It really is difficult to be present. Kids do it so naturally. I remember my first yoga class. I hated it because I could do the moves but didn't feel what I should've been feeling. (Granted it was on a cruise ship out at sea.) Since then, I've continued with yoga sporadically. Mostly I've just tried to focus in the moment. I find that my work forces me to context switch too much, and there are things like coding which I avoid like the plague. Somehow it's easier when I am fully in the moment. Also, the gym has been a big part of learning to be in the moment. Exercises feel very different when you're just repeating for repetition sake versus being mindful of how you are moving.
It really is difficult to be present. Kids do it so naturally. I remember my first yoga class. I hated it because I could do the moves but didn't feel what I should've been feeling. (Granted it was on a cruise ship out at sea.) Since then, I've continued with yoga sporadically. Mostly I've just tried to focus in the moment. I find that my work forces me to context switch too much, and there are things like coding which I avoid like the plague. Somehow it's easier when I am fully in the moment. Also, the gym has been a big part of learning to be in the moment. Exercises feel very different when you're just repeating for repetition sake versus being mindful of how you are moving.
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