I am never the ego, mind, intellect and body. —Swami Tejomayananda, Living Vedanta What if the actor who plays the part of the phantom in the musical, ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ played his part so many times that he forgot his real identity? Imagine if he walked...
In my last article, The very first discipline for meditation, I highlighted the importance of practicing how to keep the body very still. When the body is kept still, the mind quiets down to some extent. The next challenge is to train the mind to stay focused on only...
The very first discipline for your meditation practice is training your body to sit very still. It may sound like a simple thing, but it not so easy to do in the beginning. You may want to relax your body by doing some simple stretches. Then, sit on the floor or a...
You seriously want to reduce your daily stress and improve your overall sense of well-being. You know that you should be meditating. But the problem is, you can’t sit still for more than a minute – if that. You’ve tried deep breathing – but you can’t seem...
With the alarming rise of stress in our lives, meditation has become popular as a means to relax and calm our minds. As more and more people jump into meditation for this reason, it has become an industry, selling a plethora of aids to help us relax – Incense,...
