#4. Just Keep Breathing.
When going into some of the more challenging yoga poses, such as back bends or the triangle pose, many students have a tendency to hold their breath, me included. It's just what the body wants to do until the difficulty is over.
We have to be reminded to breathe. To work through the pose, to go deeper into our work, to be in the present moment, we have to be reminded to breathe. Keep breathing.
It reminds me of the movie, "Finding Nemo", where Nemo's father is paralyzed by fear of the unknown. Dori, his friend, takes him by the fin and says, 'just keep swimming'. She repeats it and sings a song about it as they, together, venture off into the deep, dark unknown.
These sayings keep people moving and help people stay in the present. If I start thinking about taking on the entire pose or entire yoga session all at once, I get overwhelmed. I start thinking about how hot and humid the room really is, how crowded the studio is, and how many more poses we have left, it becomes absolutely overwhelming.
Same with my home candle business. If I start thinking about updating my site, what continual SEO work needs to be done, contacting new opportunity thinkers, preparing my tools, reading new material, working on self-development, and more..well, it can be absolutely paralyzing. It's too much to take on at once.
That's when I take a breath. I stop, break things down, and take it one item at a time. One pose at a time. In al-anon, they say, 'first things first'.
When new people come into the business, they tend to want to take it all on at once. And that's understandable! It's an exciting time, it's fun, and new, and we all want to get on it as quickly as possible, wanting to build that business right now.
But, it can also become daunting and overwhelming.....if we let it. The average person only last three months or so in Network Marketing. The Yoga studio where I go offers a 30 day package for very little. They want someone to come for at least 30 days in order to make a decision about whether bikram yoga is for them or not. Most only come a few times and then stop.
If, as we approach the yoga session, or the home business, we think about everything we have to accomplish at once, we have a tendency to stop and become overwhelmed, and then nothing gets done.
Especially if results aren't immediate.
With yoga and network marketing, it takes time to see the long term results. Yes, there can be some immediate results. However, for the most part, it takes a while to see the long term results.
And this is where it's important to keep breathing. Keep swimming. Just keep breathing. Breathe through the challenging times. Just keep swimming.
And slowly, but surely, you'll see the results you've been looking, wanting, and working towards. You'll be able to take on everything. Just not all at once.
Stay with it. Keep breathing and just keep swimming...
~Namaste
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Lesson #3
#3. Your body will follow where your eyes go. Put your eye on the prize, focus on it. Don’t blink and don't look away, or you just may lose your balance.
In Yoga, we are constantly told where to focus. We are encouraged to keep our eyes on our own bodies in the mirrors in front of us. Why would we look at what others are doing? We need to be focusing on our own practice.
Now, this doesn't mean, don't listen or pay attention to anyone. I pay attention and listen to the instructor because they are watching my poses and helping me with the tweaking I need in order to get the most from each pose. Just like a mentor within the your business. They step back and say, 'yes, that is good. Now add this and try doing that. Good. Perfect. Now see the results?'
But I don't really watch others because we are all doing our own thing based on our own experience. Does that make sense?
Here's an example. When I originally started my home candle business, I was full steam ahead. Then I started noticing other distributors and how fast they were moving ahead, reaching goals, building their team, etc. I kept comparing my business growth to theirs. And, I ended up losing focus on mine.
At one point, I asked my good friend and mentor what one person was doing differently than me. She said, 'it doesn't matter. There are lots of factors, and none of them really matter. What matters is what you are doing.'
It took a while for me to understand that even if I did exactly what the other person was doing the results would still be different. I mean, yes, duplicatability is important. In yoga, we are all given the same pose to do each time, but do we all do it exactly the same? No. Not even close. We are all living our own experiences.
Same thing with network marking. We all have access to the same tools, however we are still all on our own paths. We have our own challenges to overcome, we all have different goals that we focus on and, some things are easier for us than others and vice verse.
The only one I can compare myself to is, well, me! And if I take my eyes off my prize, whatever that may be, it's real easy to lose focus and, quite possibly, lose balance. It's real possible to be so busy trying to figure out what the other person might be doing and trying it, that I lose focus of my own business and could, quite possibly, lose balance with my business altogether.
Keep your eye on yourself. Only compare yourself with you. Set your own goals and work towards achieving them. This is your own practice, whether it's yoga, or home based business. We're all on different places on our paths to success. We all have our own strengths and weaknesses, so let's focus on ourselves.
Keep your eyes on your prize. Don't lose focus. Don't lose balance. And charge forward.
~Namaste
In Yoga, we are constantly told where to focus. We are encouraged to keep our eyes on our own bodies in the mirrors in front of us. Why would we look at what others are doing? We need to be focusing on our own practice.
Now, this doesn't mean, don't listen or pay attention to anyone. I pay attention and listen to the instructor because they are watching my poses and helping me with the tweaking I need in order to get the most from each pose. Just like a mentor within the your business. They step back and say, 'yes, that is good. Now add this and try doing that. Good. Perfect. Now see the results?'
But I don't really watch others because we are all doing our own thing based on our own experience. Does that make sense?
Here's an example. When I originally started my home candle business, I was full steam ahead. Then I started noticing other distributors and how fast they were moving ahead, reaching goals, building their team, etc. I kept comparing my business growth to theirs. And, I ended up losing focus on mine.
At one point, I asked my good friend and mentor what one person was doing differently than me. She said, 'it doesn't matter. There are lots of factors, and none of them really matter. What matters is what you are doing.'
It took a while for me to understand that even if I did exactly what the other person was doing the results would still be different. I mean, yes, duplicatability is important. In yoga, we are all given the same pose to do each time, but do we all do it exactly the same? No. Not even close. We are all living our own experiences.
Same thing with network marking. We all have access to the same tools, however we are still all on our own paths. We have our own challenges to overcome, we all have different goals that we focus on and, some things are easier for us than others and vice verse.
The only one I can compare myself to is, well, me! And if I take my eyes off my prize, whatever that may be, it's real easy to lose focus and, quite possibly, lose balance. It's real possible to be so busy trying to figure out what the other person might be doing and trying it, that I lose focus of my own business and could, quite possibly, lose balance with my business altogether.
Keep your eye on yourself. Only compare yourself with you. Set your own goals and work towards achieving them. This is your own practice, whether it's yoga, or home based business. We're all on different places on our paths to success. We all have our own strengths and weaknesses, so let's focus on ourselves.
Keep your eyes on your prize. Don't lose focus. Don't lose balance. And charge forward.
~Namaste
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Lesson #2
Yesterday we explored about how showing up is half the battle for both Yoga and Network Marketing.
So, let's get moving on to #2
#2. Stretch...push yourself...STRETCH.......and change. These words are used by my Yoga instructor whenever we're in a stretching pose, and he's wanting us to go just a little further, push ourselves a littler more, go deeper into the posture. The 'change' word, when he uses it in yoga, refers to release the stretch and change the posture.
But one day, it dawned on mewhile my hair was still steaming from the heat in the yoga studio, this analogy can be used in MLM or Network Marketing, or any aspect of life, really, but is really encouraged in the Network Marketing industry.
One of the big aspects to network marketing is self development. Learning why we do what we do and making the necessary changes. Now before anyone gets all, 'I don't need to change, I've got it all dialed in, I'm here to say I'm sure you do. But, I've yet to meet a person that couldn't benefit from a few improvements.....including me.
It's hard, I know. It's harder than just opening a book, and reading it (hopefully to the end). We nee to be able to recognize the patterns or old thinking habits that no longer serve us and then find what patters and new habits will serve us as we move forward in life. Still, again, easier said than done. One of the greatest difficulties to this is not knowing what we don't know.
Fortunately, network marketing allows us the opportunity to find our 'weak spots' in life and changing those behaviors if we choose to. Many times we can find where we need to grow just by paying attention to what we don't like to do in regards to our business, or what's not working in our lives, what we're unhappy with, and then examine the reasons why and go from there.
It's not comfortable to change. In fact, it can be a struggle sometimes. Our old behaviors will fight for their existence. But it can be done, by stretching and pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and old belief patterns, and as soon as we get comfortable there, push ourselves a little further.
And, if we are to succeed in network marketing, it must be done. I've yet to meet a successful MLM'er that hasn't been pushed way, way out of their comfort zone and hasn't changed in some capacity from the person they were when they started their adventure, and continue to search for ways to grow and get out of their comfort zone.
It's part of the adventure. It's part of the adventure with Bikram yoga as well. As I stretch and push myself out of what I consider a comfort zone within the poses, I know my body is changing, my mindset changes because I'm advancing in my practice. When I release that pose, I feel a sense of accomplishment, and know that next time, I'll go into that pose with a little more confidence.
When my yoga instructor yells, 'change!' he means change the pose. But I see it on a deeper level than that. To me, it's almost like he's telling my cells to change on some level.
Stretch...push yourself....change.
Stretch out of those comfort zones....really push to learn about your current behaviors and what, if necessary, you can do to change those habits, old ways of thinking, and improve on your life......and CHANGE will follow.
Tomorrow, lesson #3
~Namaste
So, let's get moving on to #2
#2. Stretch...push yourself...STRETCH.......and change. These words are used by my Yoga instructor whenever we're in a stretching pose, and he's wanting us to go just a little further, push ourselves a littler more, go deeper into the posture. The 'change' word, when he uses it in yoga, refers to release the stretch and change the posture.
But one day, it dawned on mewhile my hair was still steaming from the heat in the yoga studio, this analogy can be used in MLM or Network Marketing, or any aspect of life, really, but is really encouraged in the Network Marketing industry.
One of the big aspects to network marketing is self development. Learning why we do what we do and making the necessary changes. Now before anyone gets all, 'I don't need to change, I've got it all dialed in, I'm here to say I'm sure you do. But, I've yet to meet a person that couldn't benefit from a few improvements.....including me.
It's hard, I know. It's harder than just opening a book, and reading it (hopefully to the end). We nee to be able to recognize the patterns or old thinking habits that no longer serve us and then find what patters and new habits will serve us as we move forward in life. Still, again, easier said than done. One of the greatest difficulties to this is not knowing what we don't know.
Fortunately, network marketing allows us the opportunity to find our 'weak spots' in life and changing those behaviors if we choose to. Many times we can find where we need to grow just by paying attention to what we don't like to do in regards to our business, or what's not working in our lives, what we're unhappy with, and then examine the reasons why and go from there.
It's not comfortable to change. In fact, it can be a struggle sometimes. Our old behaviors will fight for their existence. But it can be done, by stretching and pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and old belief patterns, and as soon as we get comfortable there, push ourselves a little further.
And, if we are to succeed in network marketing, it must be done. I've yet to meet a successful MLM'er that hasn't been pushed way, way out of their comfort zone and hasn't changed in some capacity from the person they were when they started their adventure, and continue to search for ways to grow and get out of their comfort zone.
It's part of the adventure. It's part of the adventure with Bikram yoga as well. As I stretch and push myself out of what I consider a comfort zone within the poses, I know my body is changing, my mindset changes because I'm advancing in my practice. When I release that pose, I feel a sense of accomplishment, and know that next time, I'll go into that pose with a little more confidence.
When my yoga instructor yells, 'change!' he means change the pose. But I see it on a deeper level than that. To me, it's almost like he's telling my cells to change on some level.
Stretch...push yourself....change.
Stretch out of those comfort zones....really push to learn about your current behaviors and what, if necessary, you can do to change those habits, old ways of thinking, and improve on your life......and CHANGE will follow.
Tomorrow, lesson #3
~Namaste
Bikram Yoga & Network Marketing
How opposite can those two topics be, huh? Well, friend, they aren't. Sure, on the surface they are. But, and perhaps the heat is starting to pickle my brain (not necessarily a bad thing), but as I dig deep into my yoga practice I realize there are, well, at least 10 similarities.
For those who don't know, Bikram Yoga is the yoga that is practiced in a heated room. Heated to 105 to be exact with about 30-40% humidity. Of course, when the room is packed with other Yogis and Yoginis it feels a lot hotter and a lot more humid. So much so, that there have been times when I have had to really fight the urge to get up from my mat and run out of the room, screaming, 'I've gotta get out of here!!' (I've yet to do that, though).
There are 26 positions in this practice, and the classes are an hour and a half long. Some of these poses I dread every time I go in, others I look forward to. Regardless of the pose, the more I do it, the better I become at them. Sound familiar?
Ok, so with that in mind, here's the first of ten lessons about MLM that I've learned from Bikram yoga.
1. It's more of a mental thing than anything else. When newcomers enter the room, the main instruction that is given is, 'if nothing else, just stay in the room.' After the first Bikram session, we now know how hot it will be in those rooms. Half the battle is won just by showing up.
In MLM, one of the first things we learn is, 'If nothing else, don't quit. Rest if you must, but don't quit.' Sometimes, with MLM, half the battle is won just by showing up. Shoot, you could really apply that to ANYthing in life.
Show up. Stay with it. Know that with time, as you stretch your MLM muscles, you'll soon realize that what you once thought was hard, isn't anymore. You've grown, things that once thought you could never do, you're now doing. But this can only be accomplished by showing up and staying in the game. Eventually, it becomes a natural part of your life.
Soon enough, it stops becoming a battle. We welcome and embrace the heat knowing the challenge it brings. We celebrate that challenge with confidence and with ambition knowing the results far outweigh the challenge. As long as we just stay in the room.
#2 is tomorrow. Until then....
~Namaste
For those who don't know, Bikram Yoga is the yoga that is practiced in a heated room. Heated to 105 to be exact with about 30-40% humidity. Of course, when the room is packed with other Yogis and Yoginis it feels a lot hotter and a lot more humid. So much so, that there have been times when I have had to really fight the urge to get up from my mat and run out of the room, screaming, 'I've gotta get out of here!!' (I've yet to do that, though).
There are 26 positions in this practice, and the classes are an hour and a half long. Some of these poses I dread every time I go in, others I look forward to. Regardless of the pose, the more I do it, the better I become at them. Sound familiar?
Ok, so with that in mind, here's the first of ten lessons about MLM that I've learned from Bikram yoga.
1. It's more of a mental thing than anything else. When newcomers enter the room, the main instruction that is given is, 'if nothing else, just stay in the room.' After the first Bikram session, we now know how hot it will be in those rooms. Half the battle is won just by showing up.
In MLM, one of the first things we learn is, 'If nothing else, don't quit. Rest if you must, but don't quit.' Sometimes, with MLM, half the battle is won just by showing up. Shoot, you could really apply that to ANYthing in life.
Show up. Stay with it. Know that with time, as you stretch your MLM muscles, you'll soon realize that what you once thought was hard, isn't anymore. You've grown, things that once thought you could never do, you're now doing. But this can only be accomplished by showing up and staying in the game. Eventually, it becomes a natural part of your life.
Soon enough, it stops becoming a battle. We welcome and embrace the heat knowing the challenge it brings. We celebrate that challenge with confidence and with ambition knowing the results far outweigh the challenge. As long as we just stay in the room.
#2 is tomorrow. Until then....
~Namaste
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