Sudden Ups & Downs Yoga

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Just as a ship in turbulent seas needs a calm captain who uses his or her skills to guide the ship, one needs a calm mind and the use of wisdom and knowledge when one goes through life’s ups and downs. Lows arising from loss or failure can render rational thought irrelevant. Also, highs coming from success and adoration can render thought irrelevant. It is rare that a rash decision made without rational thought, or without input from people you trust, will lead to a positive outcome for you.

Mindful breathing done with positive visualization and positive self-affirmation provides a very important tool that can help stabilize highs and lows of life.

One has to remind oneself that the dejection from the lows will pass as will the euphoria from the high. Just as time heals emotional traumas, adoration and success can also blind one to reality.

In the app we have chosen several breath sequences that cater to stabilizing one’s mind and feeling optimistic. These sequences are in the Learning Studio along with detailed instructions. The user should review them and use them as seen fit. Playlists can be made in the Customization where each playlist task can be made up of one of these sequences.

You can also use any of the sequences you have learned from the Learning studio to do breaths of different time periods by using the breath timing feature of the app in the Customization space. The breath timing feature not only allows you to alter the breath time and phases to your desire, it also allows you to choose images that may uplift you and affirmations that allow you to overcome negative feelings.

A large number of affirmations are placed in the breath timing library. You can also type in anything you find meaningful to you. The affirmations may be uttered as you exhale, if you choose to do so. Affirmations useful for overcoming the negative aspects of loneliness can be of the following types:

I will act deliberately.
I will not be taken advantage of.
My well-being is central.