tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869261433448575146.post3947750984690809220..comments2023-08-24T11:15:16.111-05:00Comments on Total - Health - Yoga - and more: Open HeartKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18112238121767903592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869261433448575146.post-49454230639207179582007-12-14T13:53:00.000-06:002007-12-14T13:53:00.000-06:00I think the food was the most dramatic “ah-hah” fo...I think the food was the most dramatic “ah-hah” for me in this process. (Or maybe it was the media...or the interactions with people...or certain words...or my own fears and unmet needs...okay, a lot of “ah-hahs” for this little yogini!) I already had a fairly limited diet. I am vegetarian by choice and was also not eating dairy or soy due to my nursing son’s food sensitivities. So, I was a bit surprised there was more for me in this category. (Interesting, isn't it, how often we feel we are "done" in a certain area only to find that there is more to learn!) I noticed that I easily “lost it” when I ate pasta (as did my daughter — not a good mix when both parent and child are not balanced!) I also noticed being dehydrated affected me quite strongly. I also knew that being hungry did, too, but my additional lesson was I actually had problems before I felt hungry in the morning. I needed to be sure I ate a protein rich snack mid-morning regardless of hunger. Really a fascinating study for me!@MuseLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242543025805548527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869261433448575146.post-52148518872832046822007-12-12T12:33:00.000-06:002007-12-12T12:33:00.000-06:00Laura, I commend your determination to not "settle...Laura, I commend your determination to not "settle" for irritation as part of the package of being a parent with young children. To set a goal of living compassionately even with exhausted is brave. I love what you say about what you put in is what came out. How very true! It would be interesting to hear more about how the food you eat impacted your "tipping of the scale."Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18112238121767903592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869261433448575146.post-15826518356456229622007-12-11T13:25:00.000-06:002007-12-11T13:25:00.000-06:00Thank you for the lovely post! I have actually st...Thank you for the lovely post! I have actually studied compassion for quite some time in myself because I was anything but compassionate with my daughter (who was 2 1/2 years) when my son was born four years ago. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. Here I had two beautiful children and most of the time all I could get out was irritation! And yet, sometimes I was still capable of extraordinary bouts of compassion. People told me it was fatigue and moodiness was to be expected, but, frankly, that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted to see much more of my compassionate nature (which is what we naturally are deep down) even when I was exhausted. Maybe even especially when I was exhausted.<BR/><BR/>So, I began to study myself and I realized that I had a balance inside of me between positive and negative. When I was tipped to the positive, "good" came out of me. When I was tipped to the negative, "not so good" came out of me. I then realized that I could feed either the positive or the negative with what I filled myself with -- media, words I used, friends, even food affected which side of the scale I tipped to. The more good I consciously fed myself, the more good came out.<BR/><BR/>I then used what I learned to create a program for teaching others. If you are interested, check it out. It is called A Year of Living Compassionately (www.ayearofliving.com) and I am rerunning the program in its entirety beginning in January. It is an amazing experience of learning how to be more conscious in the world.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder!@MuseLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242543025805548527noreply@blogger.com