Enthusiasm waning? Unexplained tiredness starting to creep in when you need to keep going? To solve this problem, especially if it is ongoing, become a detective and conduct an investigation of what is stealing your enthusiasm.
Focus and concentration, two benefits of yoga practice, will help make the investigation successful.
Let's explore one method to identify the possible source and banish this tiredness.
The importance of banishing tiredness To live more fully, to experience more joy, to have better relationships, to be more and to do more.
When tiredness consumes the body and mind, it is as if darkness pervades.
A gray cloud or fog hovers.
To live with color, like yellow lightning and brightening, let's banish tiredness.
Identifying the culprit Firstrecognize that until the source of tiredness is found, there is no chance of consciously ending the problem.
We may energize ourselves using many different methods, however, this is temporary.
After a while, we'll start to lose energy once more.
Take time to reflect on the reason for the energy drain.
Energy draining Here's a list: heavy food, sluggish digestion, repressed emotions, depressed thinking, lack of activity, poor sleeping habits, incorrect breathing, excessive talking.
Yoga techniques to banish tiredness Self Reflection -Find a possible cause.
How do you normally journey within? How about writing a journal? Do you consciously relax and focus on your breathing? Is it running? Or hiking? Perhaps it is practicing yoga exercises and ending with relaxation.
Breathing - Here are 3 yoga techniques to increase energy: (1) Inhaling in segments (2) Breathing in a ration of 2:1 where you inhale twice as long as you exhale (3) pumping the navel with a breath like Kapalabhati or Breath of Fire.
Yoga Poses - Postures that open the chest.
This can be done gently to begin with.
For example: Using a cushion or pillow as a prop, place the prop under the chest as you lie on your back.
This will create a slight lift of the chest.
Breathe consciously and evenly.
Avoid making the exhalation longer than the inhalation.
Stay for 1 to 2 minutes.
Hand Positions - In sitting position, rub the palms together for a short while to create some warmth.
Separate the hands and curl the fingers into the palms.
Keep the thumbs on the outside.
Rest the palms on the thighs with palms down.
Point the thumbs towards each other.
Yoga Philosophy Identifies desires as a cause of suffering.
Reflect on how your desires might be creating tiredness.
Once you banish ongoing tiredness, enjoy using the yoga techniques as energy boosters.