Mundane to Magic: Spiritual practice for finding the divine in the daily
A few years ago I stumbled into the Ayurvedic spiritual practice of sadhana. Sadhana is a form of awakening that happens when we connect to the spiritual opportunities presented through the activities of daily life.
The Sanskrit word sadhana is often translated as ‘a daily discipline or practice,’ but seems to miss the deeper meaning of this concept. The deeper meaning is captured in the essence of sadhana, which is found in our ability to connect with our spirit through the surrenderance to and enjoyment of the routine activities of our daily lives. To become aware, awakened and alive while performing our daily routines connects us to a source of consciousness that exists beyond the activities themselves. Sadhana is the daily discipline to yield the heart and mind completely to any given activity so that we are always in the present and attuned to the moment. The concept of mindfulness is present within sadhana. To perform our daily activities and routines with mindfulness is to give our full and focused attention – full mind – to what we are doing in the moment we are doing it. Sadhana is the connection to spirit that happens as we bring mindfulness …
