Meditation: What - Why - How
Published on Nov 20, 2015
Definition and practice
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Summary
Topics
- Introducing myself
- What is meditation
- Why meditate?
- How to practice?
- Time - Length - Posture
- Meditation in action
- Body awareness
- Conclusion
Introduction
Joanne Rollier
I came to realise
the presence
of suffering & agitation
in the world
& in myself
I study in India & receive a diploma
in Yoga education
I discover
the existence
of a deeper & peaceful dimension innate in all beings
Since 2006,
I give group & private classes. I also teach employees at work and privately in homes.
Meditation & its practices
are part of the Yogic curriculum
Yoga's physical & breathing practices
- bring awareness away from the mind & into the body
- prepare the body to sit comfortably in meditation
What is meditation?
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Meditation is...
- State of peace
- Means to live by this state
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Why meditate?
Some of your goals may involve
- Stress & pain relief
- Joy of being
- Mental clarity
- Vibrant health
- Being peaceful
- Feeling whole
Obstacle
What is preventing you from realising your goal?
Identification with mind
Mind
- generates thoughts
- constantly active
- keeps past experience alive
- projects in the futur
- misperceives the present
As we identify
with the mind
Compulsive thinking
Purpose of meditation
Free yourself from the chatter of the mind
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Purpose of meditation
Being present in the step that you are taking at this moment
How to Practice
Ways
- Observation
- Concentration
- Introspection
- Contemplation
- Receptivity
Attentive listening
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Channelled attention
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Breath
Body awareness
Recitation
Reading sacred texts
Flame
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Nature
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To adress the knower
who dwells behind the thinker
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Ask a question
watch and listen
What is going on
Inside of me at this moment?
Gazzing at...
State of no mind
Absorbed in oneness
Allowing to be
Giving space
to what is present
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Natural State
is obscured by the mind but not destroyed by it
Time
& length of your practice
when you are unoccupied
for a few minutes
Morning
Mind is alert
Body is fresh
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Night
Before falling asleep
Posture
Most comfortable for you
Sitting cross legged
Sitting chair
Lying supine
Standing meditation
Eyes closed or semi-closed
Meditate
in simple actions
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Body awareness
portal to presence
While you choose a way of practice
- Focusing
- Observing
- Introspecting
- Contemplating
- Being receptive
...and your posture
- Sitting
- Standing
- Lying
in action or stillness
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Feel your body sensations and energy
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The body leads you into the presence of your being
Inner body awareness gives you access
to your peaceful & natural state
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Conclusion
Whatever goal you have,
stay connected to what is happening now in the presence of your body
(thoughts - emotions - feelings - sensations)
As you practice,
a deeper sense of self will shine through
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Out of which the next step is taken
Thank You
for your presence
I offer free guided
relaxation audios
www.joannerollier.net
Free guided relaxation audios
http://www.joannerollier.net/meditation/guided-relaxation/
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