When you feel angry or fearful, meditation allows us to give our feelings some distance. Give yourself a moment for the feelings to change. We’re learning how to respond, not react to them.
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I am the Witness
We do not attach to our thoughts or feelings. We are the witness and the observer. We no longer react to thoughts and emotions; we respond to them.
Tantra
Tantra is a dynamic form of meditation that is practiced with a partner. In India, there is a place called the Love Temple in Goa that offers Tantra classes. I was fortunate to be there for training by a guru named Hare Prem who was trained by Osho. Tantra is
Watch the Breath
Vipassana meditation is the watching of a meditation object, breath or body, and noticing whenever the mind goes away from it. Anything that arises, thoughts, emotions, or feelings during meditation we are simply to be aware of them. We are not trying to become them or rid ourselves of them,
Keep Meditation Simple
When we watch the mind, we find that it is not actually running, but rising and falling. When we continually break our thought pattern, we can say we are practicing vipassana. You don’t have to be blissed out to call it meditation.
Listening and Learning
I dig deeper into leading edge techniques for healing at sensational yoga ashrams, massage schools, and meditation temples. Listening to my inner guide and learning from powerful teachers, gurus, healers, yogis, saints, and fellow travelers that I encounter along the way.
Human Unity
By train you can travel to Tamil Nadu where there is a community established in the sixties by conscious men and women who come to work and live together in an awakened society called Auroville. Today, Auroville is recognized as an ongoing experiment in human unity and sustainable living from
Goa
India has a remarkable beach town named Goa that has travelers coming from all over the world for a several-month season. It’s an eclectic place, open to all, filled with musicians, artists, hippies, and healers. Couples walk nude, people juggle fire, vendors sell jewelry, and dynamic meditators shake their bodies
Meditation
Meditation is an important part of healing. In Thailand I trained at a vipassana meditation ashram called Wat Ram Poeng, located just outside of Chiang Mai city. Vipassana, in the Buddhist tradition, means insight into the true nature of reality in which breath, thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions are used
Wat Tam Wua Monastery
The most remarkable vipassana ashram is in Mae Hong Son city, Thailand. The forest Monastery is called Wat Tam Wua and is nestled in the forest, surrounded by mountains with streams that wind their way through. It’s a soothing and surreal environment. The monk would teach us that we suffer
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