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Yogi Hacks: Tricks to free up more time for Dharma

This is a new section in the blog under featured items.


Tricks, methods to be more efficient and save time, energy, money, material resources so more energy can be directed to Dharma instead.


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Living in cold weather, better than hawaii, if you learn to use the right clothes

Another great yogi hack: Two minute shower, very little soap (or no soap).

* gps cel phone apps to download offline maps for wilderness hiking:

https://www.cleverhiker.com/blog/how-to-use-your-phone-as-a-gps-device-for-backpacking

In addition to keeping a meditation / spiritual practice journal, use a blog to establish good social credit history

Ideal bed sleeping set up for meditators and yogis: only 20 seconds to make bed and put it away


Pre-washing dishes

As you're cooking, eating, and cleaning, as soon as an item is no longer in use pre wash and soak it like so: 

* soak it in enough water to prevent parts from drying up into hard to wash crust. 

* Use hands to rub out unsubmerged sections with food residue so no dry crust forms. 

* if it's a tough to wash item like a pot, cover it up so moisture doesn't evaporate and dry up the edges of pot.

* right after eating from a bowl, pre soak it as explained above.

* keep a large grey water bucket accessible, desposit all grey water into the bucket and use in your garden.

* now it's time to wash the dishes, and it goes super quick and easy because nothing is dry and crusty, and you don't have to scrub again and again checking to see if residue is gone. 


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