This week has seen me return to yoga. For some time now I have wanted to bring this back into my life. With three young children, a business to run, school duties etc I find time slips away and I still haven’t done any yoga.

So this has me thinking. I have always thought that we must do yoga for at least 1 – 1 1/2 hours (and preferably daily) for it to be beneficial. This is precisely the thing that kep me away, because I couldn’t find 1-1 1/2 hours each day. This thought was based on things I have been told by others who practice yoga (especially those without children).

This week in my local library I discovered a DVD that provides half hour sessions, so I thought I would give it a go. Well, I TOTALLY love it. I get what I need out of it and what’s more I do find 1/2 hour every day to practise.

I don’t know whether I am doing it ‘enough’ and yes it probably would be fantastic for me to do it for 1-1 1/2 hours every day…but right now I choose not dedicate that amount of time to it. Instead I have found a way that works for me and I am happier, I look forward to it every day and I still have time to do all the ‘mummy’ things I want to do. And I notice my body is loosening up every day .

Looking back I notice that it was my thinking of what yoga ’should’ be that was stopping me from doing any at all. Once I changed my thinking and realised that it can be whatever I make it…because after all it is my life…it became very easy to incorporate daily.

I notice this with many of my clients – the thing stopping them is not always what it seems. Once we get in touch with our thinking around a situation new possibilities open up. I invite you to take a look at one thing in your life you have been wanting to do. Take some quiet moments to reflect and discover what it is that is really stopping you.