The Motivation Waning has been sorta like a koan - I keep thinking about it - what does motivate us?
Here are a couple different tracks to investigate:
1) Imagine twins, Sarah and Sally. At age, say 20 Sarah starts doing daily yoga and meditation practice and Sally does not: Fast forward in your mind to age 40, then age 60.
Who is more radiant? Healthier? More peaceful? at age 60 would you rather be Sarah or Sally?
2)What is your true goal in life? Prioritize and see if daily practice will help you achieve it.
3)If you are not motivated by your practice, perhaps it is time to try a different practice? One wonderful thing about Kundalini Yoga is there are so many different meditations and kriyas to choose from: If it takes a more active practice to keep your attention you can choose an active one. If passive is more your thing now, pick that. Maybe following along with a DVD or Guru Rattanas online course will be easier and more fun. It is OK to date! Speaking for myself I switch off between teachers DVDs to keep things fresh and commit to 40 days practices at times, but also just do what feels right at times too. Exactly now I am motivated by silence and a 31 minute focus on my pulse with eyes focused on tip of nose is very satisfying, add in some Narayana chants during the day and I have a baseline. Adding some physical stuff is a bonus. But 2 weeks ago I was following Maya Finesse videos before dawn daily.
Anyway, those are some thoughts, see if anything sticks,
be well,
Tom
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