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Meditation and Yoga

The ancient Indian disciplines of yoga and meditation boast many health benefits. Ask questions about types of yoga practices and positions as well as its history and religious connections.

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What is the Purpose of Silence?

The purpose of silence is to silence the mind from wandering, from bombarding us with thoughts. The purpose of silence is introspection and contemplation. The purpose of silence is to make the senses of our body quiet, otherwise we continue to crave till we reach our grave. We are living with desires and passions and the mind fuels them by bombarding us with thoughts, upto fifty thoughts a minute. This takes us nowhere. When we are silent, the mind is quiet. When the mind is quiet, we are able to contemplate, we are able to use our intellect to discriminate. And this takes us forward in our life of bliss, of peace, and of joy. Otherwise we live in stress, worry, fear and anxiety. It's our choice. If we experience silence every morning, every evening even for a few minutes, we will understand the true bliss that comes from silence.

When was Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center created?

Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center was created in 1964.

Does cosmic energy enter the physical body during meditation?

Yes, if you know how to meditate and reach a certain stage of meditation, you will gather lots of cosmic energy. Also, when you sleep, your body will gather cosmic energy but you are not able to get as much as when you actually meditate. Cosmic rays enter through your head and into your body. You might want to do more research on it to learn more.

Use transcendental meditation in a sentence?

Transcendental Meditation is an incredible stress management, health supporting meditation technique. I love my regular TM practice and highly recommend it to anyone interested in living a healthy, authentic and happy life!

When did the contestants do yoga in Survivor Heroes vs Villains?

Contestants did yoga when they had downtime and were not competing in reward or immunity challenges.

Do you feel Yoga can treat corona virus?

Recently it has been seen that this virus directly attack on your respiratory system, and when this virus comes on its next stage it becomes difficult to breathe as it blocks your caves from where you inhale.

So in yoga there is some breathing exercises that will power your lungs, and it will streghten your respiratory system.

There is much yoga breathing exercise you can try such as Kapalbhati and Belly Breather.

What are the short and long term benefits of yoga?

You can ask many yoga teachers how they feel when they do yoga. The answer is: probably very good! Yoga helps long-term with flexibility, less stress, even increased metabolism, while short-term benefits include less stress, an overall feeling of well being, and so much more.

What does it mean to see 11 11?

It means, to realize your blind to life. 11:11 is a wake up call to realize that on dec. 21 2012 there is going to be a planetary alignment and something amazing is going to happen. Your going to realize your a spirtiual being in a physical body. you feel it everyday as you ask questions as to why your here and why you have a longing to feel at home when you don't know where that truly is. so many questions in life, your blinded by modern society and the crashing economy and the media and new always keeping the people in fear. The truth is you have to just go sit in nature and clear your mind and don't even think just focus on everything alive. ask questions to why you think the things you do and why life seems like the energy and moments we lived in have faded do to everything going on in America. was just created to push you from the fact to keep you in fear of realizing who you are and what you are. Trust your intuition.put down your ego, follow your heart from hear on out cause i have since ive been seeing 11:11 for 4 years. with all ive researched and with meditation ive connected with my true self again. everything is energy feel it in your body, everything you think or believe modifies how you literally see life, think about it. hard. you will realize every step you take to wanting to know who you are will make you want it more cause the results will inspire you cause if feels amazing to be alive. 11:11 Wake up. We are all one consciousness, you have unlimited information inside you the whole time, you just have to look inside.

Does meditation help?

How effective is deep sleep? How effective is the joy of listening to your favorite music? How effective is the joy of playing music? These are some of the many forms of meditation, and everyone has experienced them in one way or another.

Try some meditation music, and see how effective it is:

http://meditationmusicblog.com

Why shouldn't you do the camel pose if you have a serious low back or neck injury?

It may hurt and worsen the injury by doing the pose. It is your choice to take this risk or not.

On the HCG Diet can you take Hydrocortisone pills?

Well, I don't know if you really should or not, but I did and survived, but I was taking 20 mg and still lost 30 pounds. But I have gained back 15 pounds and am still on 15 mg cortisol, so.... I want to try again hence the reason I found this question. Good to know there are others out there with adrenal issues and want to get the weight off!

I tried meditation for the first time and while i was meditating i saw a strange vision is this normal?

My vision was of a beach, and on the beach was an older version of me, my pressumed future husband and two children, but it was strange, because while I was looking the future me turned and waved at me, I could even hear the children laughing, then one of my recently deceased relatives walked up to the children and hugged them then kissed the older me on the cheek, I was very scared by this vision and was momenteraly disorienated then I started shaking, please help, this has been recurring in my mind for weeks now, I am too scared to try and meditate again.

Does meditation reverse aging?

No. However, it can reduce some of the negative effects of aging. For example, it is able in some cases to lower blood pressure and blood lipid levels. It certainly improves the ability to manage stress. It reduces emotional instability and agitation. It also increases acceptance of yourself, of your aging self.

How does meditation help us in faith?

By meditating you calm your conscious brain and you become more in touch with your higher self and the the Devine Creator of which you are part. It enables you to be more focused on the real issues in your life and your surrounding's It calms you.

Do you need a business license to teach meditation to groups or privately?

i would guess so, depending on where you are doing it.

to be working at a gym for the meditiation classes you will need to take a course

however ifyou are just working at your own home to unpaying people then just use your own experience :)

How does meditation and deep beathing affect heart rate?

In general, after a bit of practice, meditation and *slow* deep breathing slow the heart rate. If one breaths deep and fast, the heart rate will increase.

Who will provide me a yoga certification without making me travel to India?

There are several yoga teacher training centers. You can earn your certification for less than fifty dollars.

Where do you put your Buddha?

I'm having my room decorated with oriental decor soI'm going to buy a BuddhaI looked up where to put it:not in a bathroom - he doesn't want to see you on the toilet.not in the kitchen* - he doesn't want to see you eating dead animals. *unless your a vegetarianpossibly facing east to the sun rise.and, depending on your age, not in your bedroom - he doesn't want to see you doing passionate activities. like i said though this depends on your age. others wise a bedroom is fine.hope this has helped!Tara-Louise Whitlock x

How much a yoga instructor make a year?

It all depends on where you work. Gyms are probably one of the lower paid positions. Some will pay per class. Other places will give you a percentage of the number of people who attend the Yoga class..

Some places pay 50% of what it comes in. The average fee is 12 -15 dollars for a Yoga class. So I guess you could get half of that.

What is a nose pipe?

Like the traditional Ayurvedic, jala neti pot it flushes irritants from ones nose using warm salty water. It gives natural relief for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, hayfever, cold symptoms or nasal congestion. A natural and holistic remedy, that is inexpensive, easy to use and effective. Made in New Zealand out of plastic.

What is the pupose of yoga?

The real purpose of Yoga is to regain the true awareness and to realize once again his everlasting oneness with the Divine. The central message of Yoga is wherever you are, whatever you are, try to find God, try to live a noble life and purify yourself on the lower nature. Create in yourself the divine qualities and awaken the Divine within you, and move towards God.