Posts Tagged ‘meditation’

• Wake Up Get Up

  written by YeShey on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

  Like any positive change, getting to the cushion, waking up a bit earlier – requires effort. At first it may require a lot of effort until it becomes a new habit, a new behaviour, a new way of being.

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• Trying to make practice my vocation

  written by YeShey on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

  Ideally there is little to no separtion from formal sitting pracitse to daily life. Over the years I have learned some of the things that I should take up and some of the things that I should give up. An attempt to stop living in preparation for practice but to make practice my vocation.

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• How Can We Use the Body to Study the Mind?

  written by YeShey on Saturday, July 30th, 2011

  The postures of yoga were designed thousands of years ago to help those that were interested in gaining deeper levels of insight, to first, calm the nervous system. The integration of awareness of the breath and the senses with the movement of the body were used to bridge the (apparent) gap between the body and [...]

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• Stillness & Effort

  written by Simone on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

  A yogi instructed in class the other day that, “the only effort you need to expend is the effort it takes to bring you to the present moment.” All of our decisions, choices, and actions are best made from this moment. Not “in reaction to” but rather from a place of stillness, only accessible in [...]

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• Is “patience” a state of mind?

  written by Simone on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

  I struggle with patience.  Two phrases make me cringe, ‘be patient’ and ‘have faith.’ I don’t know why. Is it because I am immature or childish and I just want what I want now? Does one have patience because they have faith and trust or is patience something that transcends the content of thoughts and better understood in the context of [...]

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• Three Meditation Techniques to Take into Your Life

  written by Simone on Thursday, September 30th, 2010

   
  Our state of mind has a direct effect on how we feel from moment to moment. Here are three techniques to increase your ability to hold your focus and create a calm relaxed mind/life.

  1.  Train yourself to check-in with your mind now and again throughout the day. Take a [...]

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• Five Ways to Get Present, Now

  written by Simone on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

  Here are five ways to get into the moment when you’ve lost your center and stess has taken over. Maybe you have heard all of these words of wisdom before; however, here is the medtitative or yogic perspective.  Remember, our mind, attachment to our thoughts, our stories, are the source of our suffering (stress); in order [...]

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• Is my priority peace of mind?

  written by Simone on Saturday, July 24th, 2010

  “It’s easy to live in the moment, when most of your moments take place in Maui.” Sometimes the stresses of the day can be too much. I realized that I brought home with me and allowed stay for the evening thoughts of the day; conversations real and imagined along with all of the [...]

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• Why are you meditating? What’s your motivation?

  written by Simone on Saturday, June 12th, 2010

   “Why am I meditating?” is the single most important question to ask and answer for yourself as you begin. Honestly, some early mornings, my motivation or goals, or hopes for some future state of mind are the only reason I meditate.  Knowing, honestly why you are meditating will help you get onto the cushion when [...]

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• Guilt & Meditation

  written by Simone on Monday, April 5th, 2010

  The other day a gal who is meditating with us came to me and apologized profusely for not meditating as often as she hoped, “I am so sorry, I have been so busy, I will start again soon, I feel so guilty, I will get back to it, I promise.”  I could literally feel her [...]

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