ByTony Samara
Meditation is about focusing your attention on the good things, the beautiful things, the simple things, so that you create a state of gratitude within. You see, if your mind gets caught in other thoughts, the most beneficial thing to do is to keep coming back to that inner strength, that inner clarity, that inner…
ByTony Samara
If you are feeling moody, or negative in any way, remember to sit in stillness and meditate and let go of tension. Let go of the emotional turmoil that so very often reduces our openness to deep and profound meditation. So, right now, take a moment and, as you breathe in and breathe out, let…
ByTony Samara
Very often we will connect very deeply in our meditation, just like in sleep, when we connect to dreams or begin to open up to REM sleep. When this happens in our meditation, we will not only begin to connect to dreams, but also to the intelligence, the wisdom that is present in this moment….
ByTony Samara
It sounds quite obvious and quite simple to relax the body, but in the end, if we scan our bodies, we are likely to discover that we are not really that relaxed. We may think we are relaxed, but actually we’re not. In meditation, if you are truly meditating, then the relaxation response is part…
ByTony Samara
Meditation is a state of consciousness that doesn’t need the mundane perception to sabotage the flow that happens when you are in a deep state of consciousness. What meditation needs is mindful attention, being an awareness that happens quite naturally when you let go of the mundane, or when you let go of the stress…
ByTony Samara
Whenever meditation was taught in the past, there were certain levels, and rituals that celebrated those levels of understanding meditation that were vital as part of the initiation into what meditation really means. This doesn’t always come naturally, because what does come naturally is a mind that is easily distracted by external situations than anything…
ByTony Samara
As we know, the feminine is different from the masculine. Women actually help society to transform at a very fundamental level because the addiction to noise, and the addiction to the external entertainments that are around, is much less for a woman, than for a man, generally speaking, of course. This is not always the…
ByTony Samara
A deep state of consciousness, which is what meditation is, is the same as the deep state of sleep that we experience every night when we fall asleep. There is a sense of healing that happens in the body, due to the natural detoxification that occurs as we sleep. Not only does the brain begin…
ByTony Samara
It is so easy to get into a negative when the mind is focused on a problem. For example, if you are suffering and focusing on your suffering, you may then fall into being a victim to that suffering. You may also think about all the suffering that other people are going through, or perhaps…
ByTony Samara
The first step to experience joy is to enjoy this moment and celebrate the many wonderful moments within this moment that give life it’s depth and value. We live in a fast-paced, intense life, where everyone is seeking more joy, more money, better relationships, better health, a greater sense of purpose, the list goes on….
BySusan Ni Rahilly
This Blog has a very long title (and totally flies in the face of what our content manager advises me to include in blogs!). However, it’s true . . . I fell in love with Yoga in its entirety because I was constantly told early on in my development to “jump in” – and that…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.” D.T. Suzuki (author of “An Introduction to Zen Buddhism”) Though it may seem counterintuitive, emptiness, as in the sound of silence, can be exactly the element that fills our hearts and minds. Whether through meditation, yoga,…