Archive for October, 2009

• Meditating from the Heart

  written by YeShey on Friday, October 30th, 2009

  Meditating from the Heart Because our brain is in our head, and we are used to thinking in our head, we often meditate from our head. Try meditating from the heart. At first this instruction may seem unclear – so how do I meditate from my [...]

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• Retreat

  written by YeShey on Thursday, October 29th, 2009

  As wonderful as it is to meditate every day, you will find that it is very helpful to do meditation retreats now and again. They help you to strengthen and deepen your practice by being completely immersed in meditation and only meditation all day long. There are all sorts of mediation retreats [...]

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• Why meditation doesn’t work

  written by Simone on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

  From The Bible to The Secret  (not that I have put them in the same category) there is a huge breadth and depth of spiritual programs, people and practices teaching us how to live our best lives, be happier, more successful, fulfilled and realized.  Without fail, they mostly all tell us, usually in Chapter One, that we must [...]

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• Are we addicted to thinking?

  written by Simone on Friday, October 16th, 2009

  I talk to lots of  people about meditation. We were just at the Yoga and Pilates Conference in Vancouver where I heard about participant’s experience with meditation.  Interestingly, the thing we heard most was ”I can’t meditate because I can’t stop thinking …”   Imagine that, the very thing we are trying to get a little control over, a little respite from, [...]

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• Waking Up

  written by YeShey on Saturday, October 10th, 2009

  One of my teachers always gives a short but clever talk about observing the first breath you take after you sleep has ended and the waking state begins.  At first I took it as a challenge, but now I see it as a gift. Waking up and observing the first breath brings [...]

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