As much as we would like to believe transformation and inner peace is our top value in life, we live in a world where money is almost always vital to our survival.
Very often, however, our feelings about money are conflicted, if not actually quite negative.
Yet money can be a particularly powerful tool to understand who we are in the world and where we are on our spiritual path. It reveals both our fears and our desires, our insecurities and our generosity, our trust and surrender, or our worry and doubt.
For a while now I’ve been exploring the (surprisingly revolutionary) idea that we might approach money in the same way we do our yoga practice – as holistic, ongoing, individual, and a tool for enhancing spiritual growth – and even weave it into our time on the mat.
For many, the first thing that comes up involving money is quite simply Stress.
Indeed, money issues are a huge source of conflict in relationships and can take a huge toll on our health.
While almost any yoga will help reduce general stress, I’ve discovered some specific yoga practices that directly target and relieve financial anxiety. These yoga poses can be done together as a series, or you might just pick one that targets your specific financial stress and explore it more deeply.
Practice these 5 yoga exercises when you’re feeling stressed about money:
