Spring Rebirth With Meditation and Awareness
Trish OttoneMost of us in the west come from a culture that does not breed or cultivate awareness. We tend to subscribe to an ethic that equates success of one kind or another with personal value and worth. Naturally this creates an inherent and deep internal antagonism that perpetuates a cycle of feeling inadequate and tense. Is it any wonder that everyone is tired and stressed out? Why is it we ...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Yoga and MeditationHeart Chakra Meditation
Caroline DupontAn open heart touches the whole universe. The human energy system has seven primary energy centers often called chakras. Meditation and awareness are potent tools for clearing the chakras and releasing blocked, dense or frozen energy patterns that are preventing us from reaching our highest potential. Within the chakra system, the heart is in the centre with three physically-oriented chakr...
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Caroline DupontAlthough meditation is often seen as a practice that we do sitting still, and there is great value in this, true meditation (being our natural state) is available to us anytime, anywhere. Anything that we do with awareness allows us to touch into the place within us that exists beyond time and space, that is untouched by circumstances, beliefs, emotions and physical state. A deeply satisfyi...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditating On Relationships
Caroline DupontTrue meditation is simply resting in our natural state. Our natural state is expanded and relaxed, at peace and in harmony with the world around us. There is an overall sense of fluidity, joy and lack of conflict. Meditation is the anchoring of our awareness in this deepest place that is beyond our circumstances, beyond the emotions that our circumstances invoke, beyond beliefs that create our ...
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Naturally SavvyStress is a normal part of everyday life, and a little stress is good for our bodies because it helps stimulate us to achieve our goals. But overwhelming stress, also called distress, is a big problem. Stress is the bodys response to a threat. The fight or flight response prepares the body to respond physically, and the end result is an increase in heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Mind and Mental Health | Yoga and Meditation | Stress and BalanceDeveloping Your Intuition
Trish OttoneOur intuition is one of our deepest links to our spirituality. To me it is part of a cosmic language that links us not only to each other, but to everything else and to the very pulse of the universe. The language of intuition is one ofour greatest gifts.Over the years I have been asked many questions about intuition and for the purposes of this article I will draw on some of the most co...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and Meditation | Mindful LivingMeditation for Deep Physical Healing
Caroline DupontAs a health practitioner and meditation teacher, I love to help people to heal physically using both physical health principles and spiritual principles. Meditation is the foundation for connecting to the place where the laws of physical health reside in our beings, as well as that part of us that is untouched by disease. The word healing comes from a root that means to make whole. Meditati...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationSpiritual Growth Through Meditation
Trish OttoneLife is chalk full of potential for spiritual growth. How you choose to take these lessons and deal with them is what determines the speed in which you spiritual evolution will unfold. Meditation is the best vehicle I know of to get you there. Every day each of is confronted with opportunities to work with conflict situations, be it personal, professional or community based. Often these can...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditation & Stopping
Caroline DupontWhat would happen if we just stopped? What would happen if we stopped trying to fix our bodies, stopped trying to fix the world? Stopped trying to figure out what were going to do a minute from now, an hour from now, a week from now? Stopped trying to piece this moment together in a more favorable way? Stopped trying to fix ourselves, much less fix others? All of this fixing is in the realm...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationFinding Truth through Meditation
Caroline DupontWhen we sit in meditation, we need to be willing to experience truth in order to get to the Truth. Let me explain. The big T Truth is ultimately what we are looking for as seekers. Our teachers can point to the direction of the Truth, but ultimately it is something we need to experience for ourselves. Were told that what is True is, we are already perfect, whole and complete beings, and tha...
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Listening to Your Body with Meditation
Caroline DupontHealing the body requires the need to recognize the importance of creating an intimate relationship with the body. The foundation of all good relationships is l...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationA Guided Meditation for Energy Flow
Caroline DupontThe following text is a transcript of a guided meditation practiced for a group that was spending time together exploring the energy field and using awa...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditation Methods & Awareness
Caroline DupontIf meditation could be summarized in one brief sentence, it would be “rest as awareness.” Meditation is not something that we do, it’s what we are. It allows us...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditate and Leave Everything You Know Behind
Caroline DupontMany of my friends who are students come to meditation with the idea that it will help them to stop their minds, or at the very least control their thoughts. Th...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditation: Who Am I?
Caroline DupontThere are some spiritual and meditation teachers who guide almost entirely from the place of encouraging students to pose the question, "Who am I?"—or...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationClearing the Mind’s Compartments
Caroline DupontThe human mind is constantly separating its experiences into two primary categories: that which it likes and that which it dislikes. Nowhere is this more clearl...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMore Techniques for Weight Loss and Wellness
Irene SwedakIn Techniques for Weight Loss Wellness, you learned about five relatively quick techniques to help you relax and think with your thinking brain. I discussed...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationTechniques for Practicing Meditation
Caroline DupontTrue meditation is a living practice that can’t be defined in terms of steps to take. First of all, there is nowhere to go but to be right here in this moment;...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationTechniques for Weight Loss and Wellness
Irene SwedakEmpowerment. Willpower. Discipline. When it comes to weight loss, many of us would be in a position to celebrate long term success if we had willpower and di...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationThe Key to Meditation: Just Do It
Caroline DupontWhen it comes to teaching meditation, it's all about sharing the experience. As a meditation teacher I often wish I could hand over to my students the exp...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationObstacles to Meditation: The Five Hindrances
Caroline DupontLetting your mind go blank is easier said than done. Luckily, ancient Buddhist monks figured out centuries ago to shut out the noise around them and concentrate...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditation and the Power of Yes
Caroline DupontEach moment that we live is made up of diverse components that are in a constant state of change. This is often most evident to us when we sit quietly in the si...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditation: Awareness and Attitude
Caroline Dupont"Go in and in and turn away from nothing that you find." So reads the last line of a poem by the great Danna Faulds. I love this line because it expre...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMaking Effortless, Life-Affirming Choices
Caroline DupontLife is all about keeping it simple. At this point in my career as a holistic health practitioner, I have come to learn the importance of spending time teaching...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditation: Establishing Your Practice
Caroline DupontJust like anything worth doing, meditation is worth doing right. In order to be effective, meditation should be practiced regularly and although it is simple, ...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationMeditation: The Foundation For Good Health
Caroline DupontEver wonder what meditation really is? Although most people think meditation is something that we must work to achieve, in reality, meditation is actually our n...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and Meditation'Yoga to the Rescue' Brings Humor to Yoga
Celina MillerIn this often hectic world in which we live, facing heavy issues like the harsh economy and upcoming presidential election, it is no wonder many may well be str...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationHara Meditation Helps Bring Balance
Tom BarrettBack in the 1950s and '60s, meditation was frequently described as "contemplating your navel." It didn’t seem like a very satisfying spiritual pr...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationYoga Then and Now
Celina MillerYoga is an ancient practice that has become an important part of today’s mainstream fitness vocabulary. Everyone has heard about yoga and there are millions of ...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationShould Yoga Be an Olympic Sport?
Celina MillerAs the 2008 Beijing Olympics approaches, discussions arise about the possible addition of an exposition event featuring yoga. The Ashtanga News, a website dedic...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationTreat Insomnia with Yoga
Celina MillerMillions of people suffer from insomnia. As many as one in 10 Americans suffer from insomnia and one in four has trouble falling asleep on occasion. The Departm...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationDoes Yoga Really Help Support Mental Health?
Allison BakerEvery day, on my way home from work, I pass a yoga studio. The place is always hopping. Firm, flexible bodies hold poses in the window as I watch with bewildere...
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