The Life Right Here
Hosted by Emma Waters - Yoga teacher, Yoga therapist, educator and 'Inner Medicine' coach. The Life Right Here is your weekly prescription of peace, presence and power. We'll explore all things Yoga, Ayurveda and contemplative practice to give you practical tools and insight to reduce overwhelm, soothe the nervous system and remind you of who you are at your core - right here in this moment.
The Life Right Here
Episode 59: Creating a Clearing_What gets in the Way of Stillness
Welcome to episode 59 of The Life Right Here podcast - I’m thrilled to be back with you for a solo episode - it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these.
I was listening to a popular podcast the other day and Kathryn May was being interviewed about burnout - she is the author of the book Wintering (which I’ve reflected on in episode 36 and I’ll link to that episode here) but she said something about going on a meditation retreat or course and it was a man running it and she decided that many of these practices where you need say 20 minutes twice a day must have been devised by men who had no children to look after. That essentially as women we had to find stillness and beauty amidst the daily chores and the doing - that we couldn’t possibly find 20 minutes to ourselves.
And I do agree with that to some extent - there’s of course a place for that - I mean that’s the whole basis of mindfulness practice - Thich Nhat Hanh himself taught that washing the dishes is meditation - however I do think there are other things that get in the way of women in particular but humans in general making space for actually being still. And that’s what I’d like to reflect on in today’s episode and give my perspective and encourage you to create those spaces in your day.
Share your thoughts on Instagram and tag me @amala_yoga_shala or email me amalayogashala@gmail.com I'd love to hear what gets in the way of you making time to be still!
Have a beautiful week.
Em x