The holidays can be joyful, but It's easy to feel overwhelmed at this time of the year. The practices of Yoga and Ayurveda show us how to find ease during the holidays. PRACTICE MINDFULNESS Being mindful means being present. The purpose is to allow ourselves to feel emotions and think thoughts, but not be overwhelmed with them and instead accept that they are part of the moment, but will change. BE PRESENT Stress often comes from thinking about the past or future, rather than

"Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self." ~ The Bhagavad Gita We tend to identify our "self" as a human beings having a spiritual experiences. In reality, we are spiritual beings having a human experience. In fact in Ayurveda, it is understood that the primordial cause of all dis-ease is forgetting our true nature as spirit. We identify with our bodies, our minds, our beliefs, our emotions, our past experiences - our small "self" or ego. Yogis tell us