MY MENTAL TIGER
By Deanna Gray
I remember those nights laying in bed,
a thousand thoughts running through my head.
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Filled with frights.
Day after day not wanting to leave my bed.
Can I? Will I? Maybe, but why?
I feel so dead.
The stories in my mind creating illusions of who I think I am.
Who should I be?
Should I have said that?
Now what do they think of me?
If I could do it again…just maybe.
Lost in fantasies of how my life should be.
These distorted perceptions of what was never even real – a false sense of me.
Distortions that threaten my perceptions I held so near.
STRESS
Stress in my mind rushing like a never ending river.
This should not be.
Why me?
Lost in the darkness deep inside of me.
How can I escape?
I’m never really here anyway.
My mind’s over there.
Then over here.
But never in the NOW, the only place I can be.
FRAGMENTED
My mind so far away from my body.
This I can see.
Giving away my peace for the desire to please.
To be loved and accepted is what we all need.
Looking for this outside, I’ll never be free.
Demanding unconditional acceptance from everyone I meet.
When I can’t give this to myself.
I feel so beat.
MINDFULNESS
Present moment awareness feels so out of reach.
This tiger inside of me wants to devour me.
And yet it wants to be free.
How do I tame this tiger I see?
I searched for the answer far and wide.
Then grace feel upon me and I met my beloved Guru, Yogi Amrit Desai.
This kind, gentle soul told me to…
BREATHE.
His yogic teachings have shown me the truth.
Now I witness the stories with joy in my heart for I know now the darkness can hold me no more.
The light that’s within me shines so bright.
Abundance and blessings fill my life.
And when I can’t see the light I look within you and it shines just right.
It shines like the brightest star on a clear dark night.
GRATITUDE
It fills my heart to share with you these teachings of light and love.
And it gently reminds me I AM THAT I AM.
Stress Today
Our bodies were built to withstand only 60-90 seconds of acute stress. If there’s a true threat, like a tiger in the room, we either survive or die. Either way it’s over quickly. Today we don’t have many real tigers in the room, but we do have “mental tigers”, and this type of stress will stay as long as we keep it around.
Find out how to tame these tigers and find peace even in the midst of chaos. Join me for this special two-part workshop.
“If it doesn’t change your life, it’s not yoga.” – Yogi Amrit Desai
