Meditation is a Most Useful Technique

Posted on 25th | Posted by admin in Health

Meditation is one of the five principles of yoga. It an important tool to achieve mental clarity and health. The most modern doctors of world’s best health institutions are recommending the daily practice of meditation to their patients. Meditation is great for stress management. Remember stress occurs in your mind, that doesn’t make it less real.

6 Steps To The New You!

Posted on 19th | Posted by admin in Health and Fitness, Recreation and Sports

The first few minutes of meditation allows you to be aware of all what is being filtered through your mind. Meditation doesn’t cause you to think;it allows you to step outside of yourself and practice being an observer. Through meditation, you will be able to calm your mind, you will notice the mental and physical benefits.

Steps to Meditating:

Self Defense And Technology

Posted on 13th | Posted by admin in Recreation and Sports

Teaching martial arts and Zen meditation, people will often ask what one has to do with the other. Without going into a ten thousand word essay, let’s just say that Zen helps one be mindful of their surroundings and that obviously has benefits to effective self defense. If you are mindful and somewhat calm, you will be able to utilize the martial art training when attacked. If your mind is wondering you won’t see the attack coming. Very simple.

Hatha Yoga - The Yoga Of Postures - The Ancient And Spiritual Path

Posted on 10th | Posted by admin in Health and Fitness

It is the most popular branch of Yoga. People call it “Yoga of postures”. Hatha Yoga is so ancient, and its main concept is that a strong and relaxed body guarantees a spiritual progress. Its goals are to have a strong, healthy, flexible and relaxed body. The word “Hatha” means “sun + moon”, which symbolizes the opposite currents in the system of the human body. This is because Hatha Yoga depends on a set of exercises, which supply the body with positive and negative currents, and so, it neutralizes the harmful energies in the body and increases beneficial energies, making the person more active and productive. This is due to the stable state the body reaches on practicing it.

The Wrong Way To Enter A Zen Monastery! (part 1)

Posted on 23rd | Posted by admin in Health and Fitness

The spiritual life sometimes begins with unlikely candidates, in unlikely situations! Not long after Janet and I made our dash out west in 1978, the bill collectors got serious about my wild spending. They repossessed my car, harassed me at the furniture store where I was working, and made my life as miserable as only they know how.

It ended up being a battle of wits, with me stubbornly determined not to pay them a damn nickel, and soon I was looking for a place to disappear for a few years. I also had to find some answers. My shallow Catholic background, steeped in useless “mystery, miracles, and authority” where I was never exposed to Catholicism’s deeper aspects, such as the contemplative saints, was failing me.

How To Approach A Thoughtless Person

Posted on 16th | Posted by admin in Health and Fitness

A “thoughtless” person can be very dangerous to ourselves, and unpredictable as well. Thoughtless people are all over the place, we seem to run into them constantly these days, and when we do, we must be prepared to respond in the appropriate manner.

Perhaps “thoughtless” is not the correct terminology here. When we typically think of a thoughtless person, we think of a person who is actually filled with thoughts, constant thoughts, and not thoughtless at all. They are filled with endless thoughts about themselves, so much so, that there is no room for others, or the opinions of others. This person is filled with himself to the point that he no longer notices others, or attempts to help them. He only helps himself. If he does happen to notice someone else, it is usually from the standpoint of contempt.