2 doing Laya Yoga – very nice
Since that last post about 10 days ago…there is alot in the body that is “announcing” their chronic problems.
The little things are intriguing, why does the left ankle crack during laya yoga? Or the knee? I think the chair sitting life has raised the muscles and joints to a certain tenseness; a chiropractor would love to get his hands on it.
Ah, Yoga, the best do-it-yourself healing system there is.
The Nabhi is more rhythmic. The breath still wants to play catch up. The muscles don’t complain anymore. There is an initial stiffness and on we go. I have an interesting tightening vertically along the solar plexus. I think their called ‘muscles’.
But, the fun and strength has been since my wife joined me in the Laya Yoga meditation. We have advanced to 16 minutes as of yesterday and feel a real difference in the support 2 voices give. The rhythm and chant helps me remember to STOP LOOKING AT THE CLOCK. (Isn’t there always a reason to keep the mind working?) Which helps me get back into my body and make the meditative action work for a few more seconds.
2 of us together , definitely helps to go deeper and stay more in the meditation. The sound is not so “self created” and has a sustaining lift.
Seems the natural silent meditation at the end achieves about 11 minutes before the itchy world reappears. This is nice, considering the dramatic insides that seem to accompany so many meditations.
If you’re not hanging from that bolt in the top of your head, you are still trying to hold still. Well, I guess that’s me. Tucking the chin in is a meditation lifesaver. Aligning the spine…
- Chin in!
- Chest out!
- Shoulders back!
- Navel in!
How often was this told to us?
Practice appears to be helping. I really would like to move from this reliance on making the physical more “comfortably still” to the natural strength of balanced muscles supporting the whole structure in “meditative stillness”. Then, that ‘Mind’ may get some attention. Or lack thereof. Kool.
~ SAT NAM ~
meditation and the physical
Good morning,
Am finding the immediacy of Laya Yoga. Because of the small movement, when sitting still, that spine can be all over the place.
Started without the circular movement. Pull that Neck Lock! Pull it right and I know the muscles will learn to keep the rest of the spine in line.
The throat opens up and the sound immediately drops to the navel.
Today, the ribcage lifted too! Now, that was unexpected. This looks good for holding a good meditation posture. Lots of little clicks and pops in the spine.
After the Laya Yoga, I pulled my hair straight up, trying to hang from the top, and aligned what I had. Guru Teg Bahadur tied his hair to the basement ceiling. I’d like to just SIT STILL for a few minutes. At least my tongue wasn’t playing with anything it could find in my mouth. Can’t say it held still, as I’d find my teeth clenching.
Speaking of that most sensitive organ, the tongue…WHEN Neck Lock was tight, IF the over-emphasized pronunciation was carefully enunciated…that’s when the ears could start hearing. I think that lasted about 3 rounds. Mithna, churning. Japa, repetition. Maybe that’s called ‘Focus’…?
Isn’t the Internal Drama quite something? Do this. Assess. Think that. Assess. Straighten spine. Assess. Inhale, Assess. Stop thinking. Assess. Where’s that little, sweet, Sat Nam?
Oh, and breathing? SMILE! (dammit!) Snowy night, lots of wind. Nostrils so swollen, it took almost 2 hours to breathe “normally”. But, that little smile… ;-)>>>
Remember how it opened your nostrils when you were just a young student and the teacher had you up in Bow Pose and all of a sudden yelled ,”Smile!”? Can this be repeated?
Okay, obviously, some part of this mornings yoga and meditation got me wired.
Have a great day.
Thanks for all this.
~ SAT NAM ~
Another chance this morning
Got back into it early.
Getting the stuffy nose to open was the first thing.
Fiddle with the clock when you just moved it. Even kept a light on so I wouldn’t fiddle with the clock and flashlight. Right.
The muscles got into it much quicker.
Even the 3rd Eye started letting my eyes roll up. More like a 3rd Eye Space.
Oh? It doesn’t move? The eyeballs do?
And what’s this playing with the tongue? Is there no way for focus to take over? Jammed it to the roof of the mouth, and then, here we go again.
To add to that, the outside world could tell I was on the floor. How is it you can be in the same spot for 4 days and now the boards start creaking to every move?
My! Wasn’t that an eventful yoga set? Obviously, the mental was much more “important” than the physical!
Laya Yoga. If you don’t know it, you should learn it and try it. It takes you away.
Eye focus was better. Spin was more rhythmic.
Gosh! If you actually use chin lock, your throat will open up and the sound will come out from the navel. Delightful! Makes you feel focused and open.
Sunrise.
Good morning.
Sat Nam
Rough One
Greets,
Well, that little coffee escapade at 3:30 in the morning was quite something. Good thing it was Sunday. At 10am, crashed for 3 hours. Just disappeared. Didn’t even roll over.
This morning showed the rest.
Took 8 of the first 10 minutes to get the calf and thigh muscles loose. The breath rhythm stayed pretty good. I really do try to match the movement and breath. Sometime, those breaths get real slow.
Meanwhile, I must have fiddled with the flashlight for 5 of those minutes. What a copout!
3rd eye point? Oh, that’s somewhere above the eye socket, if the eyeballs would just take a look!
Lovely Laya Yoga at the end. Hope it really helps develop concentration.
Time for a BREAKFAST cuppa, (not a 2-1/2 hr meditation cuppa!)
Sat Nam
The Nabhs on Coffee!!!
998 days until the End Time.
Yup! Way ta go!
Have a lovely fresh brewed cuppa and then go off and do your yoga! Then, see what you can see.
For me, as far as concentration/focus? Splatter.
I did the kriya beautifully. Every breath was full lung capacity. I remember thinking I was supposed to be focusing on ‘Sat Nam’ at the brow point with that fantastic deep breath. I remembered a lot of other things too. Lots of other things. Lots and lots of other things.
Don’t know if I tuned into the “little pains” after the initial leg stiffness went away. That only took about 3 minutes. Next thing I know, it is time to inhale. Oboy! Move into the next one!
I did real good on the knee clasp part. Ankle bones and knee bones: Locked.
Hands: Locked.
Mind? Uh, has it been 5 minutes yet? Howcome I put the clock so far away?
And is that REALLY a 60degree angle? Those feet are twisted and down they are at a cheesy 45. Sure don’t look like an angel spreading wings. I do like that pull on the base of the spine, every time you grab the knees. The breath? Gung Ho.
And Laya Yoga?
Neck Lock is extremely important. Couldn’t find that.
But, the spin part? You could have dried laundry by hanging it near me.
Pulling the navel SEEMED so easy. I’m sure my eyes were rolling in their sockets. Mulh Bandh was in there somewhere.
Now, that last inhale was FANTASTIC. Kind of put it all in perspective.
As far as a slight relax into meditation…
Must be time for breakfast!
Have a great day.
Sat Nam
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