Yoga Meditation for concentration, clarity, focus and peace

Yoga Meditation Practice 

Just as daily exercise conditions your body, meditation does the same to your brain. After a few weeks of regular practice, you'll notice that your concentration, clarity and alertness have improved. Brain scans of meditators show that they produce more gamma brain waves, a high-premium type of electrical impulse that's used in focus, memory and making connections between different parts of the brain.

Through a daily mediation practice, you slowly train yourself to replace the automatic "fight or flight" response with "the relaxation response". Instead of a surge of adrenaline and a rapidly beating heartbeat, your sympathetic nervous system remains quiet. Blood tests have shown that long-time meditators actually have less of the stress hormone cortisol at the end of the day.

Research is proving that you can relax your way out of the blues. Two new studies have shown that people who meditated for 20 minutes twice a day experienced a 50 percent reduction in depressive symptoms. Meditation lifts your spirits in two ways, It triggers changes in the brain that lead to a release of feel-good chemicals, and it helps disrupt negative thinking patterns that can keep you stuck in a bad mood.

 People who suffer from psoriasis, a condition that causes itchy, scaly skin, listened to meditation tapes while they received ultraviolet light treatments. The results: They healed four times as fast as non-meditators. Why? Experts believe that meditation triggered the body's ability to repair itself.

As well as all of the above advantages, seasoned yogis, yoginis and meditators are aware that there are alot more benefits to the practice of meditation than the above. These benefits are widely accepted as good holistic by products that naturally accompany the practice of mantra meditation. This pursuit has been shown in many instances to have very deep signifigance spiritually. This practice can be life-changing. If you would like to know more about this topic you are most welcome to contact us. Leave a comment and include your details so that we can get back to you as soon as possible.

Take care.
Gauranga.
Namaste

3 Stages of Life - Yoga Meditation, grow older gracefully

Life

What is life? Is there a purpose? A goal? How can I make the best use of my life? What happens when I die? Is that the end?

We have all asked these questions. We ask our friends, our parents, teachers. We read books,  looking for the answers.

My parents would always say, "Why do you ask so many questions?" They couldn't help me because they didn't know the answers.

As kids we spend our time doing what kids love to do, have fun. So, most of a childs life is absorbed in play. That's their meditation :))

As young adults we work. Sooner or later we generally get involved in a relationship and start to think about buying a house and starting a family. All of which takes money. This means that we spend a large part of our time at work. We may have some goals as mentioned before, house and family, or maybe plan for retirement BUT that's about it. During this stage of life, although fit and healthy, with money not being too much of a problem, we are usually time poor.

Finally we find ourselves in the sunset stage of life.  The children have left home, we have all the time in the world. If we've been good planners we have money BUT now, NO or limited energy.

We find that life has gone by in a flash and we've spent the majority of time taking care of material responsibilities without paying any attention at all to spirit.

Theres a nice analogy about a bird in a cage which goes something like this.

There is a bird who sits in a beautiful gilded cage, so much attention is paid to polishing the cage that the bird is all but forgotten.

The point is, there needs to be a balance between material and spiritual. Without this balance there can be NO happiness.

We can live in this world, raise our families, hang out with friends without forgetting spirit. An easy way to accomplish this is by engaging in the ancient time tested practise of yoga meditation using yoga mantras.

This is a very simple enjoyable practise which will enliven you and bring you peace and happiness.

To find out how you and your family can utitlise this practise in your daily life, txt, call or drop over.  Find our what Yoga meditation can do for you.

Hari Om

Namaste

Yoga asana stretch - Uttanasana (Forward Fold)

Uttanasana - Yoga Stretch

This is a very simple yoga stretch. Try it and experience the benefits for yourself. It is best to practice any yoga pose on an empty stomach and in a nice relaxing environment.
When practicing a yoga stretch for the first time read and then re-read the instructions carefully first. When undertaking any task for the first time it's always good to take your time and not rush into it.
Have fun and enjoy.

Cautions: 

• High blood pressure - only come forward half way.
• Ear or eye problems  (same as above.)
• Be careful if you have a bad headache. Generally not recommended.
• Tight back or injury - be careful, bend your knees, come forward half way
  
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• Tight hamstrings (backs of legs) same as above, or use the support of a wall.

How To:

• Stand in mountain pose, check to make sure your feet are hip distance apart and parallel.
• Start with hands on hips.
• Inhale, opening the chest, lengthening the spine, lifting up out of the hips.
• Exhale, bending from the hip (not the waist.)
• Think about opening and lengthening, extending the front torso and top of the head.
• Reach your fingers towards the ground. Bring the chest towards the thighs before bringing the head towards the legs.
• Think about lifting the sit bones upwards, relax the belly.
• Stay in this stretch for 5 - 6 breaths, releasing tension with every exhale.

Benefits:

• Stimulates the liver and kidney.
• Great stretch for the hamstrings, calves and back.
• Improves digestion.
• Can relieve insomnia.
• Calms and reduces fatigue.

If you would like to practice yoga stretch in a class environment contact us for times. We offer free yoga meditation classes, yoga meditate relax, and more. All welcome.

Namaste
Holistic yoga meditation studio
Palm beach, Gold coast, Qld

Disclaimer:
Before attempting any of these stretches seek advise from your doctor. We can not and will not be responsible for any injury caused by your attempt to stretch following these instructions.

Holistic Yoga Meditation - Five Simple Rules For Happiness

 Yoga Meditation

Through the practice of mantra yoga a person is able to free the heart of hatred and the mind of worry. A lifestyle centred around this practice automatically encourages a simple lifestyle, the heart to do and give more and as a result expect less.

The practice of Yoga meditation is a very simple and enjoyable one. If you would like to discover more, you are very welcome to contact us. Comment and leave your details so we can get back to you.

Have a great day.
Namaste

Holistic yoga meditation4221 studio palm beach qld - A poem titled 'In his footsteps'.

"When someone does a kindness

it always seems to me, 

that's the way God in heaven 

would like us all to be... 

for when we bring some pleasure 

to another human heart, 

we have followed in his footsteps and we've had a little part 

in serving him who loves us - 

for I am very sure it's true 

that in serving those around us 

we serve and please him, too."

- Helen Steiner Rice

Holistic yoga meditation studio 4221 palm beach qld - offers this food for thought. An inspirational quote by Lord Buddha.

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

- Lord Buddha

Holistic yoga meditation 4221 studio palm beach 4221 qld - has put together a few short videos, they contain meditation mantras and types of classes you can attend. I hope you like this one.

Some Images are beautiful. Combining them with spiritual hymns is a great combo. A person is eternally benefitted simply by seeing and reading the divine names of the Supreme. In the near future I will be able to include meditation sound tracks, but for right now this is the best we can do.

Have a look and comments are always welcome.

Best regards

hymnetworks

Holistic yoga meditation4221 studio palm beach qld has been experimenting with short videos. Here's one, it was pieced together using a bunch of super short clips. It features a few simple holistic yoga meditation stretches. It's not great but thought I would upload it here so you could have a look. The volume is a little out of control but wasn't sure how to rectify that. Leave comments after you watch it if you like.

Holistic yoga meditation studio palm beach 4221 qld - encourages introspection, consistent meditation practise, and tools to overcome undesirable qualities.

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” 

- Lord Buddha