If you have to wait for the results of a medical test or for an operation, time can drag by. The long days can drag you through life. And life itself can become heavy.

If you wait by focusing only on that one moment in time in the future, you miss out on our life. You basically choose to abandon participating in your life in the present moment. Your whole world becomes the impending results, and your imagination will probably be quite overactive.

Yoga tools are actually quite simple, and can help you live your life with more pleasant moments. You can exercise your right to choose how you will be present with your life in any given moment.

Here are some suggestions on ways to use yoga tools:

Body Awareness – Listen as calmly as you can to the messages of the body by feeling the sensations: tingling, temperature, pressure, discomfort, etc.

Breath Awareness – Focus on the movement of the breath from neck to abdomen. Or listen to the sound of the breath.

Breathing Pattern – Become aware of the pause at the end of the exhalation, and comfortably extend it by a seconds or two.

Self Study – Journal on an experience. Choose a positive or negative experience.

Relationships - Ask a trusted friend to spend some time with you, and share your feelings with honesty.

I hope you capture many peaceful and pleasant moments. Do let me know how you fare.

Heather Greaves, Student of Yoga – heather@yogatogo.com