overall productivity. Therefore, I delicately
minimize my contact with them.
I enjoy having a fixed schedule, but, again, I’m
not rigid on that. I don’t wind the clock to step
on the mat at a particular time. I just keep a
more or less fixed sequence of events: wake
up, shower, breakfast, cleaning, yoga…
As to food, I’ve never liked trying new things,
and it’s natural for me to stick to the same
meals when I’m at home. But I can’t resist and
forgive myself for buying some sweets and
pastries when I go to the supermarket. I just
make sure I don’t go there too often and
purchase small quantities of sweets to that
they finish soon.
For some time, I tried to follow the rigid yogic
rules. I was waking up at 5 a.m. and taking a
cold shower, watching the full moon, new
moon, and Ekadashi days to fast on. I was
cooking my own food in order to avoid restless
energies of public places, meditating 2 hours a
day, going to pilgrimage trips, and so on.
It was a good experiment to find out which of
these things worked for me and which didn’t.
But the main thing I realized was that the strict