Letting go is a conscious choice to decide that we will no longer dwell on things that are out of our control, and focus on what we can control, instead. This leap of faith should be an easy one but of course it is not.
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The way to prepare this jump is to live in the present. The present is all we have. We can’t go back and fix the past, and what happens in the future isn’t here yet.
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To free ourselves from fear, we need to live in the present. Anxiety is linked to the future, to the uncertainty of it. To free ourselves from suffering, we need to live in the present too as suffering is linked to the memories of the past. When you live in the present, there is less anxiety and suffering.
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When we practice yoga, we train our minds to be in the Now. We learn to expand our attention without distraction, quietening the mind. The body (asanas) and the breath (pranayama) are the vehicles allowing the expansion of our conscious awareness and grounding us in the present.