The Harvest moon is in full bloom today and it is time to celebrate under the skies glow. Fell how it pulls your focus on your commitments to others. What have you or are you building together, through dreaming and doing? Reflecting, what has recently come through within your most important relationships, leaving a long-lasting impact on you, and them?
Do not underestimate how this is a time of heightened sensitivity and power. As this Full moon becomes a gateway to radical change – should you need it – allow the pulse of the prana (life-force) to flow. Just be sure to be gentle and tender with your heart and from the drama – which may be drawing your attention.
Be prepared and be sure to find balance as you take deeper leaps of faith into the Divine. Seek clarity in meditation and be sure to physically gather together (Satsang) with like-minded souls, to ‘practice’. The practice never lets you down, as it has a way to prepare you to gain insight and clear direction. Trust how nothing is ever wasted (think composting) – think about the process of abundance and let the rest take care of itself.
Become the Body of Light you long for, make peace & let go.
There is a revolution in the yoga world, or did you already know?. Quiet, mindful yoga is being presented in a calm, slow manner for its healing and therapeutic values. Here at ‘In the Quiet’ ~ A Meditation Practice, we take you on an energetic journey like no other. No matter what your age or physical abilities, slow (somatic) yoga is all you will ever need to support a long and healthy life.
The science proves once again that yoga postures, done in a mindful way, are actually more effective at releasing tension than rushing through sets (asanas) the body and nervous system is less inclined to want or is ready for. Who ever said you need a bendy, fit body to partake in a yoga practice?
E.Z.Y. or Experiential-Zen-Yoga requires a different approach to the ‘practice’. Performing yoga athletics is known to wear the body down and should not be the goal in your class experience.
Approaching this art with reverence and a wide open heart will reveal the deep and mystical nature of yoga to you. It is understood that moving the subtle energies influences our nervous system, while creating new pathways, for positive results. Once we overcome the mental aspect and tap into (intuitively) attentively with what the body is doing, you become liberated.
There is a higher knowledge to yoga, it is known as ‘Self-realization’. Shankara, one of the greatest teachers of India taught the Spiritual approach to Vedanta and the secrets of the Chakra ~ energy vortexes.
TRANSFORM YOUR CAPACITY TO MOVE BETTER AND CLEARLY REAP THE BENEFITS.
It has taken me 30 years of personal training to understand how this concept can be applied to yoga. During my Chi Gong training, I understood the energetics of chi and moving slowly. Yoga offers a vast expanse of ways to experience the subtle field of energy – not just between your hands.
Fine tuning a ‘practice’ creates better alignment and influences you to tune into the vortex of energy. The results begins to ripple forth with waves of bliss. Pain melts away for good because it cannot reside when we revive with self-care activities gently initiated.
The Slow Yoga Revolution is an opportunity to indulge – revive, restore AND relax. It is designed to give you an all-round blissful experience while mapping out the sequences with every breath.
This for of yoga becomes a retreat to give your body a chance to find the space in your life by slowing down. To practice yoga in this traditional way invites us into self-reflection. The opportunity to indulge while improving our posture are techniques you can easily learn while it engages the para-sympathetic nervous system.
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Facebook posts: ‘In the Quiet Meditation ~ A Tiny Part of Something Big’.
My name is Lynn C. Pell and I am your guide to Explore Zen Yoga.
Today
there is a huge interest in the benefits of meditation. The enthusiasm seems to
be in the “scientific proving” of its effectiveness for reducing more than just
stress.
Because
it is being catered on a grand-scale and many platforms; including teachers,
practitioners, visionaries and counsellors alike, the problem arises as to the
efficacy and proper guidance.
Let us not delude ourselves into thinking meditation is okay to be ‘packaged’, ‘commercialize’ or ‘secularized’.
You see,
meditation was not meant to be commercially packaged, any more than yoga was
meant to be ‘westernized’, since arriving about 65 years ago to North America.
There are
many common elements and just as many forms of meditation out there with the
essence of variety.
In
presenting such a sacred tradition, I see and have seen the dangers for those
embarking on the ‘journey’ only to be left unfulfilled.
Meditation when properly instructed, is meant to become an inner form of Yoga and can be the most wonderful adventure you will ever embark on. It can unfold vast new knowledge, joy, and awareness and inner peace. It is known as a path of self-discovery for unfolding our higher levels of consciousness and opening up a magical world, while being in complete stillness.
Science
can examine it and analyze it but when we close our eyes only we can open up to
the delightful dimensions, beautiful fields of unity and inner calm.
Did you
know, traditional yoga does not teach meditation right away? In fact,
establishing the right foundation (physically) in our lives must first be
established. With the right preparation, meditation can be achieved.
Properly performed, asana or yoga postures & Chi Gong is meditation; a form of motion brought into the body with awareness. Remember, yoga is not just one thing!
The first
three limbs of yoga consist of preparing ourselves in this fashion for
meditation. The first three Limbs of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras abide in the
teaching of: Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (reflective
meditation) & Samadhi (unified awareness).
As I’ve
learned, meditation is not separate from how we live; it becomes the product of
integrating and harmonizing with nature.
Think of it as a farmers field that must be cultivated with care and as
with daily meditation the blossoms of life emerge from the soil.
What is also crucial is to recognize how the spiritual doctrines, which usually accompany traditional meditation practices are just as necessary today as they were a thousands of years ago.
The
evidence of jet-setting meditation will cause more defects and/or dissolution, which
already can be found in so-called “secular meditation”.
Do not
assume the goal of meditation is something physical and concrete or a temporary
relief. Developing one focus of attention and concentration with time is
necessary. So let ‘Science’ do what it think it is doing.
Allow
yourself the luxury to sit in asana practice and become comfortable. The
suggested period, up to 30 minutes once or twice a day, is enough to reap the
benefits. Allow your body to become the vehicle for meditation, and avoid using
background music or other distractions. Just sit still and be….
Pranayama
(the 3rd Kosha/layer) is another dimension of our life force. It is with the breath that we infuse greater
potential for success during meditation. The energy needed to call in the flow
of breath is needed to keep us in the state of “focused-awareness”, otherwise
we just fall into dull awareness, blank out or even fall sleep.
Pratyahara
is defined as restful awareness. When
the attention of the senses are internalized, then in subtle ways we achieve pratyahara
in meditation.
Concentration
(Dhyana), another limbmust
be exercised or else we are simply spinning with our thoughts. The power of
using a personal mantra to harness the attention and develop our inner
gaze is taught only by qualified practitioners. In this way, concentration is
stabilized and we become less distracted.
Mantras are great ‘divine names’, sounds, words or syllables.
The mind tool of a mantra becomes the vehicle to take us into finding the essence
of love in the heart. Pranava (Sanskrit)
means Primordial Sound and this form of Meditation is what I specialize in.
Meditation in a higher sense is about self-inquiry,
known also as the observance of ‘witnessing’. Questions such as: Who Am I? What do I Want?
How can I Help? What am I grateful for? can be briefly contemplated. Then the
reflection exercise, like mirror exercises bring into view our true self. The practice should be effortless…effortless effort,
relinquish control and surrender to the divine.
By the
way, putting meditation into practice after a “3 or 8-week workshop or course
must continue to be cultivated for the cumulative effects can take place.
Whenever
you approach meditation, make the space and time you’ve set aside sacred, be
humble and established in devotional ‘practice’.
Do not presume that Meditation will
only deliver results in a smooth linear fashion. As an experienced meditator, I know this is
false and such presumptions are used to validate only short-term durations as most
will experience, leaving us to crave.
In conclusion, meditation can enhance our self-esteem, encourage feeling good and alleviate stress. In today’s demanding world would you not rather have inner calm?
Om Mani Padme Hum ~ Hail to the
Jewel in the Lotus
Lynn C. Pell, Cl. H. Vedic Practitioner, Certified Chopra Center Teacher
