Introducing
Happy U: 25 activities to reignite joy in your yoga practice and your life
From an evolutionary standpoint, our brains are wired to be suspicious and expect the worse. This served us well in terms of the survival of the species, but it doesn’t work so well if you are trying to minimize the amount of stress and worry in your life. Luckily, within our same brains, we have neurocircuitry dedicated to the feelings of peace, contentment, and joy. This reminds me of a story from the Elizabeth Berg’s novel, The Year of Pleasures. In it, a Navajo grandfather tells his grandson this story: “‘Two wolves live inside me. One is the bad wolf, full of greed and laziness, full of anger and jealousy and regret. The other is the good wolf, full of joy and compassion and willingness and a great love for the world. All the time, these wolves are fighting inside me.’ ‘But grandfather,’ the boy asked. ‘Which wolf will win?’ The grandfather answered, ‘The one I choose to feed.’
This journal includes 25 simple activities you can do to “feed the joyful wolf.” They include simple tasks, reflections, and occasional yoga practices to counterbalance the brain’s negative bias and make a more positive outlook the new normal. These small steps have the potential to shift how your brain responds to obstacles and rewire it to experience the world from a calmer and happier place.
This Happy U activity journal is for you if want to
– Cultivate a positive mindset;
– Deepen your awareness of your body, your physiology and your emotional responses;
– Calm your mental chatter;
– Get more clarity about your choices;
– Have more joyful experiences in your life.
Each activity presented in this journal includes the reason for doing it as well as specific instructions on how to integrate it into your life. Many activities include additional free content. It includes videos of yoga practices, blog posts on related topics, informational handouts, and other fun materials. Please check out this content to enhance your experience.
This journal features original artwork for every challenge and gives you space to record your experiences.