Yoga Holidays:
Yoga During the Holidays
Holiday stress sounds silly, but it is real and can cause serious upset. There are countless reasons to get angry during your holiday: poor services, bad weather, high prices, obnoxious tourists, unexpected insects, etc. Yoga offers several methods of reducing the effects of holiday stress in the form of meditation, sakshin, pratyahara, and pranayama.
Meditation is also recommended when holiday stress knocks on the door. Meditation helps you prepare for potential stressful situations and is invaluable during and after these events pass. A detached state of consciousness that grants you a better understanding of the realities around you is referred to as sakshin. Pratyahara is a state of peace obtained by reducing to a minimum all outside intereferences.
The mind becomes calm and relaxed, focusing on the inside of your body. By using pranayama you are able to calm yourself in almost any difficult situation. This is accomplished by regulating your breathing, which harmonizes the energies in your body.
Being prepared for stress is vital for a successful holiday. Anticipating a potential problem doesn't mean worrying about it beforehand, however. Instead, it means that when the problem does occur you should already have a good understanding of why it happened. You will get much better results by addressing an issue with a clear head, rather then acting on impulse.
When a stresser occurs, try to "step out" of your body and see yourself in that particular setting. Objectivity is hard, especially when it comes to your own self, but it helps to get a neutral perspective on things. Directing an action by the guidelines of an objective mind will prove more successful than jumping in head first.
Concepts like "I couldn't help myself" should be discouraged from your own vocabulary and thoughts. Take control of your inner self, and you will have better control of what's outside your body in the external world. You should first feel you body's reaction to an outside element and only react afterwards, when a clear judgment tells you what to do. Breathing techniques can help a lot when it comes to calming an impulsive spirit and bringing harmony to a particular event or situation.
You need to interrupt the actions of your subconscious mind before you are able to take control of a situation. Initial responses are hasty and often tough to avoid, but it is essential that you get a steady feeling of control over your reactions. The first reaction to a negative element can either be that of fighting back or fleeing. In any of the two cases a considerable amount of tension fills you body, and it could be days or weeks before you manage to get over this traumatic event.
A calm and balanced response has a chance of eliminating any sort of tension before it even gets a foothold. Remember that most holidays are short and you can't afford to spend half of it in a sour mood. After all, you are there to try to recharge your energy, not to waste it on meaningless tension.
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