Whether you’re new to mindfulness practice or not, this collection of articles from Mindful.org is a great foundation for your daily practice.
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Mindfulness: The Basics
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Developing a Daily Meditation Practice
“Over weeks and months of practice you will gradually learn to calm and center yourself using the breath. … listening deeply, you will find that mindfulness developed on the breath helps to connect with and quiet your whole body and mind.”
“After developing some calm and skills, and connecting with your breath, you can then extend awareness of all the foundations of mindfulness, fully opening to your body and mind. You will discover how awareness of your breath can serve as a steady basis for awareness in all you do.”
Read Jack Kornfield’s artivcle on how to make meditation and awareness into your daily routine.
What happened to yoga?
What Happened to Yoga?
Last week, The Boston Globe featured a long article on the of yoga in the U.S.
From left: Justine Wiltshire Cohen, Natasha Rizopoulos, Patricia Walden, Barbara Benagh, and Peentz Dubble of Down Under Yoga. (Globe photo / Essdras M Suarez)
In the article, a panel of senior teachers discussed the commercialism and distractions that are creeping into American yoga. Read the full article.
- Is yoga losing its focus?
- Has it become too commercialized – with expensive yogawear and nonessential accessories?
- Is it about shopping?
- Is there too much focus on yoga as an exercise system (like aerobics) and too little on the full content of yoga – the other seven limbs?
- Has branding of specific styles of new yoga hurt yoga?
What do you think?
On Sunday, October 17, Down Under Yoga in Newtonville hosted a panel discussion called “Balancing Acts: Poses, Products, and the Future of Yoga in America.”
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