Tag: Meditation

Meditation originates from the latin “meditatio”. This „reflection, contemplation, reasoning“ is an integral part of the spiritual praxis of most religions and cultures. The common proposition: to calm and focus the mind.

Eastern cultures consider meditation a foundational exercise for mind expansion and cultivation of consciousness. Overall objectives vary according to tradition, but can be enumerated as “silence”, “emptiness”, “oneness”, “being here and now” and “liberation from thought”. The separation between subject and object is being transcended.

Be it in our own practice of yoga or in daily life: We are constantly subjected to changes of forms, situations or energies. By becoming still and going within, we allow our awareness to return to ourselves and, by breathing calmly, tap into the potential of opening up inner space. There, clarity about what is currently happening, resides. This “eye of the storm” teaches us about our consciousness and its working beyond the separation between people and energies and how we can change for the highest good of everyone involved.

Routine and Pathway to presence & Mindfulness: Yin Yoga in daily life!

Jeanette Fuchs, founder and CEO of yogaretreats.at took the time to ask me a couple of questions about Yin Yoga in daily life when I recently visited Salzburg, teaching a couple of masterclasses @ YOGA PLACE Salzburg. What exactly defines a Yin attitude in daily life? How can we tune down and arrive – despite the overstimulation with information and tasks that we are being bombarded with day in day out?

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Mindfully embracing ourselves: Finding our root cause during meditation

“Savasana”:

We rest on our backs with softly closed eyes, our breathing is relaxed and deep as it moves us from the inside. We sink deeper, becoming still. Allowing ourselves to let go of our mind, we simply can be. Pure bliss!