Cleanse

So what would happen if all the clutter just disappeared? if magically our houses were utterly cleared, if our minds were spontaneously purged of all hinderances & if our bodies were completely detoxified? eventually we’d fill up again right? space gets invaded, negative thoughts happen & sweet things get eaten! The fact is that cleansing needs to be a hand in hand companion for living. We often embark on dramatic quests for domestic minimalism, mental clarity & dietary virtue around the new year, springtime or whenever we’re sick of the accumulation of mountains of unfiled documents on the proverbial & indeed physical desk! Our cyclical nature of contentment leading to apathy forcing us into action is part of who we are as human beings, there are mountains, valleys and infinity in between, as we skateboard up & down the inclines of our peaks & troughs for long enough we realise that sometimes the grand gesture of detoxification is simply our fire element stepping in to burn off a bit of excess sludge! Whatever your perspective of this phenomenon is, it is undoubtedly factual that we need variety. For most personality types, if we cleanse too much we either deplete or rebel and if we indulge too much we dullen our lifeforce….I think it’s good to explore the edges but as I grow I also see the merit in teeny tiny changes along the way. My suggestion for your yoga homework is to explore the concept of cleansing in miniscule bites, do 1 thing differently per layer of life eg: write the urgent thought in a notebook instead of a loose sheet of paper, eat the boiled egg instead of the fried one, do 5 Sun Salutations instead of 3, access your 4pm ‘refresh’ button with a walk outside instead of a 9th coffee, give yourself permission to release any obligations to the ‘difficult’ people in your life once in a while instead of consistent martyrdom! and breathe……breathe, breathe breeeeeeeathe! your clean slate can happen every day….every moment, the time is now.