What do you have to do today?

(Go ahead, take a moment and mentally run down the list).

If your list is full of amazing, congratulations.  You can stop reading right here and go get started on all of those incredibly fun, fulfilling things to do.  If, instead, your list is endless, exhausting or just generally a total buzzkill, there’s something — yes, to do — about that.  It’s called reframing.

Reframing is a type of neurolinguistic programming — a communication pattern that affects our actions, behaviors and other outcomes.  It’s an integral part of yoga practice (and I use it with all of my clients) because it clarifies the conversations we have with ourselves, magically modifying the mindset.

Here’s why:  put simply, reframing changes your outlook, or the “frame” from which you view the world.  It’s like wearing the same glasses for most of your life and then getting a new prescription.  Turning black and white to color. Things illuminate.

Here’s how it works:

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