Adding meditation and yoga to my morning

I am trying out a new morning routine. When I say "trying out," I mean attempting to wake up for a new morning routine. It consists of meditation and yoga. The thought is that if I start my days out with a calm and positive mind, I will continue my day with a calm and positive mind. It's all about getting the right start on the day, and not waking up on the wrong side of the bed.

In the past, I have tried to meditate. I have made feeble efforts every now and then when the mood strikes me. Perhaps I have such a hard time keeping my mind still and have thus failed because I haven't practiced. Meditation takes practice. A person cannot just one day sit down and demand that their mind stop running through the hundreds of things that have to be accomplished that day. It won't happen. However through practice, the practice that I will be able to get if I succeed at my daily mediation, I will calm my mind.

I have previously made the same type of paltry attempt at yoga. I get out the yoga mat whenever the idea crosses my mind on a empty Saturday afternoon. I know a few poses, and can really do none of them well. My balance isn't always there because the stints of time in which I do not practice yoga are longer than the ones in which I do. This should become something more regular in my life as well.

Through these two daily exercises I am hoping for a continued positive outlook and a less frantic approach to the work week.