Adventures of a Shivanaut

I wrote a note in my journal…

I made a note about the fact that my feet were cold when relaxing after practice – my favourite part.  I lie flat on the floor and completely relaxed (Yoga peeps will know this as Shavasana or corpse pose).  If you’ve ever seen a Bunny Flop you know what I mean.

Writing the note let an idea through…

My clever thought was this: wear some socks!  It sounds silly and obvious, but it was something I would never have considered if I hadn’t given my thought about my cold feet some attention (one of the reasons to keep a journal).  If you’re anything like me you won’t go and get a pair of socks now and put them where you practice/with your notebook/on the floor somewhere – but you might remember this post next time you realise your feet are freezing!

Which then led to me having a lovely warm feeling!

The next day as I lay down I suddenly remembered about the socks and got to have lovely warm feet – now that’s a result!

Writing things down does more than get ideas that are running lose in your head out and onto paper.  It gives them a tiny amount of undivided attention.  If you read productivity blogs you’ll know about the idea of focussing on one idea at a time, and even on a small level this seems to work wonders.  My theory is that they are looking for your attention and having got your focussed attention for just a few seconds your thoughts are happy to get to work generating ideas for you!

Do you have any little success stories from your journaling – or any other part of your practice – you can share?  I’d love to hear of anything that your proud of so we can celebrate your success!