Facts about Meditation

Over the years, I acquired a wide range of information on the subject of meditation. There are so many styles which can lead to different results. The following suggestions universally apply to nearly all styles and should be used as a guide to those who are new to meditation.

How Often Do You Look Under Your Bed?

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I got the instinct to look underneath my bed today. Boy was that a mistake! Several dust bunnies the size of a small grapefruit were lingering about.

Making the Forward Fold Fashionable

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Stop is a word we don’t like to follow. You might admit to yourself that the “rolling stop” when driving is so satisfying. For those who love to be “on the go”, the complete stop at the annoying red and white octagon sign is a stress inducer. We can observe the same patterns in those at crosswalks who like to linger in the streets. I’m completely guilty on both accounts. Both have put me in harms way. (After that confession, I’m expecting a call from my mother at any moment.)

So what makes us take these risks?

I believe it comes from an unconscious forward momentum that becomes apart of your day. Let me explain.

Yoga Laughter

Imagine this happening to your body… “rhythmic, vocalized, expiratory and involuntary actions” — Fifteen facial muscles contract and stimulation of the zygomatic major muscle occurs. Meanwhile, the respiratory system is upset by the epiglottis half-closing the larynx, so that air intake occurs irregularly, making you gasp. In extreme circumstances, the tear ducts are activated, so that while the mouth is opening and closing and the struggle for oxygen intake continues, the face becomes moist and often red (or purple).”

The event I have described is better known as laughter. Realizing all that body goes through kinda makes you want to laugh.

These days it may be hard to laugh. It’s difficult to find what is happening in the world up lifting.