THE HABIT - Ayurveda for finding your Purpose
Ayurveda for Finding Your Purpose
Reaching your goals without force, guilt or priority shame
The Habit Ayurveda
Priority Shaming.
I was scrolling the Insta reels yesterday and came across a life coach who was talking about finding your WHY.
Your WHY is like your purpose.
What are you here for?
What’s really important to you?
What do you value in this one and only wonderful life?
All cool questions to ask yourself.
So, she’s talking about the WHY, and how it’s a great anchor for reaching your goals.
… and then she did that cringy thing I’ve seen so many coaches / teachers do:
She said: “If you don’t keep your WHY in the forefront of your mind, you’re not prioritizing yourself” (or something along those lines - I DEF did not save the reel to go back and listen again).
Is it just me? Or when you hear statements like that, are you really hearing “If you cared about yourself more you’d reach your goals, but you don't so…. Fail”
Whyyyyyy must there be shame embedded in everything we do??
All-in diets.
Strict exercise plans.
Goal-getting.
Even meditation for heaven’s sake!
Have you ever heard that tired-ass saying “We all have the same 24-hrs in a day. Look at how busy Oprah is; if she can meditate every day then so can you”
(thanks modern marketing for consistently making me feel like a fat, lazy, unmotivated ball of incurable anxiety)
This 🠝🠝🠝 is a perfect example of why I study Ayurveda.
Because it’s softer.
In Ayurvedic tradition, purpose is turned to mantra.
Your mantra is not fastidiously written daily in a goal journal, or tracked for whether you “cared enough about your goals today” or whether you succeeded or failed at “living your truth” (yuck).
Your mantra is simply an invitation, which can be sung while we you the bed, or tend to the everyday tasks of life.
It’s a loving reminder, rather than a push.
Beyond creating your own, mantras are used to connect you to specific emotions you’re welcoming into your life, through chanting to the Goddesses of Hindu mythology. (a tradition not to be underestimated. Literally billions of people over thousands of years have repeated these words).
Mantra is often tied to a string of beads, known as a mala, worn as a symbol of your desire, and a reminder to yourself that your mantra is always here for you when you need inspiration.
It’s not about “prioritizing yourself” or trying to find motivation toward change.
It’s about lovingly releasing your burdens, to make space for change naturally.
Doesn't that sound nicer?
Everyday Ayurveda is designed to be taken at ease. You can print your course workbook and simply bring it to the park, the beach or the cabin, and take in the teachings at your own pace.
It starts with a short practice for finding your why, or a mantra for you use, whenever you need it.
Click here to learn more about the 60-hr Everyday Ayurveda Self Study Program
To lovingly releasing your burdens,
xo Carly
