Back to Basics
Margaret Gallen
Spring 2025
Berkley Springs, WV
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I’m a fan of mindfulness, meditation, yoga- these practices have done a lot to help me grow in the right direction. When I can hit my favorite¬¬¬ vipassana flow class two-three times a week, I am a better, happier person and a better wife and mother. Yoga and meditation are based on the principals of mindfulness.
Sure, I argue that taking time to reflect on how we feel is the first step in finding peace, happiness, and balance, but you might be asking yourself, “How?” How can I find time? How did she find time?
I argue that life is a journey that we don’t want to sit it out. So you might be asking yourself: how do I start this journey making choices where I feel fulfilled and happy? What does getting mindful about your choices look like?
In this “I’m responsible for everything and have time for nothing”, rush, rush world, “take time, ”is likely the last thing anyone wants to hear. But if we want to feel peace, happiness, or balance, it is the first thing we need to do. Before we can feel satisfied or decide to make changes, we need to enter that sometimes-uncomfortable world of taking inventory of ourselves.