 The Average american adult spends 47% of their waking life not paying attention to what they're doing😳!
We’re all distracted by phones, attempting to “multi-task”, etc. 🤯🤪 Our ability to focus on specific thoughts, feelings, and sensations with our midd is often lost when we get distracted by emotions & external stimuli. In Sanskrit, the word ‘Dhyan’ is often used as synonymous to ‘meditation’ which asks us to remain aware of whatever we think, contemplate, devise, and ponder. Dhyana essence is the equanimous awareness of meditation. French author and Tibetan monk Dr. Matthieu Ricard, says the word ‘meditation’ comes from Tibetan and means “familiarization”. The process of becoming familiar with your mind. “If you want to understand your mind, simply sit down and observe it.” -Joseph Goldstein Mindfulness is a state of mind one arrives at through mindfulness practices. Translated from Sanskrit it means “remembering”, “awareness”, or “knowing”. It is both remembering the object of our practice (like the breath), and knowing what’s happening in our mind. It is a non-judgemental awareness of the present moment. Meditation improves the function of the Prefrontal Cortex which controls attention, behavior, choices and our capacity to focus 🧠 Increase your attention by focusing on 1 object *a Drishti. Specifically, try focusing on your breath or try a body scan 👁 A Blog post on on how to conduct Shavayatra, “Traveling through the Corpse” a body scan technique taught in GY Advanced YTT Programs is posted online at www.GilbertYoga.com/culture ⚡️ 🍄 These tools will give you power to: Choose your thoughts Complete your Tasks Feel Good! ✨ Shift out of boredom, fear, and feelings of overwhelm and into centeredness🙏 Practice Meditation with us on Wednesdays 30 min at 12p w @divine.love.yoga Energy Conscious Meditation w @brennanlagman at 730p #prana #yogateachertrainingarizona #selfawareness #meditation #focus #love #wellbeing #health #resilience #pranayama #yoga #practice #mindfulness #gilbertyogastudio #gilbertyoga #shavayatra
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 Shavayatra, “Traveling through the Corpse”
A body scan technique taught in the Gilbert Yoga Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Program This technique travels through the “61 Points of Light” in the human body. This is referenced in the ayurvedic text, The Sushruta Samhita, the origin of this technique is ancient. It has many benefits:
How to conduct a Shavayatra body scan: Relax the body, observe the natural rhythm of your breath. Sense your body as it breathes, as you are being breathed. Now focus on the point between the eyebrows. Breathe there. Imagine a pinprick of light here. Allow the light to travel as your awareness journeys through the relaxing body... Hollow of the Throat Center. Right shoulder. Right elbow joint. Wrist joint. Tip of all fingers on the right hand The right wrist joint Right Elbow joint Right Shoulder joint Hollow of Throat center Left shoulder joint Left Elbow joint Left Wrist joint Tips of all five fingers on the Left hand Left Wrist joint Left Elbow joint Left Shoulder joint Heart’s Center, Center of the Chest Travel down to the heart center, more of the chest. Breathe into this kind of light energy there. Right side of the chest Heart’s Center, Center of the Chest Left side of the chest Heart’s Center, Center of the Chest Travel from the heart to the naval center Pelvic center Right hip joint Right Knee joint Right Ankle joint Right big toe Right Second toe Right Middletoe Right Fourth toe Right Pinky toe Right Ankle joint Right Knee joint Right Hip joint Pelvic center Left hip joint Left knee joint Left ankle joint Left big toe, second toe, Middle toe, third toe, fourth toe, pinky toe Left Ankle joint Left Knee joint Left hip joint Pelvic center Naval center Heart center Throat center Eye Center, Space between the Brows Now sense your body in space as these points of light The breath, carrying prana -divine light- upon it The body breathes, is breathed You are a field of awareness, occupying the whole space The space within this body And all of the space outside of the body. Divine Light. All Love. Begin to breathe more deeply as you bring life and movement back into your body. *Shavayatra technique sourced from the Gilbert Yoga AYTT Manual. All rights reserved.  How would you describe your well-being? Are you mindful? 🤔
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Harvard Psychologist & Neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson investigate the brains 🧠 & emotions of individuals practicing mindfulness and meditation… Participants in their studies experienced more kindness and compassion in life, and felt less stress, anxiety, depression, sadness, and anger among many other perks ✨ In order to develop both emotional and physical resilience, one MUST expand upon their commitment to personal well-being 💪🏻 😊 Gilbert Yoga School Teaches many methods of increasing *well-being, *vital life-force energy, or *prana. We do this to experience more moments of feeling good and connected to Love!💗 How? We use Asana to unblock energy channels in the gross and subtle energy bodies⚡️ We use Pranayama to move prana through the body and initiate change & transformation⚡️ We use Yoga Nidra to teach focus, surrender, and relax😌 We use Visualization and the imagination to produce “images in action”, a great alternative to asana 👁 Well-Being is a skill to be expanded upon throughout life! Just as a person can pick-up exercising or playing a musical instrument... Habits of well-being are extremely powerful when employed both on the individual level, and even more potent when engaged on a large scale. Please, come practice with us at the studio 🙏 🌈Develop Resilience 🌈Improve your outlook on Life 🌈Tap your Intuition 🌈Increase Self-Awareness 🌈Learn to Focus 🌈Experience less suffering 🌈Increase your capacity to Love! 📸Jen Berg, one of our beloved instructors! Maybe you’re just beginning; if so - Jen teaches Beginner Yoga Weds at 1030a! @divine.love.yoga also offers: 30 Min Meditation Mon at 12p Gentle Yoga w/Yoga Nidra Meditation Thurs at 7p Beginner Yoga at 1030a and Yoga Nidra at 430p on Sun Looking for more? GY 200hr YTT begins July 30 GY Advanced 300hr YTT begins Module 3 Aug 6 GY Prenatal YTT and Doula Cert begins Sept 10 Learn More Here! |
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