Eternal Sitting

I wonder if there is study out there that measures life expectancy according to how much one sits or how much one sits in front of a computer. There must be a correlation because I honestly feel the life being sucked out of me the longer I sit here. The irony of all this school work is that by the time I'm actually finished my masters, there is no way I will want to go near a computer to do any work. I will then have to resort to a new career path related to climbing mountains or scuba diving or anything that does not require such long periods of sitting for extended days, weeks and months on end. All this sitting in front of of a computer is stealing me of energy and creativity and making my body rigid and saggy all at once. Yes, I chose this path.......must keep telling myself that. Oh man....... I try to live in the moment but I really can't wait for this course to be over.

Can't see the forest for the trees?

Caught up in the details of life, preoccupied with what happened yesterday and what needs to happen tomorrow, it is so easy to lose perspective and focus on seemingly important details that easily grow to become unnecessarily central to our lives. I have wasted too much of my time this past weekend worrying about what I wasn’t accomplishing (that I needed to) that I just set myself back further. While this would normally be my cue to go for a run – the computer hunch syndrome and a strange pain in my right hamstring necessitated that I opt for yoga practise instead. In lieu of running today, I fit in a short lunch hour yoga practise and evening practise to stretch out my aching body and racing mind. I just had to do a second practise because there was no way I was going to make any headway with school tonight or even consider the thought of sleeping.

The first three breaths, my mind is still speeding along thinking about the stresses of the day ………..then, somehow I find a groove. I focus on the breath. I focus on the inhale, the exhale – the pure simplicity of this nourishing oxygen slowing down the frantic thoughts and re-awakening my body. I finish the practise, with a massive appreciation for my health, the people in my life and miraculously leave the mat with a much healthier perspective.

Note to self: get on your yoga mat tomorrow.