“Some days awareness is easy. Some days, we fall straight into habit. Both are part of the practice.”

Underlying Needs:

Habits often fulfil underlying needs, such as social interaction, stress relief, or entertainment. If these needs are not addressed. Changing a habit can feel like a loss, making it harder to maintain.

Cycle of habits

Revisit Your Motivation:

Regularly remind yourself of the reasons why you established the habit in the first place. Reflect on the benefits and how it contributes to your overall well-being.

 

Adjust and Adapt:

Be open to making adjustments to your habit as needed. If a particular approach isn’t working, try something different.

Saṁsāra:

Recognising our reason for doing things is important, both good and bad habits shape the way we behave in life.

“When we notice the pattern as it’s happening — in real time, not after the fact — we’re no longer trapped in its grip. Awareness creates space for choice, and in that space, even the smallest shift can break the cycle.”
This is where saṁsāra quietly dissolves.
The loop we get caught in often shapes the actions we take because successive actions leave an imprint, a groove that we keep moving back into.

Manage Triggers:

Identify situations that trigger a decline in your habit and develop strategies to manage them.

By understanding why habits can lose their emphasis, and actively implementing strategies to maintain motivation.

I noticed my own saṁskāra of impatience during traffic jams. Simply observing this reaction helped me respond with more calm over time. If a destination is really critical I have a mantra.

“What if this was perfect.”

Any well worn habit becomes a way of being.

“Yoga calls these habit patterns saṁskāras — learned pathways.”

“You don’t change by forcing yourself to be different — you change by noticing what you already do.”
Recognising our reasons for doing things is important; both good and bad habits shape the way we behave in life.

“If we always tense here, the body learns that. If we always rush, the breath learns that.”

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