“Be A Lotus; How To Be Like A Lotus Flower!

What is so special about the lotus flower? Of course, it is so beautiful, elegant and fragrant. Lotus grows in ponds, lakes and stagnant parts of river . In the murky water, with it’s roots deep in mud the lotus blooms as the most beautiful flower. Sometimes, we find ourselves surrounded in dirt, or in other words adverse conditions, we may think this is not ideal for my growth, or you struggle to survive let alone think about growth. When I find myself in such situations, I think about a lotus!

If I want to take it to the next level, I wake up early in the morning and assume my favorite asana, which is the lotus posture or Padmasana. Best results are when you do this before sunrise.

1. Sit in padmasana or if you are a beginner and if it is difficult, assume ardha padmasana
2. Here is step by step instructions on how to get in to lotus posture
3. Focus on your breathing, and bring your attention gradually to your body. Now close your eyes.
4. Think about the lotus flower, try to visualise it with all its beauty and elegance and now focus on how you are a lotus flower the beauty of your posture, you are a lotus! Yes you are surrounded by negativity and or problems, challenges, but that fuels your growth.
5. Life may try to knock you down, but by dawn next day you come up with your head above the murky water and be a beautiful lotus.
6. Open your eyes and look at the sun rising from the east, with all it’s colours in the horizon and salute the sun like the lotus.

Keep this mindset for the day. You are a lotus!

• To learn more about the lotus posture/padmasana and to do it, here is one of my favorite videos
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