{"id":19329,"date":"2020-04-01T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/?p=19329"},"modified":"2020-04-01T17:18:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T15:18:46","slug":"under-pressure-discover-the-observing-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/blog\/under-pressure-discover-the-observing-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Under pressure? Discover the Observing Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under steady, ceaseless <strong>pressure of socia<\/strong>l conventions and the seductive comforts and distractions of modern life and technologies, this natural drive for enjoying life might, in most cases, seemingly disappear or significantly <strong>decrease in consciousness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, more than ever, there is too much mind in our<strong> actions.<\/strong> It is not at all easy to control the mind. We don\u2019t completely control the &#8220;<strong>Thinking Mind.<\/strong>&#8221; If your mind is thinking, then who is observing the mind thinking?<br \/>\nThere is something in every one of us that transcends time and space and reconnects to innate joy. That which is the fluid mind called the \u201c<strong>Observing Mind<\/strong>.\u201d Most of our psychological and emotional stress happens because we don\u2019t recognize the difference between the thinking mind and the observing mind.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of saying, I am distressed, say, <strong>I feel<\/strong> distress.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of saying, I am afraid, say, I feel afraid.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of saying, I am afraid, say, I feel afraid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let your mind flow<\/strong>. You can face life with a calmer, quieter disposition. This allows you to be rooted yet ready to transform and adapt.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t think. Embrace the moment, FEEL!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under steady, ceaseless pressure of social conventions and the seductive comforts and distractions of modern life and technologies, this natural drive for enjoying life might, in most cases, seemingly disappear or significantly decrease in consciousness. Nowadays, more than ever, there is too much mind in our actions. It is not at all easy to control  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[86,131,45,46,217,306],"class_list":["post-19329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asana","tag-odaka-yoga","tag-roberto-milletti","tag-transformation","tag-urban-warrior","tag-yoga-flow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19329"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19335,"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329\/revisions\/19335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odakayoga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}