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Breathing Exercise: Calm Balancing Breath
Sit comfortably or lie down in a comfortable position. Let your body relax and bring your mind to the awareness...
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Meditation Stories: The Bird’s Eye
About 5000 years ago the great acharya (teacher) Drona decided to test his students' skill in archery. To test their...
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Meditation Stories: The story of Zazen
Once a Zen master noticed a monk trying too hard to meditate. So he interrupted the monk and asked: "What...
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Memento Mori – Memento Vivere
Memento Mori a Latin phrase meaning "Remember Death" has been – since the mediaeval times – an anchor used philosophers...
![Five ways MEDITATION Apps ruin us](https://pratilomyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pexels-kindel-media-7938542-300x300.jpg)
Five ways MEDITATION Apps ruin us
Meditation and mindfulness have been around for thousands of years, with their origins in Dharmic traditions such as Hinduism and...
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The Essence of Meditation
Meditation is not an abstract or remote state unnatural to humans. In fact, it is the most spontaneous and natural...
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Why Meditate? The most IMPORTANT reasons
Why Meditate? This is a very interesting question because at once most people need some reason to do something but...
![What is Meditation? A philological and theological exploration.](https://pratilomyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drop-droplet-macro-photography-2584052-300x300.jpg)
What is Meditation? A philological and theological exploration.
The word ‘Meditation’ is one of the most misused rather abused words of the English vocabulary. It is so mistreated...
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Breathing
![Breathing Exercise: Calm Balancing Breath](https://pratilomyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screenshot_20220204-2209052-300x300.png)
Breathing Exercise: Calm Balancing Breath
Sit comfortably or lie down in a comfortable position. Let your body relax and bring your mind to the awareness...
![Breathing Exercise: Continuous or Wave Breathing](https://pratilomyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pexels-rafael-paul-4797134-300x300.jpg)
Breathing Exercise: Continuous or Wave Breathing
When we create involuntary pauses either at the inhale or exhale our awareness is also interrupted and broken. Hence a...
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Breathing Exercise: The Tactical Breath (Box breathing)
This is a very ancient yogic breathing method made popular by Navy SEALs, they call it the tactical breath. I...
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Breathing Exercise: The Sigh of Relief (Stress Relief)
This breathing exercise is particularly good for stress relief. Whenever you lengthen the exhalation it stimulates the vagus nerve and...
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Breathing Exercise: Becoming Aware of the Breath
Breathing really matters. An average person breathes anywhere between 12 to 20 times a minute, which is around 23000 breaths...
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Meditation Stories: The Bird’s Eye
About 5000 years ago the great acharya (teacher) Drona decided to test his students' skill in archery. To test their...
![Meditation Stories: The story of Zazen](https://pratilomyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/passang-tobgay-K6-A_4kBPcQ-unsplash2-300x300.jpg)
Meditation Stories: The story of Zazen
Once a Zen master noticed a monk trying too hard to meditate. So he interrupted the monk and asked: "What...
![Meditation Stories: The inexperienced woodcutter](https://pratilomyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pexels-ludvig-hedenborg-3433348-300x300.jpg)
Meditation Stories: The inexperienced woodcutter
Once upon a time, an unemployed man approached a timber merchant for a job but he was neither much educated...
![Meditation Stories: A King teaches AWARENESS to a monk](https://pratilomyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pexels-tima-miroshnichenko-6599552-2-300x300.jpg)
Meditation Stories: A King teaches AWARENESS to a monk
Once a spiritual seeker approached his guru and said "Sire! After years of sitting meditation, I still haven't attained unbroken...
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Meditation Stories: The Monkey Mind
A spiritual practitioner once on a casual visit was asked by his Guru how are his spiritual practices going on....
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Meditation Stories: Nature of Bondage and Liberation
Once a Sanga (spiritual gathering/group) of ascetics was travelling from one village to another and they came across a flooding...