Coaching practices for Santosha the Practice of Contentment After a Loss
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’m burning so much energy raging against things I can’t change while leaving the parts I actually could change untouched
- I keep telling myself I’ll let myself be content once I hit the next thing
- Everything I once worked so hard to get has quietly faded into background I no longer even notice
- A new want grabs me and I’m off chasing it before I’ve even paused
- The smallest bit of boredom or restlessness and my hand’s already on my phone or in the snack drawer before I’ve even noticed
Practices that may help
- Santosha: The Practice of Contentment
Santosha is Patanjali’s second niyama — a deliberate orientation toward sufficiency and equanimity with what is present, as distinct from passive resignation or forced positivity. The practice is not about suppressing desire but about training the mind to rest in the present rather than habitually chasing a future state that will satisfy. - Distinguishing acceptance from resignation
Practise accepting what is unchangeable while identifying what genuinely can be changed.
Santosha: The Practice of Contentment - Holding contentment and ambition simultaneously
Pursue goals without making your contentment contingent on achieving them.
Santosha: The Practice of Contentment - Training preference toward the present
Deliberately savour what you already own or have, as if it were new.
Santosha: The Practice of Contentment - Examining the desire before chasing it
Before pursuing something you want, ask whether the desire serves you or consumes you.
Santosha: The Practice of Contentment - Practising equanimity during discomfort
When something uncomfortable arises, notice the urge to escape it before you act on that urge.
Santosha: The Practice of Contentment - The enough inventory
Deliberately list what is already sufficient in your life before reaching for more.
Santosha: The Practice of Contentment - The last day of summer
Treat any positive experience as if it is happening for the last time — not morbidly, but to be fully present.
Negative Visualization, the Stoic Practice - Holding joy and sadness simultaneously
When you notice a joyful experience that also carries loss, resist the urge to choose one emotion over the other.
Mono no Aware: The Pathos of Things - Distinguishing the three types of dukkha
Correctly identify which of the three dukkhas is present: obvious pain, the ache of change, or existential unsatisfactoriness.
The Four Noble Truths as a Practical Framework
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- Santosha The Practice Of Contentment As A Caregiver
Santosha is Patanjali’s second niyama — a deliberate orientation toward sufficiency and equanimity with what is present, as distinct from passive resignation or forced positivity. The practice is not about suppressing desire but about training the mind to rest in the present rather than habitually chasing a future state that will satisfy.
- Santosha The Practice Of Contentment At Work
Santosha is Patanjali’s second niyama — a deliberate orientation toward sufficiency and equanimity with what is present, as distinct from passive resignation or forced positivity. The practice is not about suppressing desire but about training the mind to rest in the present rather than habitually chasing a future state that will satisfy.
- Santosha The Practice Of Contentment In A New Job
Santosha is Patanjali’s second niyama — a deliberate orientation toward sufficiency and equanimity with what is present, as distinct from passive resignation or forced positivity. The practice is not about suppressing desire but about training the mind to rest in the present rather than habitually chasing a future state that will satisfy.
- Santosha The Practice Of Contentment On A Budget
Santosha is Patanjali’s second niyama — a deliberate orientation toward sufficiency and equanimity with what is present, as distinct from passive resignation or forced positivity. The practice is not about suppressing desire but about training the mind to rest in the present rather than habitually chasing a future state that will satisfy.
- Santosha The Practice Of Contentment Under Stress
Santosha is Patanjali’s second niyama — a deliberate orientation toward sufficiency and equanimity with what is present, as distinct from passive resignation or forced positivity. The practice is not about suppressing desire but about training the mind to rest in the present rather than habitually chasing a future state that will satisfy.
- Santosha The Practice Of Contentment With My Partner
Santosha is Patanjali’s second niyama — a deliberate orientation toward sufficiency and equanimity with what is present, as distinct from passive resignation or forced positivity. The practice is not about suppressing desire but about training the mind to rest in the present rather than habitually chasing a future state that will satisfy.
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