Transcendental Meditation

A beautiful quote to solidify messages shared during the first natural energy center or root chakra series. The root chakra (muladhara) is about getting in touch with your body and self care needs. By listening to the wisdom of your body and hearing what it is whispering or SCREAMING at you, you can unblock the energy in this core center and allow yourself to operate at a higher level. Taking care of our physical body and being aware of what it is telling us, allows us to connect with not only…

The personal experiment I tested out this week was the meditating for five minutes. We did this in class on thursday and we just sat there for five minutes trying to not think about anything. It worked for me, all I did was clear my head and just focus on how I was breathing. My breathing pattern was weird, I would breathe in for two seconds then I would breathe out. It’s funny because if you think about you’re the one controlling your breaths and you decide if you want to breathe or not like…

In Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give you the Sun, spirituality is a broad concept with room for many perspectives. In general, it includes a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life. As such, it is a universal human experience—something that touches us all, making up one's identity. (http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-your-wellbeing/purpose/spirituality/what-spirituality). Their actions As characters and people, our actions…

negative attributes and emotions that one deals with in daily life. Another insight thst caught my attention was the sacred center. I was interested in it due to it being a spiritual tool to help get to the humans spiritual space to help with meditation. It intruges me how it can help one compose their mind and go into a spirtual stage, just how it realtes to the realms of God and the image of God…

About The Child's Pose is a popular beginner's yoga pose. It is frequently utilized as a resting position in among more difficult poses throughout a yoga practice. How To Come to all fours (Table Pose) exhale and lower your hips to your heels and forehead to the floor. Place your knees together or spread your knees somewhat apart, if more comfortable. 2. The arms can be overhead with the palms on the floor, the palms or fists can be stacked under the forehead, or the arms can be alongside the…

Yoga’s history is vast and complex, and the way it is practiced generally differ from one another. General practices of yoga in North America differ from yoga practices in India for several reasons. The practices we recognize today are the result of the creative merging and development of philosophies over thousands of years, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Yoga is practiced in India mainly because of their religion and their beliefs. North America on the other hand, practices yoga as…

There are many ways to perform self-therapy, you can perform a Gassho meditation, self-therapy with hands positions covering a whole circuit from the head to the feet, or just a few minutes of silence visualizing the energy of Reiki giving everything your being needs . Whichever way you decide will be fine. The important thing is that you practice Reiki every day in yourself. In this way you will be able to tune in more deeply to the energy of Reiki every day and great things will happen in your…

Wat Dhammaducha The Buddhist Experience I had a great deal of curiosity in how the Buddhist practice their belief within their religion. My husband and I took some time to visit a Buddhist Temple named Wat Dhammaducha, which is located in San Antonio, Texas. We participated in their Sunday Mass by observing the temple, the people, the Monks, and the rituals that took place. My husband was born in Thailand and grew up around Monks but never truly understood what they represented. I felt…

REL101 Wiki Religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism What is Buddhism? - Is a religion based on insight and inner peace [https://thebuddhistcentre.com/Buddhism] - ‘Buddhism’ comes from the word ‘budhi’ which means ‘to awaken’. [http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/5minbud.htm] - The religion was originated from Siddhartha Gotama, who is known as Buddha [http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/5minbud.htm] - Buddhism does not concern itself with any God or deity, therefore to most…

present confused mind, to the blissful centered state of the Buddha. (aboutbuddhism.org) Zen is one of the major schools of Buddhism, and shares the same core beliefs of Buddhism religion. The people who practice Zen hope to achieve enlighten through meditation, “by practicing this way of thinking they must break through the boundaries of everyday perception and logic clearing their minds leading to enlightment.” (Kleiner, 2010, p. 106)…