by Daniel Seeker | Breathing, Meditation
Many newcomers to meditation think meditation is mostly about controlling and manipulating your breath, i.e. a breathing technique that delivers one to the desired meditative state. Although there are many kinds of breathing techniques, both in yoga and other sources,...
by TrueRelaxations | Breathing, Yoga
The importance of the breath in spiritual practice cannot be overstated. For centuries, countless Buddhists, yogis, and Eastern healers have turned the simple act of breathing into the foundation of their daily practice. For this reason, most meditation styles and...
by Daniel Seeker | Breathing, Meditation
Awareness of breath. Simple, yet one of the most powerful and oldest ways of meditation. Think about the prime importance of breath when it comes to life. Without food you could survive for months, without water for weeks, but without oxygen a couple minutes, maybe a...
by TrueRelaxations | Breathing, Meditation
Breathing consciously. So simple yet so powerful. Why should you decide to become more conscious of the breath? An activity that happens by itself, automatically and naturally? Why not let it work its magic without bothering about it? Aren’t there more pressing...
by Daniel Seeker | Breathing, Relief and Relaxation
Breath! So essential yet sometimes so overlooked. One can do a lot of things with ones breath, or simply do nothing with it which isn’t a bad thing either. In fact vipassana meditation is precisely this “doing nothing” to ones breath. In that specific form of...