Coaching practices for Santosha the Practice of Contentment at Work
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I keep telling myself I’ll let myself be content once I hit the next thing
- I’m burning so much energy raging against things I can’t change while leaving the parts I actually could change untouched
- A new want grabs me and I’m off chasing it before I’ve even paused
- Everything I once worked so hard to get has quietly faded into background I no longer even notice
- 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. - Holding contentment and ambition simultaneously
Pursue goals without making your contentment contingent on achieving them.
Santosha: The Practice of Contentment - Distinguishing acceptance from resignation
Practise accepting what is unchangeable while identifying what genuinely can be changed.
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 - Training preference toward the present
Deliberately savour what you already own or have, as if it were new.
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 - Living close to the ground — contentment with enough
Cultivate contentment with what is sufficient rather than perpetually seeking more.
The Tao Te Ching, Made Practical - The enough inventory
Deliberately list what is already sufficient in your life before reaching for more.
Santosha: The Practice of Contentment - Bring the karma-yoga worker’s steadiness to professional roles
The karma yoga practitioner is fully engaged and fully unattached — doing the work at the highest level, releasing the result.
Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Selfless Action - Work as practice (samu)
Bring full, wholehearted attention to ordinary tasks, treating activity itself as meditation.
Zen Practice (Zazen and Beyond)
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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 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.
- Contentment Practice
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 After A Loss
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 Before Bed
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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