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A Beautiful, Funny, and Delicious Moment Each Day…Keeps The Stress Away.

Do you remember what you did a week ago Thursday? What about 2 weeks ago Tuesday? It’s all a big blur. Imagine…if you were to wake up in the morning and someone were to say to you, “Today will be a normal day, everything will be fine. In fact, everything will be so normal, you’ll never remember this day ever again.” Would that not be a total bummer? Yet so many days are like this. Life is moving so fast, with so much stimulation and information, that entire days go by without a single memory.

Now imagine this scenario: You wake up and someone says to you, “Today will be a normal day, everything will be fine, but you’ll have one moment that will be so amazing, you’ll remember it forever!” What an inspiring way to start the day. And by embracing the Beautiful, Funny, Delicious mantra, it’s an easy way to make sure each day has just a few moments worth remembering. Here’s how it works:

By urging you to seek a beautiful moment, I mean take the time to stop and enjoy a lovely landscape, view, or object. Easy enough, right? Place yourself in the following scenario to determine your ability to appreciate beauty. The Washington Post conducted an experiment whereby world famous violinist Joshua Bell, with his $3 million antique Stradivarius violin, was positioned in a Washington DC subway stop during rush hour. If you had seen him, he’d have looked like a street performer. But if you had truly listened, he would have sounded like one of the world’s great musicians. Over the course of the 45 minutes that Joshua performed, 1,070 people hurried past, few even turning to look. Only seven people stopped, if just for a few seconds. Would you be ready to pause and listen if you stumbled upon something like The Joshua Bell experiment? I’ll be honest with you. I’m not sure I would have stopped.

Funny is harder than it sounds. Most everyone tends to squeeze life way too tight. We could all benefit from loosenin the grip and laughing more often. As Henry Beecher said, “A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road.” There’s nothing more healing than a good, hard laugh. Laughter boosts your immune system, lowers your blood pressure, improves vascular flow. In a moment when you tend to stress, catch yourself and don’t take life so seriously.

How do you find a delicious moment? Allow the ecstasy of a great bite of food to deliver you to an altered state. I’ve spent the last five years co-creating and presenting the Yoga + Chocolate, Yoga + Wine, and Yoga for Foodies experiences, which emphasize that when you are really relaxed on your yoga mat, one bite of amazing chocolate or one unforgettable sip of Chardonnay can become a symphony of flavor. By taking the time to truly enjoy something delicious, you find a deep state of joy that is not far removed from the greatest feeling of all…love. As a wise one said, “Forget love, I’d rather fall in chocolate.”