don’t beat yourself up
While my number one rule is practice all the time, the first thing I practice is to never ever beat myself up. To never come down on myself. This is a great thing to practice as I quite often realise throughout the day that I’m not practising. So right then, in those moments, I start practising and what I practice is not giving myself a hard time. ‘That’s ok’ I tell myself. It’s all ok. Just let any thoughts of self-incrimination go and get back to practising – being no thing. Being my breath, coming in, going out.
Never, EVER, beat yourself up. Take ‘I should of’ out of you’re vocabulary.
