Mallika Chopra: Living with Intent
Sylvia Henderson: I love that. And again, you made it incredibly practical, which is what people are looking for today, is ways to make something–and it’s interesting, ’cause meditation is a very simple process, but it’s very complex because I think it’s–the other hurdle is that people have a hard time just sitting still with their thoughts and allowing them to flow through them versus holding on to them and judging them. And that really is one of the gifts that meditation allows is to release those things without the judgment.
Mallika Chopra: Well, and I think that’s, you know, the second step. So, I have this path to intent in the book. So, I is for incubate, which really is about, you know, finding silence in whatever ways we can and asking ourselves those questions.
But the N, the first N is for notice. And notice really is about noticing our internal dialogue. You know, I realized when I was going through this phase and even currently that my internal dialogues often full of complaining, anxiety, stress. You know, I’m always saying things like, “I’m tired. I’m too busy. I’m overwhelmed.” And it was really my language to myself which kind of really gave insight into my state of being. And so, I really think noticing what our body is telling us, noticing those thoughts that are percolating up, but also noticing the people in our world, the circumstances, there’s so many opportunities for joy and growth every day if we just pay attention to them.
Sylvia Henderson: And I love that, how you notice the opportunities, because we do have a choice to choose something different and to let go of those things that–the complaining thoughts. It’s interesting because people are really–they get very defensive about their negative thinking sometimes. And so, you really bring to light the importance of letting those kind of thoughts go in your book.So, can–again, can you just kind of go through the entire acronym of your title, which is intent?
