Day 4 – 10 Jan; My Sadhana

Day 4 – 10 Jan

I woke up this morning, feeling calm and quiet and I was wondering how come the call and crave for coffee did not kick in yet. And bang on, as soon as I thought that, I so wanted coffee, like crazy! I also knew today was my full on regular working day, my classes started today, and my usual eating pattern is kicking in! You are what you think, I thought, I had a direct experience of that with my coffee this morning.

I am finding myself being regular with my sadhana! What’s a sadhana? Sadhana is a regular spiritual practice. Unlike a morning practice which is just a practice, a sadhana is a practice in which you see some changes in your body and mind and spirit.  So you can actually realize that your sadhana is changing and transforming your life. That’s what Sadhana is!

My Sadhana is : I wake up, before even any thoughts come to my mind (hahaha) try that, I say my prayers. This includes my prayers in Arabic (from my Muslim upbringing) and Sanskrit (From my Yogic Education), both prayers include praises to God and prayers for healing, transformation and learning for myself, my family, community and for all the beings in the world.

Shower, change, simple yoga moves, just to keep body agile, flexible and stretched. Pranayama, breathing exercise, kriya practice, meditation! All this takes about 45 minutes to one hour. On my lazy days, I cut out the Pranayama and Kriya. On my really really lazy days, I cut out the stretch too. Extreme lazy, I sleep in and just be a human. The “Being” part of me, I forget and let loose!  There are many days I spent on just being human and forgot the being part of me in 2011! I want to be more in the Being part of me for 2012!

Imagine out of 24 hours, 45 minutes of self care and this 45 minutes is the most important part of your day, coz its the one that brings perfect balance and harmony to your energy! So you’re not too high or too low, too angry or too calm, too fast or too slow, just a steady flow of being-ness that is so graceful and so inspiring! 45 minutes!

I am still not hungry besides the coffee craze! Which quickly subsided after a half a sweet melon. Yes, half of it, and I could eat the other half too. Ah so juicy and so tender and so so sweet. A whole glass of smoothy for lunch, mango, avocado, banana with local orange juice to liquify it. Divine! Salad for dinner I think. All along, I snack on dried apricots, dates and raw almonds. I am so full I don’t believe I can be full on this food! I know a friend of mine who does not eat anything, just surviving on air and water! I can imagine that to be pretty cool, however, a sumptuous sweet melon, NO WAY, nothing can take its place.

Love and Light
Fazilah Bazari