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The Importance Of Self-Discipline

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Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It requires you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which. - Gary Ryan Blair Self-Discipline Practice I recently wrote an article on how to acquire self-discipline. A kind reader sent me a comment, "What is the point in all that writing about self-discipline, have you any experience to back up all that you write? Do you practice what you preach? I take all reader's comments as providential feedback - directed to help me in making improvements in my life and my activities. This article is about sharing my self-discipline experiences and how they made me make a quantum jump in all areas of my life. …show more content…

How did I do it? Along side equipping myself with the skills of being a facilitative coach to others, I needed to become a facilitative change agent to myself. I needed some major changes in my thought processes. I needed to change myself from doing to being. And I needed something to not only provide the catalyst for this change but speed up the change process itself. I needed self-discipline in all areas of my life. "When the student is ready, the teacher comes". When the intent is clear and affirmed the universe conspires to make you achieve your purpose". Both sources various and ascribed to many including the Zen Buddhism. I experienced this as soon as I had declared my intention to be a facilitative coach and acquire all the qualities required to make a contribution by helping people to achieve their highest potential. I took to Yoga. Yes, I literally took to Yoga, as if it had always been a part of me. Previous to this I was very skeptical and almost critical about Yoga, without ever having experienced any …show more content…

I was running away from experiencing Yoga. I decided to do it. Today after 10 months, I can say that my entire practice of facilitative coach is enhanced by the experience and after effects of Yoga. How did I do it? I first created the intent and affirmation. By April 2009 I will be doing 30 minutes of Asanas, 10 minutes and Pranayama and 20 minutes of meditation. I have already accomplished and exceeded that. Today I enjoy doing 40 minutes of Asana, 10 minutes of Pranayama and 20 minutes of meditation everyday. Once the intention was set, I designed my progressive plan. It started with 10 minutes of asana, 5 minutes of pranayama and 5 minutes of meditation. I got a mentor to advise and make me accountable. For about two months I kept to this routine and studied my body and mind to realize what I could do and what was difficult for me to do. The two simple principles of Yoga "Stability and comfortably" helped me to keep it simple and keep me

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