Jennifer Louden is known as “The Comfort Queen” and featured on many globally recognised TV shows, including Oprah, with over 800,000 copies of her first book sold internationally. She is the world's leading authority on carving out the time and desire to look after your own well being and hence achieve more with less stress despite having a very busy life.
We all practice living our values. We practice democracy. We practice yoga. We practice loving kindness toward ourselves and others. The interesting part is that somewhere along the way the idea was introduced that "practice makes perfect."
Well, I'm here to tell you, that's hogwash. Bull hockey. The cart before the horse. Practice is learning in motion. We don't get done with learning or get perfect at it. We hopefully become more curious, more compassionate, more open and that's why we practice.
Thus, our focus can be not on the dangling carrot of "when I master a handstand, then I will be a good yogini" and rather on "What is unfolding in this moment?" We can participate in the amazing creation happening all around us and through us as we release, again and again, our idea that a certain something will make us better or get us "there." There is no there -- but there sure is a lovely here. Let us ride the ripples what we practice to create freedom on all levels