Meditation: Can Vipassana Be Bad For You?
Every Vipassana course is the same no matter where in the world you attend. Recordings serve as the primary teacher, and there’s a resident teacher who meditates with you and is available to answer questions. The days begin with 4:30 am morning meditation and end arounds 8 pm with ten hours of meditation in between. […]
What is yoga? What are the health benefits of doing it regularly?
What is yoga ? If you think that yoga is bending and twisting your body into very strange poses, then it’s time to reconsider your ideas. Yoga is much more. If to say in very simple words, it is the care of your body, mind and breath. That’s what yoga is. This implies that yoga practices that have been for […]
When is the best time of day to do yoga?
If you are serious about your spiritual life, you should meditate at least once a day. If you have a lot of enthusiasm, you can meditate three times a day – early in the morning, at noon or during a lunch break and in the evening. Morning and evening meditations can be longer: 15 minutes or half an hour, […]
What Is It Like To Do Vipassana?
Vipassana Meditation or Full Attention aims to see the things that occur in our mind as they really are, making us understand the factors of suffering, rather than trying to suppress or avoid them, in order to find true happiness. An increasing number of people seek in meditation a way to find the mental and emotional […]
Which is better, yoga or a morning walk?
A daily and morning routine of some quick yoga exercises can unlock the body, recover energy and take time for yourself before your day. Breathe Before starting a new day at 100 per hour, we start by taking the time to listen, to fully enjoy this moment to oneself. Exercise helps to wake up and gives […]
Who is the Father of Yoga?
Patanjali was a great scholar of ancient India. We still do not know his exact dates, some believe he lived before Christ and some a little after Christ. He wrote a book on grammar, to discipline the speech. A second monumental work on medicine to help us take care of the body. Finally, he wrote a masterpiece to show […]
What is mindfulness?
The Mindfulness can be considered a philosophy of life that includes the practice of meditation . Along with several relaxation techniques, its apogee is recent. Although many people say that they perform meditation, it is sometimes an equivocal concept, so before speaking about Mindfulness we must clarify what meditation is. The meditation is an intellectual activity that seeks to achieve a state of centralized […]
Is Transcendental Meditation a cult?
THE simple and natural technique Transcendental Meditation is a technique of deep relaxation and development of consciousness. It is practiced sitting, eyes closed, 2 times a day in the morning and evening for 15 to 20 minutes per session. Different from any other form of meditation , it is easy to learn, very simple and very pleasant to practice. It gives […]
Which is better for weight loss, yoga or going to the gym?
Yoga to lose weight Yoga can be practiced for its benefits in a global approach (balance of body and mind) or with a particular objective: back yoga or yoga and sleep , yoga to lose weight or yoga of the eyes . Do you really need to lose weight? There are several types of “roundness”: those that we imagine because our mirror […]
How do you meditate without falling asleep?
How not to fall asleep during meditation: 6 important tips A few years ago, just trying to meditate, I fell asleep regularly during practice. It began with yoga: shavasana sent me to the kingdom of Morpheus. Even pranayama could not save the sleepiness. Day or night, rested or tired – during any practice I just could not doze […]