feelings in order to bring us back to a continued place of peace and calm.


Practicing bringing ourselves from negative thoughts and feelings to positive thoughts and feelings on the mat translates powerfully into our lives off the mat. It empowers us to take control of our lives. It gives us a deep understanding that we are in control of our own destiny and that happiness is ours for the taking. Yoga gives us the ability to stay balanced, centered and calm when the universe seems to be going against us.


At Green Mountain Yoga we have teachers, classes, events and trainings that support our clients on this empowering journey of self discovery that brings lasting calm. Green Mountain Yoga’s staff is here to create and support positive and intentional change in our clients’ lives. We devote ourselves to a life filled with health, personal growth, happiness, and contentment.


If you are interested in creating lasting calm in your life, I’d like to invite you to our Free Intro to Yoga class on Wednesdays at 5:00. Create a consistent yoga practice that will bring you calm and happiness with our schedule of over 30 classes per week to choose from. See our schedule of classes at www.greenmtnyoga.com. Come experience the possibilities that yoga can bring to your life at Green Mountain Yoga.


Mindy Arbuckle, E-RYT, Owner of Green Mountain Yoga in Denver, CO

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