enough or not….

This morning, I decided to do yoga even though my body felt as stiff as a metro rail. I rolled out my yoga mat and started following a tutorial. Despite feeling like I lacked grace and was using too much force, I continued to follow the instructions. At one point, my monkey mind told me to quit, but my inner voice reminded me that I hadn’t even tried my best and that it felt like I was sabotaging myself. I told myself to “do it,” and after 5 minutes, I felt like I had done enough for the day. Although I didn’t complete the tutorial, it was my inner voice guiding me to understand that I had done what was enough.

Many times, we measure productivity by the number of hours we work or the amount of work we have done. However, in my yoga session, I realized that it’s the inner voice that should guide us whether we have done enough, push ourselves, keep going, or let go. We should never let outside voices guide us.