Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Stopping Thought

I've been reading the posts of fellow participants of The Next Chapter with Jamie Ridler. We're currently reading Martha Beck's The Joy Diet. Each chapter explores a different component of joy and the first chapter suggests we try 15 minutes per day of nothing. Almost every post I've read has talked about how hard it is to quiet the mind. I have that "problem," too, but I guess I'm a bit of a slacker and I've just accepted it. Though, I must confess that deep down I've thought of it as a character flaw. Today as I was going through old Yoga Journal magazines looking for images for my vision cards - I hit upon this article which dispelled all of my fears. BONUS: I also found the perfect image for my vision card!

2 comments:

~me said...

Kim - thanks much for posting this suggestion from the yoga journal - it made a huge difference in my NOTHING today!

Kim said...

I'm glad you found it helpful ~me. I did,too. Best to you as you conitnue your journey through the Joy Diet. Though I did stop blogging about it - I DID finish the book and found it wonderfully helpful and inspiring.

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