Let's do an exercise, please sit at the edge of your chair or sofa or whatever such that the soles of your feet and thighs are parallel to the floor with back straight and look forward, with a relaxed gaze without focusing on any particular object. Take ...
The Ladder: A Story About Meditation ;)
A spiritual practitioner once on a casual visit was asked by his Guru how are his spiritual practices going on. "Not very well sir! I'm unable to cope up with the routine work and practices both." - He replied So the guru offered him a spirit ...
Meditation Master Class: 6. The Emotions and Breath!
In the previous session, we discussed the physiology of breath and today we are going to examine the psychology of breath but there's going to be a little bit back and forth between the two. We are going to focus a lot on emotions today because as much a ...
Meditation Master Class: 5. Anatomy of Breathing!
In the previous session, we discussed respiration and its effects with reference to cellular biology and organic chemistry but today we shall discuss breathing in terms of physiology, Physiological Aspect of breathing Let's begin by understanding ho ...
Meditation Master Class: 4. Breathing and Metabolism
An average person breathes anywhere between 12 to 20 times a minute, which is around 23000[1] breaths every day viz more than 11000 liters of air. It is interesting to know that one could survive more than 3 weeks without food, maximum 3 days without hydration but 3 minutes of breathlessness would lead one to fatal brain damage.