Browsing around among blogs I came across “Transforming Stress Into Personal Power” and read about Jean and her basic philosophy.
Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. Find what you love to do and find a way to share it with others.
This is a lot like my own philosophy, be open to life and follow your inquisitive mind. I enjoying learning and sharing, that is the main reason why I blog.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
I am reading a book whose full title is The Power of Your Other Hand: A Course in Channeling the Inner Wisdom of the Right Brain. On the back of the book it says:
Through the exercises in this book you can discover the power that lies hidden in your other hand. The exercises will help you explore and understand your thoughts and feelings on a completely different level, finding out things about yourself that have been buried or concealed for quite some time.
The definition of “the other hand” is that it is the hand you do not normally use when writing. I normally write using my right hand, that makes my left hand “the other hand”.
Reading and working with this book requires an open mind. You need to let unexpected things happen without judging what makes it happen. It felt very strange the first time my other hand started writing on its own. When writing with your regular hand your mind knows in advance what shall be written. But when the other hand writes you have no idea what will turn up, you read while it is written just as if someone else was writing.
Through the “other hand” exercises and experiments in this course, Lucia Capacchione will show you how to:
– Talk to your inner child.
– Find aid in recovery from addictions.
– Channel the deep inner wisdom of your True Self.
– Help your body to heal.
– Heal your relationships.
– Uncover hidden artistic abilities.
– Change negative attitudes about yourself.
I have focused on the exercises that use writing with the other hand. There are also exercises where you draw with your other hand, they are interesting. The book has a great mix of exercises that help you explore the power of the other hand.
Using the techniques from the book has helped me in my personal development. Being in touch with your inner child, your true self, adds another dimension to life. And the better you know yourself, the better you understand other people.
This was originally posted at Zen And More, another blog of mine.
I love this quote from The 5-minute Meditator, a book about ‘spot meditations’:
A person in a Buddhist centre, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed for an hour, may be completely unfocused and not meditating at all. He could be daydreaming, falling asleep or thinking about everything at random. Conversely, someone who is fully present while preparing food or walking to the shops is meditating beautifully.
This is valid not only about meditation. There is the classic You can’t judge a book by its cover, before you can judge something you need to take a closer look at it.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
When browsing the net about meditation I came across an article at BBC: Scientists probe meditation secrets. The article says that scientists are beginning to uncover evidence that meditation has a tangible effect on the brain.
Research into the health claims made for meditation has limitations and few conclusions can be reached, partly because meditation is rarely isolated – it is often practised alongside other lifestyle changes such as diet, or exercise, or as part of group therapy.
The BBC article is interesting, it says that:
It is a new area of research, but indications are intriguing and suggest that meditation may have a measurable impact on the brain.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
I browsed YogaDirect.com and found a yoga T-Shirt with text about meditation. The text made me smile:
“Meditation – Better than sitting around all day doing nothing…”
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
I subscribe to the Daily Insight newsletter from YogaJournal. On May 5th it was about Five Steps Closer to Calm. It says:
If it’s hard for you to still your mind to meditate, the senior teachers at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health have developed a five-step approach that could help. Follow these steps and allow yourself to fall into a deep meditative state that will reveal a closer connection to the present and help calm you when you’re upset.
The five steps are:
1. Breathe—Focusing on your breathing is an essential practice that draws your awareness inward and helps you experience the presence and flow of energy.
2. Relax—The more you relax, the more you deepen awareness of sensation.
3. Feel—Let your sense of feeling move beyond physical sensation. Acknowledge who you are as a being of energy.
4. Watch—Sense who you are as a witness; be a scientist observing phenomena arising in and around you.
5. Allow—Sense who you are with no preferences. Be present to the process of your life unfolding moment by moment.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
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