Life is what you live through the mind. Lifestyle is the expression of the quality of your mind.
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
Here are some moments of yoga which you can incorporate into your daily life. Keep in mind that regularity over a long time is the key to change within and around you.
Om dyauh shaantirantarikshagvam shaantih prithvee shaantiraapah shaantiroshadhayah shaantih vanaspatayah shaan-tirvishvedevaah shaantirbrahma shaantih sarvagvam shaantih shaantireva shaantih saa maa shaantiredhi.
Shaantih shaantih sushaantirbhavatu sakalaarishtasushaantir-bhavatu sarve grahaah sushaantirbhavatu.
Om shaantih shaantih shaantih.May there be peace in the heavens (celestial plane), peace in the sky (astral plane), peace on earth (physical plane), peace on water, peace among herbs, plants and trees, peace among the ten cardinal points of the planet, peace upon Brahma, peace everywhere, peace upon me, peace and peace alone. May there be peace and auspiciousness, may all the misfortunes and tribulations be pacified, may all the planets be pacified.
There may not be time left; it may be too late for us to save our natural resources, but we can do our little bit. Be brave enough to live differently, and walk alone if you have to. Encourage others to live a life in the spirit of yoga ecology with respect for all of creation. Do it now! Live yoga with pride.
When you start incorporating yogic principles in your life, then yoga becomes part of your lifestyle. It is reflected in your behaviour and interactions. This disciplined, positive and awakened individual helps himself as well as others: family, society, nation and world.
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
Published in Parivartan – Time to Change