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Increase Your Daily Productivity by Using These 5 Yogic Principles

If you ever wonder how you can increase productivity in your daily life, you’re not alone. Having productive days can be a real struggle for most. But it isn’t impossible. You can give your daily productivity level a major boost with the help of ancient yogic principles.

Yoga dates back thousands of years, but the practice still applies to daily life today. And when utilized, this ancient practice provides a multitude of modern applications.

The modern day applications lead to more productive days and a more productive life. But this productivity will not increase the quantity of tasks you do, but the quality.

Read: Learn More About the Origin and History of Yoga
 
 

Increase Productivity and Have More Productive Days by Applying These 5 Yogic Principles:

Throughout the many yoga texts, there are five major principles about how to increase productivity.

These yogic principles start within the mind to affect the work outside. And don’t worry if you don’t consider yourself an experienced yoga practitioner, because these tips are accessible for anyone. 🙂
 

1. Start Early

This concept is nothing new if you’ve been in search of productive days. “The early bird catches the worm,” is a common phrase used around the idea of waking up early. In yogic philosophy, starting your day early refers to the Sattvic hour.

In Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga, the Sattvic diet is popular, but the Sattvic hour is a little different.
 

 
 
The Sattvic hour is between 4am and 6am, when night turns to day and is energetically full of potential. As nature and the sun prepare to rise, there is limitless potential in the universe.

Want to learn more about yoga’s sister science? Here’s Your Introductory Guide to Ayurveda

This limitless potential during the Sattvic hour can increase productivity throughout your entire day if you tap into it. This increase in productivity comes from an increase in the number of hours you have during the day to get things accomplished and also from the quality of the time.

Set your morning alarm for the Sattvic hour and notice how you increase productivity.
 

2. Move Your Body

It’s no surprise that moving your body is a yoga tip to put to use for more productive days.

Moving your body with yoga creates numerous benefits, such as:

 

When you operate your body with less stress, a healthy heart, and quality sleep, you become a healthier you! Becoming healthier equips you to have more productive days and a more productive life.

Adding movement into your day, can lead to a healthier you and a healthier day!

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3. Tap Into Pranayama

In yoga, the vehicle that links yoga theory with the benefits is pranayama (or breathwork). Pranayama is energy flowing within the body and throughout the entire universe. By tapping into this energy, you can enhance and increase productivity.

When stressed, just taking a deep inhale and exhale can restore equilibrium in your body. This enhances calmness throughout your body, but this principle applies even when you’re not stressed.

These 3 Pranayama Techniques Will Bliss You The F– Out!

There are many different types of pranayama practices that allow for the brain to function at a more productive level, such as:

 

Detoxifying the brain and the body allows for a healthier you and a healthier day! Choose one pranayama exercise to practice a few times a day, set an alarm for focused breathing, and notice the boost in productivity you experience after.

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4. Observe Stillness

One of the most powerful yoga tools to put into use is observing stillness. In the Western world, we multitask often and encourage doing more. Yoga teaches that this is an imbalance of energies and can take a detrimental toll on our lives if not balanced.

To balance these energies, we can observe stillness or meditate. But we can also benefit in many other ways from stillness and meditation. This is not only a yogic concept, but also a concept backed by science.

Follow These 6 Simple Steps to Begin a Meditation Practice

According to research, meditation may help people manage symptoms of conditions such as:

  • Anxiety
  • Asthma
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Depression
  • Heart disease
  • High blood pressure
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Sleep problems
  • Tension headaches

 

 
 

As stated before, a healthier body leads to a healthier mind, which then leads to more productive days. Meditation is a major pillar of the yoga practice, but it’s not the only way you can observe stillness.

Simply sitting at your desk/office in stillness and silence for a few moments also slows your heart rate down. This ignites your parasympathetic nervous system (the body’s rest-and-digest response).

The parasympathetic nervous system allows you to decrease stress and increase productivity. Begin or end your day in stillness to reap the productivity benefits.
 

5. Embrace the Present

Embracing the present may be one of the hardest yogic principles to achieve, but it is one of the most powerful.

Through the Eight-Limbed Path, the journey leads us to fully embracing the present moment. When done, experiencing the present moment leads to enlightenment or Samadhi.

Through the understanding of this principle, productivity is able to flourish. The focus and realization of the present moment allows the mind and body to relax and focus.

Being able to put your focus on the moment you currently have helps your mind organize tasks. You are then able to complete tasks with productivity rather than scattered thoughts. This sets you up for more moments of completion and more productive days.

Get Grounded: Use These 5 Mindfulness Practices to Be More Present in Your Day
 
 

The Takeaway on How to Increase Productivity By Applying These Yogic Principles

You can start slow and add one tip tomorrow and another the next day, or include them all tomorrow. It’s up to you!

As you begin to structure your most productive days, notice that the tips move in order. Begin by starting your day early in the Sattvic hour. After waking, move your body through the practice of yoga.

Once your asana practice is complete, tap into pranayama. After pranayama, observe stillness through meditation. Finally, focus and embrace the present moment as you continue with the rest of your day.

Notice the mental alertness when you begin your day this way and open up to the increase in productivity that it creates!

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Chardé Evans

Chardé is a yogi on the move! She has been travelling the world for the last 4 years, teaching yoga in six countries and counting. Her yoga practice began over 10 years ago and since then, Chardé has become a yoga teacher, an Intergrative health coach, and and also has a digital health and wellness business which you can check out on her website.

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