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.