Indended Intentenions

My favorite classes are the ones where the teacher sits us down and ask us to set an intention for the day. We sit on the mat cross legged and eyes closed, focusing our mind on the intention we want to achieve through our practice.

What if we could do that in our lives? Every time you were making plans, you could start the conversation by saying something like, "My intention is to go to dinner with you and have fun, but also make it an early night because I am tired." or "I would love to see a movie, but my intention is to see one I choose since you have such ridiculous taste in films."

Everything could just be out there right at the beginning of the conversation. No double speak, no white lies - just setting intentions and then following through with your conversation to achieve the goals you have made for yourselves. It would be so much easier to stay true to ourselves if we spoke openly, truly and to the point. Like our yoga practice, we should bring that intention and awareness to every day life, set the goal and use our time and conversations to make it happen.

This is obviously a little too black and white to be truly applied to our lives, but I see no harm in setting these subtle intentions with your friends in your life.