Drishti: As a simple Exercise for more mindfulness in everyday life provides

Yoga is one of Baron Baptiste always a part of the everyday life, after all, it was his parents that opened in 1954, the first Yoga Studio in San Francisco. The was was at a time when, even in San Francisco Yoga as something strange, Alien – spiritual "Spinner". Not so for the family of Baptiste. They traveled to India, meditated on the world and sparked Baptiste as a Teenager, the passion for Assanas, such as the physical Exercises in the hot Yoga. We have the founder of the "Baptiste Power Yogas" and a global Ambassador for Lululemon about the importance of mindfulness in everyday life speaking, what exactly is behind his well-known "Drishti"-Method is and why Meditation is as natural as brushing your teeth should be.

GQ: Plays when Yoga is more the physical or the mental side of a role?

Baron Baptiste: For me, are the physical Exercises is very important, because erdest your body and find a Balance. Physical stability of a new type of spirituality opens automatically. For many people, it is easier on the body to the head.

There is a special Exercise to get to this mental openness?

Yes, I call this Exercise “Drishti”. It works very simply. You with the eyes of a point, on the you concentrate. Your body should be in a grounded Pose, for example, in the tree or Tadasana (the mountain posture). Now you are breathing deep and concentrated. The heels get the roots, the body is growing up – as physical movement to which we aspire is so. And in this Pose you to stay.

How long should I do this Exercise?

You can start with one Minute and then increase. Initially, it can include, for example, when you Inhale and Exhale, respectively, to five. After a short time of physical blockages, such as tension in the jaw and, later, mental resolve first. A kind of cleansing heat in the body and the mind.

What Mindfulness means to you personally?

For me, it is self-perception and a certain situational awareness. So that I can take my environment and everything around me aware true.

How can you make the most concrete expression of his environment, more aware?

This has much to do with Exercise. A good Start for your own body, your own attitude is. You take a couple of minutes, the feet on the floor, feel the ground on which one sits, the surfaces we touch. Later on, the environment can occur. This time, we should take a day. (For more on mindfulness for beginners, you can read here)

Why is Mindfulness so important?

If we are not at the Moment aware of, if we practice, then we are living only in thoughts. We are neither affiliated with us nor with our environment. If you live only in his head, then you will feel easy once isolated or lost.

How can I practice Mindfulness?

It is very powerful to just sit. The only Intention: to be aware of – i.e. sit, to sit. You call for your body to consciousness and go through it piece by piece – such as a Body Scan. Maybe you can also take a couple of feelings. Easy to perceive, is not it want to be or be the judge.

How much time it should take for it?

Any time is the right one. Even if it’s only two minutes or 30 seconds. A few moments of Pause to help. And then maybe a morning routine find – it is wonderful to start the day.

How do you motivate yourself to be mindful?

For me, Meditation is a matter of course – it’s like brushing your teeth, the process is automatically. I’m going to Wake Up in my meditation seat and go. It is part of my Routine.

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