TGF : Thank God , its Friday.

Wo! the next two days will be rest days over the weekend. I could see the young people rushing off for a good friday nite outing but for the older folks, it will another two days to rest their tired body and mind. So much have changed over the years ie our desire, objectives, outlook, thinking and expectations. It is like an evolving mother nature. Flowers grow and die off and another cycle starts and run through its nature course.  What have happen to us ? Some people call this monopause as  a mellowing phase.  It is very difficult to understand why our thinking change with our aging body.  To some people, age is a number and we eat, dance and live as usual.

Some great teachers have taught us that life is a journey , not a destination and I saw an advert using this slogan. How funny, it is actually for a car advertisement.  It is true, we should maintain our vigour in life and move on with the same youth in us. I was very impressed with one of my Yoga teacher , she was already in her sixties but she have such a flexible body and power energey as she performs her routine. What a 20 something person can do, she can do it if not better.  It blows my mind to see this phenomena. Again, I was re-enforced by an article by another Yoga teacher, who says that he will practice Yoga until his last breath. Frankly speaking, Yoga is to prepare for our gradual and graceful death due to old age but during the process it will help us to prolong our youth and preserve our energy on a slow decline. It is not strange and very logical as the exercise keep us agile, flexible and youthful.  I was told that Nicole Kidman did her head stand for 30 minutes very day to keep  her youthful look and beauty.  Each difficult move is like a meditative stance and keep us in a cosmic balance.

There are also other forms of  self healing exercise like Tai Chi and Gigong and this is an art of breathing that helps to detox  and revitalize our body and mind. There is a belief that there an electro force in our body and through this breathing exercise, we can control our chi and convert this electro force into energy. Whatever complicated it is, the basic concept is to promote the art of breathing and living.

So, folks, don't sit back in your home during this weekend and let time fly by.  Get yourself in the mood and persuade yourself to try out some of the exercise recommended above or any exercise will be good for the body including brisk walking.

Namaste.