Embraces the truth

Although rationally we know that everything is in constant evolution, in general we are led to deny the fact that reality is subject to change. This causes us anxiety, fear and confusion. 

Paternal, in the "Yoga Sutra", argues that ignorance (avidly), understood, as a desire to ignore reality, is a cause of suffering. It can therefore speak of "rejection of reality." Buddha has put at our disposal his teachings so that we could free ourselves from rejection, so they may fully appreciate life and learn to be detached and serene 

Free your mind 

You can address the meditation by the Five Buddha Remember that we illustrate below. E 'useful store and even repeat them every day. Let the words slowly one after another, without analysis or interpretation. Leave that occur and that delegation, because everything is changing. Listen to your breath and your feelings, and when the energy you have used so far to escape the reality of release, try a great relief spread throughout the body 

Immerse yourself in this 
Accept the mutability of reality should not neither saddened nor anxiety. Instead, realize this concept will make you feel free to live fully the present. Moreover, you will find that inner peace so much desired has already within you. We understand that the changing nature of things is very philosophic that a concept, then you can understand the manifestation of reality in your mind, your body and everything around you. So do not give anything for granted

Yoga-Tips for the Mind

Through meditation you can feel complete and full of joy. But often it happens that for a reason or another, our mind opposes resistance because the last thing we want is to stop. According to the Yoga tradition, the mind is active by definition. His task, which implements even during sleep, is the continuous evaluation of situations, in the defense of its security and the pursuit of pleasure.

Meditation is the state where the mind abandons the quest for joy hidden behind each time. The objectives of the mind and purpose of meditation are so antithetical. Do not be surprised, then, to discover that the attempt to pacify the mind and cause distraction irrequiettezza. What to do then? There are several ways, each of which leads to different levels of awareness.

Abandoned to the pleasure

First, there is the meditative state that arises spontaneously whenever we are engaged in something that we like. In this case it is the activity that calms the mind without effort, assimilating the present moment and opening it to increased awareness of life.

Make silence inside yourself

Ce'è then intentional meditation, which is expected to remain seated (or paths) in silence to calm the mind and detach from its normal activities. To reach this state is necessary to focus on an object, a sound (a mantra), its breath, or "observed" thoughts without getting involved.

The third way

Another technique suggests the Tantra, which offers some important alternatives to the meditative practices more common. Instead of calming the mind or detachment, the calling to do what she likes most: moving. The focus then follows a specific path until the mind is not calm spontaneously.

Show your breath

Finally there is the pranashuddhi, meditative version of pranayama, which is to mentally breathe will rotate through the nostrils. Instead of physically closing one nostril at a time, it displays the respirocome a stream that flows first attrevsro one nostril and then the other, which has as its point of arrival on the third eye, the part of the brain associated with the intuitive wisdom and spiritual vision. The Rishi (ancient seers) discovered that when the flow is balanced, the two parts of the brain are in harmony and calm the mind.

You can use this method, extremely simple and accessible at all times, both as a full practice or as preparation for meditation.

YOGA - The Power Of Sound

When we hear music, we tune to our radio station preterit. According to Swami, meditation mantic works the same way: when we feel the need to connect with our ill Io deeper, we must not help but repeat a mantra, we tune in on that frequency so that the interior is always available. 

The mantra in fact acting like a tuning fork, using sound to create a physical sensation that vibrates in the body and mind 


OM, the universal spirit 

Many spiritual traditions regard the sound as the first form of creation, the primordial manifestation of the Spirit in matter. The Vedas describe the syllable OM as the first sound, the sound elementary, which creates and contains the full range of sounds and the Spirit is infinite universal. 

Like the other mantra, it originated from exploration of the interior that the ancient sages, achieved a state of deep meditation, could hear sounds in almost imperceptible, then codified in Sanskrit. In an attempt then to reach the union with the divine and the liberation from suffering, the wise men developed a series of sounds that blend in inwardly, directions on the inner and soothe the mind. 


How to choose the right one 

The ideal mantra is composed of a few words or syllables, so you can easily repeat. In meditation, the meaning of the mantra is not essential: what counts is the regular repetition of the sound. It need not be confined only to Sanskrit 

You can also use words like "Amen", "Shalom," "Peace" or any other word that we have a special meaning. Just choose an expression invigorating, a word can inspire and awaken the heart. Be avoided, however, all those words that stimulate the mind and the mind wave. 


Gives the 

Although meditation is a matter of mental concentration, it is difficult to check if the body is in an awkward position or the breath is irregular. Before you start well and then perform an asana or practice of pranayama can correct breathing patterns.


Systematically you have to do 

Sit on a comfortable chair or on the floor, supporting your posture with a blanket or a pillow, so that the back straight to take a firm, stable and relaxed. Close your eyes and do some slow, deep breaths, slowly repeat a mantra on a regular basis, focusing as much as possible on its sound. Reptile in tune with the rhythm of your respire. Dupo have played a dozen times; repeat the mantra silently chosen only by moving the lips. After another 10 repetitions, recital inwardly without even moving her lips. 

And 'normal way to do that in the mind of thoughts, but tries to remove them and return each time attention to the mantra, experiencing as much as possible the inner sound and its power. 


Recasting your life through mantra 

To exit the meditative state, ask some deep and respire remains seated in silence looking at the sensations you feel. You can feel calm and focused, or filled with feelings and thoughts that creed now buried in your subconscious and even that may seem unpleasant. 

Regardless of your immediate reaction, know that the regular practice brings huge benefits: allow you to live the present moment with greater intensity bringing you to make informed choices rather than be trapped in the usual reactions. 

Beyond the flurry of thoughts, you will discover a vast silence regenerating; a light source can bring to the surface the roots of suffering and a source of wisdom that can transform it from within your life.

The posting of meaning

In a culture devoted to the pleasures of the senses, it can be difficult, but rewarding at the same time, practice pratyahara, ie the detachment of the senses. Pratyahara in Sanskrit means, "shoot" and is the fifth of eight stages of the classical system of Patanjali. In practice, this technique shows a detachment from the world around them, directing your awareness, usually directed outwards, inwards towards the self. 

Following this effort, the five senses stand apart from the real world. This new state can avoid the distractions of the environment, to focus awareness dispersed and otherwise prepare the sixth and seventh stage of the classic practice: dharana (concentration) and dhyana (meditation). Vyas, the first commentator of Patanjali, with a metaphor, brings our senses to a swarm of bees, making a parallel between our awareness and summit queen: "As the bees follow the flight of the queen, stopping when it stops, so directions also interrupt their activity when the mind rests. 

The scale of 

A practical technique for achieving the pratyahara is documented in the "Yoga Yajnavalkya Gita (" Song of Yajnavalkya yoga "), an educational dialogue between the sage Yajnavalkya and his wife Gargi. The technique of Yajnavalkya, called vayu pratyahara ( "posting of the wind") or prana pratyahara ( "posting of the strength of life"), is to focus your awareness and your breath in a sequence of 18 vital points (marma) of the body. 

The 18 of Yajnavalkya marma (the Ayurvedic tradition indicates 107) are: toes, ankles, the central part of the calf, "the roots of the calves, knees, the middle part of the thighs, perineum," the center of the body, reproductive organs, navel, center of heart, base of the throat, root of tongue, root of nose, eyes, point between the eyebrows, forehead and apex of the head. Yajnavalkya advised to follow the sequence dall'apice head to toes, but many prefer to do the opposite, climbing from bottom to top. 

You can use the "posting of the wind" as a preparation for pranayama or pranayama practice in itself. Marma I can also be used for therapeutic purposes, since each point is in line energy with a particular body organ or apparatus (nervous, circulatory, etc.).. In this way, the practice becomes a kind of "massage marma" with beneficial effects in the area of the body concerned.

Care with the notes

We all know how Nada Yoga, or Yoga of Sound, this is an ancient technique of Indian music scale in the West, beginning with the seventies, The basic principle that every "element" (men, animals, plants, minerals, molecules, atoms, etc..) Has its own natural vibration. 

When you alter this rate, you create a state of malaise and, in some cases; this may be the start of an illness. The Nada Yoga (see the book in the Media page. 112) is to learn to use their voices and rhythms outside as healing tools, as well as provide useful visualization exercises. All this improves the psychosomatic conditions, eliminating anxiety and stress, promoting relaxation, inner peace and which is derived from Sanskrit, refers to the prank (vital energy that largely assimilated breathing), while the syllable "from" refers to the internal heat that sustains life. According to the teachings of "the sound is produced when heat and power come together: for example, when we translate thoughts into words, the body temperature rises slightly." 

Good Vibrations 

With his method (which he called Nada Brahma System) has unearthed the ancient therapy of musical Nada Yoga. What happens to the vibration of the notes issued by the voice or an instrument comes in line with the relevant parts of the body of the listener. The basic principle of this technique that every human being has its own personal sound, called "tonic" (also called "personal music", "Dan sound" or "voiceprint"), whose height stable over time and changes occur only when major changes in the life of the subject. "The height and the stamp of personal voice, he explained in his lectures may vary depending on the emotions and the level of awareness. 

For example, fear "takes to the stomach" and the voice choked at the diaphragm, while the anger raises the tone of an octave and brings awareness to the root of the nose. Continuous stress change the voice on an ongoing basis, sign that the person no longer herself. Through special exercises developed by you can discover your basic note (see box p. 86). And intoning, you can find harmony with our deepest I pi ù. 

The human body, musical score 

The human body vibrates in three octaves, from the lower tonic, which usually lower note that we are able to sing without effort (the eighth series of sounds ranging from a C to C above). The eighth low vibration, the average at the center of the forehead (third eye) that is high above. The exercises of Yoga Nada using mainly the eighth, the mental part that 

Every eighth can be divided into 22 units, called shut (items that affect the emotions), so in the human body there are 66 shut, through which they manifest the energies, both positive and negative, that our emotional awareness. The blockade and the consequent accumulation pi ù whether these chronic energy in certain shut can cause physical and psychological. Working in music on these points, we can control and change our state of mind and, through the pitch of the tonic staff; we can remove the power to dissolve any crystallized and illnesses. 

That music affects the emotions, you always know. However, what differentiates the technique of Nada Yoga from those developed in the West that the notes in this case are personal. As every person has a tinge of odor and color of the Incarnation, so each of us has height, volume and timbre of his voice, however, modified by emotions. The Yoga of Sound is to find the personal tone, from singing to heal by itself. 

The surprising result (there is more that thirty cases of diseases cured so), especially if the notes are given with their Indian names Sa-Ra-Ga-Ma-Pa-dha-Ni-Sa, rather than with our Do - Ra-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Si-Do. Indian notes, in fact, function as mantras, body and mind by protecting against diseases.

Sound Effect YOGA

Sound Effects 

The world is full of noises. Many of us are accustomed and unknowingly suffer damage; others have developed hypersensitivity and are annoyed. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to isolate the noise, and then here is how to make good what is not, or how to use the noise in practice daily meditation. 

Hearing neutral 

When searching for a deep concentration, it is good to let the sounds unpleasant to take a value similar to that of the breath, emotions, thought and bodily sensations. This exercise concentration voluntary tests our tendency to distraction. The difficulty lies in the fact that, despite our intention to focus and maintain concentration on one point, the mind continues to follow its usual patterns and get lost in its activities. Letting the sounds free by our awareness, without being involved in analysis, opinions and preferences, we can train to remain calm despite all the pressures that would normally nervous, distract or disturb us. 

Tune 

The first step towards the intelligent use of sound to focus on what you hear. So, as awareness is focused on breathing in meditation, in the same way, attention is drawn to anything that comes to his ears, trying to grasp the sounds that usually are beyond us. As you slow down to listen to the thoughts, each ear is a kind of antenna, ready to collect impressions near and far. In addition, you come to notice that every place has its own "signature sound", only as a fingerprint. 

Decipher the noise 

Every day we have different sounds: the hum of the refrigerator, the roar of the car, the ticking of a clock, etc.. The vigilant attention can "transform" into meditation these noises. To experience it, choose a time of day, you are at home and not likely to be interrupted for at least 20 minutes, and then take a comfortable seated position. First, focus your awareness on the breath. After a few minutes, shifting the emphasis on hearing. Resisting the desire to get involved from the sounds around you, with limited analysis. Note how some noises arise and disappear quickly or feel once, while others are constant and recurring. Note the different qualities of each sound and how it manifests in you the desire to associate them with mental images or emotions. As you tune, cultivates a state of consciousness detached and indifferent, which permit to sound around you with no effort to penetrate into your consciousness. If you notice that your attention was caught by a particular noise or maybe you have begun to daydream, Take note of this and back to a state of detached awareness. The first time distractions are frequent, but the exercise should thin. The important thing is to become aware of their involvement and develop the ability to detach. Once tested, the "sound meditation" at home, try it in other places, for example to work, the gym, at school or on the road. If you move with public transport, put into practice during the move. Initially, the noises of the city may distract, but with time, the relationship with the first sounds that disturbed you will change radically. 


Acceptance 

This type of tuning is useful at any time. You need a real effort to concentrate the minds of the inexperienced and beginner vigilant about the most common sensory stimuli. Undergo a series of auditory stimuli; we tend to minimize awareness of everyday sounds, unless they are special. To achieve this we use various tricks, ignoring what is normal to reduce distraction and nervousness. Many noises are considered incredibly annoying (for example, the refuse collection vans that go to 5:30 in the morning). However, the most difficult thing is to accept in a spirit of equanimity. It does not mean that we do not appropriate, but not be overwhelmed by the reactions that cause. 


Awareness 

Some Buddhist scholars, with increasing wisdom we are able to maintain serenity and inner peace regardless of external sensations, including sounds unpleasant. Instead of being overwhelmed from a negative noise, learn to leave this slide vibration without there scratch. So we develop a pure listening to mind and heart. Instill awareness and restraint (yama) is equivalent in our ears to focus on conscious breathing, and on the muscles while we perform the asana. Both these practices may become a means to develop awareness and abandonment, as health promoters.

A post of breath

It's called Sudarshan Kriya, a breathing technique developed in 1982 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (who has nothing to do with the homonymous musician who inspired the Beatles one of the most popular teachers in India and famous throughout the world. 

The method is inspired by the ancient tradition, but is extremely effective and now, thanks to its ability to help body and mind to free themselves from mental and physical tension, stress, anxiety, anger, fear and various psychosomatic disorders. During the practice, every cell is deeply oxygenated and recharged for a new energy, with very good effect on the mind, which is beginning to feel the stiffness of their schedules and the need to rid. "This is a cyclical breathing combined with sound - says Roberto Sanlorenzo, teacher of the" Art of Life "and a member of the International Scientific Committee - all'inspirazione alternates the exhalation without pausing, in a very sensitive issue, following the natural rhythms. The sounds are different, designed to interact with the mind, relax. 

In a first phase of respiration, it follows a relaxation and meditation, in part, using the mantra to achieve a state of profound neglect. The Sudarshan Kriya, once learned from a teacher specialist and after proper training, can be practiced independently, but must be done consistently to benefit from all its positive aspects. With just a few minutes a day, in addition to improving physical health, a perceptible increase in energy, of enthusiasm, of self-confidence, creativity and mental clarity. 

Not only that, you will notice also a development of interpersonal relations and the release of negative emotions leading to initiation of healing from emotional trauma. Currently, this breathing is taught in over 140 nations in "Art of Life." "The lack of spirituality - says Ravi Shankar - on the one hand cause depression and feelings of abandonment, aggression and violence on the other. The Sudarshan Kriya helps to quiet the negative feelings. That is why also applies in prison. “This technique was also effective in helping the survivors of September 11 and the tsunami to overcome the deep trauma that these events have caused.”The goal is to be joyful - concludes Shankar - learning to relax and be spontaneous. 

We are very sensitive but sad, others joyous but superficial. "Art of Life" is coming into contact with them and with deep joy. 


Shankar, the master of Sudarshan Kriya 

Since childhood, Sri Ravi Shankar experiences of deep meditation states and expresses a particular predisposition to spirituality. During adolescence receive the teachings of various masters and become a scholar of Vedic literature. At only 17 years completes his training in Modern Science, acquiring an advanced degree. 

In 1982 he began to teach the Sudarshan Kriya and still travels and spread the technique across the world, reminding people that it meets the great spiritual traditions have common goals and values. His simple message of love, practical wisdom and compassion continues to inspire people from all cultural backgrounds and life experience. Encourages each individual to follow his or her religion and his or her own spiritual journey, honoring and respecting the location of each