Your Brain Is a Bargain Hunter
You think you’ve got problems?
In truth, you’ve only got one, and it sits right between your ears. 😅
Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans live with a built-in conflict:
We want to be happy, but our brain only cares about survival.
Your brain burns a massive amount of energy, around 20% of your body’s total consumption, even though it weighs barely 2%.
So what does it do? It spends most of its time looking for shortcuts.
Always scheming how to get more for less.
Great for survival. Terrible for happiness.
Why it that?
Energy Saver: Your Brain Loves Cheap Solutions
It’s constantly hunting for shortcuts, routines, and easy ways to save energy.
Just like a bargain hunter searching for the best deal, your brain looks for the least effort.
- It thinks in habits, not in possibilities.
- Better the old story than a new song.
- Better familiar pain than unknown freedom.
That’s why you stay stuck, not because you’re stupid, but because your brain is addicted to comfort.
It Craves Rewards — Especially the Cheap Ones
Your brain is a true bargain addict.
Each small reward triggers a hit of dopamine.
Even the expectation of a reward lights it up, whether it’s
- a discount,
- a “like” on social media,
- or a bar of chocolate.
Your brain whispers: “Oh yes, pleasure at a discount!”
You feel high for a moment — and emptier than before right after.
That’s how addiction is born: scrolling, shopping, chasing tiny pleasures.
Mental bargains everywhere, cheap in the short term, expensive in the long run.
Because what you pay with is your freedom.
It Loves Easy Explanations — and Pulls You Away from Truth
Even in thinking, your brain is lazy.
It doesn’t want to be right, it just wants to be done.
Thinking deeply costs energy.
So it grabs clichés instead of clarity, quick answers instead of reflection.
It believes what sounds nice, not what’s true.
That’s why advertising works so well.
That’s why we buy simple stories and call them wisdom.
But truth requires awareness, not discounts.
How Yoga (and Especially Naked Yoga) Helps
Yoga isn’t a quick fix, but it works.
It begins with the body, but it transforms the mind.
Yoga is your reset button.
It pulls you out of those easy, comfortable thought-loops, out of thinking, into feeling.
And Naked Yoga?
That’s yoga without a safety net.
No clothes. No masks. No hiding.
Just you, raw, real, alive.
Suddenly, silence becomes possible.
You feel your energy flow again, once you stop wasting it on resistance and mental noise.
You stop chasing cheap dopamine and start finding real joy inside yourself.
Your Inspiration for the Week
Watch where your brain goes bargain hunting —
for quick comfort, for tiny kicks, for easy answers.
Then pause. Breathe. Feel.
Ask yourself:
“What would I do if I didn’t fall for the mental discount?”
Right there — your new life begins.
And I’ll be right here to help you. 🙂
