How important is a daily routine?

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Lifestyle & Daily Practices Anchoring us in Meditation

Various traditions offer practical suggestions that aid us in walking a spiritual path. Body and mind habits and patterns we wish to change, takes intention and will persistence. The Buddha taught the 8 fold path including Right Action. The Ayurveda tradition suggests a daily routine considering any one or as many “pillars” one chooses to work with (taken from https://liveayurprana.com/)

We watched Dr. Lad’s recording: How important is a daily routine? Ayurveda recommends not only practicing a morning routine, but also building a routine that follows the biological clock. Vasant Lad, shares his insights on the concept and importance of a daily regimen (dinacharya) in Ayurveda.

Each of the 7 pillars are rooted in universal concepts to help create a daily lifestyle routine (dinacharya) that ultimately supports and maintains wellness in any body.
This formula is simple. Give a few minutes per day to each of the 7 Pillars, and through these moments of attention and intention, we nourish all aspects of our being — promoting our own health and well-being!
Nutrition – Improve bodily systems by ensuring adequate nutritional intake through diet along with herbal dietary supplements
Cleanse – Rediscover your natural energy levels and invigorate the whole self by tending to this vital function
Movement – Incorporate balanced movement and breathing practices into your life to clear stagnation
Sleep – Fortify your body’s ability to restore vitality by developing supportive  sleep habits
Community – Forge connection, communication and collaboration between mind and body, nature and self, individual and community
Inspiration – Wake up feeling inspired in body, mind and spirit by connecting with your life’s unique purpose and mission
Peace – Enhance your own serenity and begin cultivating an environment in which global peace may flourish

A silent meditation practice is simply an aspect of this intention. We come together, to “just sit”. We listen to the silence. We listen to our thoughts, We listen to our feelings and emotions. When we “just sit” we just BE the witnessing awareness. And this continues as we get off our mats or chairs and DO what needs to be done to live the dailiness of our lives. The BEing and DOing, the inhalation and exhalation and the gaps in between, Having this understanding empowers us to choose the lens we perceive and experience our lives with. “Just sitting”, silent meditation, reveals the layers that veil the clarity and luminosity of our true nature and the gap between these layers. Glimpses of the background, the ground of awareness, reminds us to rest in our true nature that is the witness to all experience.