Somewhere in that scroll hole, I saw an Instagram meme suggesting you name your brain. The idea is that when a dark thought shows up—like today is going to be awful—you can talk back to it. One woman said she named her brain Becky. So when the spiral starts, she says, Becky, I love you, but we absolutely cannot be doing that today. It helps. It puts a little distance between you and the thought.
Category: Meatloaf Yoga
Yoga Only Works If You Do It
So if you’re going to class, spending time, energy, and money learning how to chill out and breathe when you lose your shit, but then don’t deploy those strategies when you really need them, what the hell are you doing? Mastering Downdog? How ridiculous.