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Can you expand on how you started? Your routine?

by hop 16y ago

the_one 16y ago
I've had phenomenal experience with isha yoga's Inner Engineering. It is basically a daily 21 minute practice, that they thought me in a 7-day program. The practices are very simple (no strenuous postures etc). Since i started in Dec 2007, i haven't skipped a single day - the benefits are great enough that coming back to do the practice daily happens naturally. Now it is also being offered online at www.innerengineering.com. Above all, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, the person behind all of this, is the coolest, most awesome spiritual master i've come across.
Herring 16y ago
http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html That's what works for me. It's not at all involved, just concentrate on breathing. When the mind wanders, just pause & (non-judgmentally) go back to observing the breath. Of course YMMV, but I find half an hour a day is enough.
- dpapathanasiou 16y ago
  "It's not at all involved, just concentrate on breathing. When the mind wanders, just pause & (non-judgmentally) go back to observing the breath." That's the same method "Happy to Burn" describes, but I still find it a case of "easier said than done", and difficult to do.
  - rjurney 16y ago
    That is the case, and that is the point. It is very hard, in fact impossible to do for more than a few seconds without practice. Which is the problem you are solving by practicing. If you can make yourself just sit there, not scolding yourself as you drift, but always returning to silence and the breath, you can go longer and longer without thinking. Its just like physical exercise - repetition makes you better. And just like physical exercise, it makes your entire life better.
    - dpapathanasiou 16y ago
      Right, and that's why I thought to comment about "It's not at all involved" - it is that involved.
  - Herring 16y ago
    I think I read somewhere in the book that concentration isn't all that important (& in fact you don't want to develop it too far). You're mostly trying to observe yourself lightly, & to catch yourself.
dpapathanasiou 16y ago
I started getting into Vipassana meditation after proofreading an intro book on the subject called "Happy to Burn" (https://www.fifobooks.com/Catalog?bkid=6b430c42-5bf7-4e0d-a53a-01db83500a49 https://www.fifobooks.com/Catalog?bkid=6b430c42-5bf7-4e0d-a5...) for my startup.

Can you expand on how you started? Your routine?

by hop 16y ago

Can you expand on how you started? Your routine?

I've had phenomenal experience with isha yoga's Inner Engineering. It is basically a daily 21 minute practice, that they thought me in a 7-day program. The practices are very simple (no strenuous postures etc). Since i started in Dec 2007, i haven't skipped a single day - the benefits are great enough that coming back to do the practice daily happens naturally. Now it is also being offered online at www.innerengineering.com. Above all, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, the person behind all of this, is the coolest, most awesome spiritual master i've come across.

Herring 16y ago

http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html That's what works for me. It's not at all involved, just concentrate on breathing. When the mind wanders, just pause & (non-judgmentally) go back to observing the breath. Of course YMMV, but I find half an hour a day is enough.

dpapathanasiou 16y ago
"It's not at all involved, just concentrate on breathing. When the mind wanders, just pause & (non-judgmentally) go back to observing the breath." That's the same method "Happy to Burn" describes, but I still find it a case of "easier said than done", and difficult to do.
- rjurney 16y ago
  That is the case, and that is the point. It is very hard, in fact impossible to do for more than a few seconds without practice. Which is the problem you are solving by practicing. If you can make yourself just sit there, not scolding yourself as you drift, but always returning to silence and the breath, you can go longer and longer without thinking. Its just like physical exercise - repetition makes you better. And just like physical exercise, it makes your entire life better.
  - dpapathanasiou 16y ago
    Right, and that's why I thought to comment about "It's not at all involved" - it is that involved.
- Herring 16y ago
  I think I read somewhere in the book that concentration isn't all that important (& in fact you don't want to develop it too far). You're mostly trying to observe yourself lightly, & to catch yourself.

dpapathanasiou 16y ago

I started getting into Vipassana meditation after proofreading an intro book on the subject called "Happy to Burn" (https://www.fifobooks.com/Catalog?bkid=6b430c42-5bf7-4e0d-a53a-01db83500a49 https://www.fifobooks.com/Catalog?bkid=6b430c42-5bf7-4e0d-a5...) for my startup.