Leonie Dawson's Amazing Life Workbook

I've been feeling a little stagnant lately. I can't tell if it's my energy channels, my aura, my inner child or nadis. Too much to think about, not enough action. 

I know that I'm tired from working six days a week (mentally, physically and emotionally tired) and I'm thrilled that I now have two days off work (it's a beloved long weekend, hooray!). 

A little downtime certainly won't go astray. 

Although my year is pretty well mapped out with destinations (physical and mental, literal and figurative, etc, etc and so on and so forth), the journey is as they say the most important part - I know exactly where I'm going to end up, it's just that the getting there part (and the reasons why) hasn't been well fleshed out yet. Well, until 20 minutes ago!

I have literally just stumbled upon Leslie Dawson's 2014 Amazing Year Life Workbook, thanks to a friend of mine. I actually now possess the digital versions of both the life and business workbooks, which is pretty awesome. However, I feel like I need physical copies so I'll be off to print them out at the local stationery store this weekend. 

I've started with the life workbook and lo and behold, one of the first things to do is "The Very Important 2013 Closing Ceremony". I have been saying for a fair few weeks now that I need to drag out all the crap I hid under my yoga mat in 2013 and deal with it, bid it farewell and move on; in order to move forward and truly enjoy 2014 - "The Year of Me" - as well as finally get my hips to move the right way in various yoga asana!

I will spend tonight closing off 2013 and then tomorrow and Monday planning my 2014. There's a few private matters to attend to as part of the 2013 closing ceremony, so I'll be taking this offline. 

Just be there...

One of the greatest lessons I've learnt from enjoying nearly 40 yoga classes in the past few months is to "just be there". Okay, so that line comes from a previous Yoga Teacher, Tom. But this very concept still applies three years later and, quite frankly, it always will. 

Life changes in an instant. One second you're on top of the world, the next minute you're underneath it as it rolls over the top of you, flattening you like a pancake. You can choose to "lie back and think of England", or you can choose to roll up and get back on with life. 

Life is about choices. I choose to roll up.

I choose to enjoy every day. I choose to be happy. I choose to do something each and every day to move myself closer to my goals. I choose calm and peace. I choose to be a free-spirited, sandal-wearing, chai-drinking, semi-vegetarian, organic-selecting, recycling bouncy person who lives to inspire and encourage others. 

I choose to no longer allow anyone to squash my spirit, trash my dreams or silence my inner voice. I choose to be the best me that I can possibly be, in public and in private. I choose to achieve my goals and find something every single day to be grateful for. I choose to live in the moment, to be present, to cherish others and to cherish myself. 

I choose life, with all of its inside-outs and back-to-fronts and upside-downs.