I'm honoured that Julie from Happy Mama Happy Baby asked me to participate in 'Body Positive January'. Here's a little of my journey into friendship with my body ...
And here's my 42 Photos video that I mention ...
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In this TIP, I talk about the how a regular meditation practice is like a life jacket. It helps us become familiar with ourselves as being more than mind. And it helps us strengthen the skill of detaching from thoughts. And we all know that 'too many thoughts' is a big part of what stops us from feeling calm when we experience a big shock or change. When a big change occurs in our life it's easy for the mind to flee the body and for the mind to become disturbed and agitated. Unfortunately, this only causes us to experience more disturbances! So in this series of 'TIPS' I'm sharing some simple practices you can do now that will help calm the body and mind and reconnect the body and mind. This morning when I sat down for meditation, I became aware of how unevenly I distributed my weight on each ischium/sit bone/buttock. And as I consciously corrected that imbalance and maintained my attention I was delighted by the orchestra of data I received - Lots of information about my vertebrae, the muscles along my spine, the position of my shoulder, my upper body rotation, the sides of my neck - I was in complete 'wonder'. What a magnificent device the body is. What a surrendered servant it is. What a gift to have the body-mind connection! And it also made me think about Ashtanga - the 8 limbs of yoga and how interconnected all the limbs are. Particularly this morning's experience informed my thinking about the 3rd limb - that is 'Asana' or what many westerners think of as yoga - ie the poses. I was thinking about how the position of the body helps the mind to transcend into union - the aim of Yoga and what that relationship feels like. Have a listen ... Many of you know what a fan of meditation I am! And I sometimes I get the impression that people view meditation as a 'chore'. I think I'm a fan because I get SO MUCH BENEFIT from meditation. Meditation is a very rich experience (and a very non-verbal experience) so it can be hard to put into words what it is - Any description of the experience seems to limit it - which is the opposite of the experience LOL! However, perhaps it is helpful to think of meditation as having (at least) three phases ...
In this mornings video - I share some thoughts about the 'cleansing / transforming / integrating' phase. If you are interested learning more about meditation, call me :) |
AuthorI'm an Ayurvedic Life Coach, Teacher and Massage Therapist living on the 'Linha de Cascais' in Portugal. I love sharing Ayurveda and appreciation of Life with others. Archives
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