Are you aligned ?

 Are you aligned ?

I am sure almost all of you must have seen many videos of gurus or other yoga experts talking about chakra alignment and awakening of our kundalini. The purpose of yoga is to awaken the energy within us and advance on the path of enlightenment. People join various programs , boot camps run by ‘experts’ claiming they can awaken our kundalini in weeks. 

But I am not talking about all this today. Nor am I commenting on these programs. I am talking about a different type of alignment. How aligned are you with your family, your friends, your colleagues ? Are you aware of their needs, their goals, their struggles ? Their achievements you would know of course but do you know their insecurities? Those living far from their parents,how often do you call them ? How many of us have a tete-a -tete with our spouse not talking about children or workplace or buying groceries ? How often do you talk to your friends? Only on weekends or you pick up the phone randomly and call one friend everyday? Do you know any details about your colleagues? 

How many times we have listened to a colleague pouring their heart out and have not gossiped about it ? How many times a friend has confided in us and we have not bitched about it? How many times we have really appreciated our parents about sacrifices they made to raise us? 

And most of all how many times have we talked to ourselves and realized our insecurities, our failings in relationships, our lack of compassion ? How aligned we are as an individual ? 

Do me a favour. Take out time every now and then, if not everyday to talk to yourself. Do it regularly and see the change it brings in your life. 

So be it !!!