Yamas

Tortilla Soup - 3 Commitments

Renewing 3 Commitments

As I hunker down and eat some tortilla soup that I made yesterday, I was thinking about the goodness that comes from making food. For many reasons, in recent years, making food started by going into the freezer or the local deli to see, “what’s for dinner.” Buying a ½ share of the Food For Thought CSA this summer, helped me kick-start my cooking inventions. Also, having friends (you know who you are) who cook from scratch all of the time helps with feeling some peer pressure on the subject.

This brings me to my title today, Renewing 3 Commitments. I’d like to make a list of a three things that I will commit to for a month. Feel free to do the same with the Comment Button below. I’ll check back in with you on Nov. 22 to see how it goes.

Don’t beat yourself up if you aren’t perfect. 

What are 3 things that you are willing to commit to?

  

1)   Do yoga every day for 15 minutes or more.
I’m looking for the real deal here       Open =mind/body/breath 

2)   Cook a giant vat of soup and a dessert from scratch every week 

3)   Keep my plants watered – I’m actually not joking with this one. I tend to forget about the little guys.

Ahimsa 

Non-Violence

1st of the Yamas

It is the backbone or the life-preserver of the Yamas. If you can't remember much, remember this one. It means non-violence. If you think of this in terms of thoughts, speech and action, then you've got some searching to do. Also, if you think of it in the range from thinking negative thoughts about someone (or yourself) to the other extreme, of killing someone.

More importantly, it is what you do. 

Do you remember the feeling of falling madly in love with someone? How all that they said or did (even their faults) were amazing, or at least quaint? How do we get there with ourselves in our yoga practice, both on and off the mat?
Can we take the risk to be open enough to love ourselves (even our faults) for who we are?
-t.

Thank you Rachel Hinsley for starting this conversation in my head!