Yoga with an icon: how the images of saints

Concentration

The first thing that makes the practice of contemplation of the icon - it's concentration.  By focusing on prayer, or the perception of the image, we ignore the problems, pains and troubles.  And this is the first and main goal of yoga: "Yoga citta vritti nirodhah" ("Yoga - the essence of stop bustle of the mind") - it is with these words, the sage Patanjali begins the famous Yoga Sutras.

Managing emotions

Managing emotions - is also one of the main objectives of yoga.  Contemplation of the icon performs this task very easy.  Perceiving the image of the saint, we automatically perform attunement with him (that's a feature of human psychology).  It is very quickly changing our emotional state.  This is because the icon is no information about the "misfortune".  Even persons of the martyrs are bright and inspired.  No matter how we evaluated the image the mind, our consciousness perceives the information message icon: "Suffering is an illusion."

Physiological effects

I remember we wrote about how the emotional state associated with hormonal article about yoga and stress .  It is necessary to change the face - and the corresponding team arrives in endocrine glands.  In the blood ejected necessary hormones, causing a reaction in the body that correspond to the mood that has informed us icon.  Relax the muscles, improves blood supply to start up bodies, which we unconsciously squeezed.  Of course, there is more fine-tuning - a vibration level.  But let it explain nuclear physics.  I want to say that "miracle cures" - is very, very real thing, and it has a place in your life, not just the "word of mouth."

Impact on the energy information centers (chakras)

Attunement with the icon causes the displacement of a point to which your attention is attracted.  Look: the faces of the saints in the icons are not smart.  Look scattered, quiet face to the point that on the street with such a face deemed a fool ...  Deliberately adopting the expression faces, one after another, I realized that their attention is not concentrated in his eyes, as usually happens with us.  Picking up the mood of the icon, I felt like going to the attention of either the forehead or in his heart.  By activating the frontal chakra, I felt that he no longer respond to anything: the perception becomes clear from the estimates.  When the heart has intensified, I felt only love.

Intellectual development

Especially here put an image of Novgorod icon of St. George and the Dragon.  The plot: a victory over St. demon, devouring beauty.  But look in the face of the winner: he looks at the snake with adoring eyes!  Piercing serpent, as if caressing a favorite child.  Try to argue with the head of the same person!  Then realize what kind of spiritual work is done with you icon!  To be honest, rare workout on the mat led me into a state where I was able to look at the way man!