07 Feb Does practicing yoga and meditation make you less insecure?

Leading question, I know, but I often get comments or questions about how balanced I seem, or that I must be in such inner harmony etc.  And you know what…not true;) Sure, yoga and mindfulness adds alot to my everyday stressmastering, or general self-observation – it enables me to constantly learn things (old and new) about myself. And perhaps it does make me more relaxed, somtimes, and more at peace, sometimes, though it certainly doesn’t take away emotional reactions or normal moodswings and so forth. Being insecure, having  emotional ups and downs, being more energized or less (espezially when you’re parents to smaller kids, with irregular sleep patterns) is completely normal, and practicing yoga will not take these sides of a dimension away. It can help you to notice earlier when these states are shifting, perhaps helping you to choose a more constructive action than your habitual autopilot where about to move you into. And that, is some of what yoga and meditation adds in my life…

How does it work for you?