Abdominal breathing and the state of the mind

06 Jul 2020 - fubar - Sreekar Guddeti

The meditator is introduced to the simplest breathing technique, followed by exposition of four different states of mind during meditation

Practice

• Basic stretching exercises
• Abdominal breathing by putting left hand on the abdomen and right hand on the chest. Ensure while inhaling or exhaling, only the abdomen moves while the chest is stationary.
• Close the eyes and focus on a relatively large and stationary object like a building, temple. Try to focus on the object for 2 min

Theory

There are four states of mind

• क्षिप्त अवस्था unable to focus at all
• विक्षिप्त अवस्था state of mind oscillates between focus and defocus
• मूढ़ अवस्था A drowsy state of mind
• एकाग्रतः अवस्था desired state of mind where mind can focus

Yoga Kshema Lesson 2