Do Less, Feel More

So, I took a yoga ropes class yesterday.  I had some trepidation about how difficult it would be and if I would be able to _do_it_.   The instructor started us off with a series of gentle spinal waves.  Ahh, spinal waves!  I had forgotten all about spinal waves...how the gentle undulations slowly wake up your body.  With the spinal waves, our instructor set our intention for the practice to "do less and feel more."  These words helped me to relax and to understand that today would not be an exercise primarily in muscular force but instead, in allowing energy to flow and to listen carefully to what messages the body was sending.  As space was created in the spine, joints, and organs, I felt an expansiveness of the mind and a great sense of calm and well-being.  Then I had the thought that I could carry this idea to other areas in my life.  And as I am writing this, I see how this also aligns with my minimalist values, to pare life down to the essentials and find out what is important to you and to spend your resources(time, energy, focus, $) on those things.  So now, one of my intentions for the year is to consciously do less and feel more.