Buckland masterclass of meditation

04/24/2021

Set goals for duration and length.
My daily routine began by setting a goal of meditating every day, no matter what. If that sounds intense, try meditating every day for a week or ten days or a month. Once you see the benefits, you won’t stop.
Pick a duration of time, at least five minutes. I started with 15 minutes but over time stretched to 20 and now 30 every morning. In the beginning, though, I sometimes did just five minutes just before falling asleep because I had forgotten during the day.
Don’t worry about missing a day here and there. As Zen meditation teacher Norman Fischer writes:
“Don’t fall into the unconscious trap that ‘Since I missed a day, I guess I can’t do this, so I might as well not even try, or try less hard tomorrow because this missed day has weakened me.’”
Set a goal but be gentle — treat your-self as you would a good friend

04/10/2021

Meditation and emotional well-being
When you meditate, you may clear away the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to your stress.

The emotional benefits of meditation can include:

Gaining a new perspective on stressful situations
Building skills to manage your stress
Increasing self-awareness
Focusing on the present
Reducing negative emotions
Increasing imagination and creativity
Increasing patience and tolerance

03/18/2021

Relieves Stress. Because of yoga’s quiet, precise movements and focused breathing, you’re better able to manage your emotions and stress. You also get more in tune with your emotions, and have a greater awareness of how you react to them.

03/03/2021

01/13/2021

Always relax with Savasana
It is really important to give your body time to relax in Savasana after a yoga practice. The nervous system needs time to assimilate the benefits it has gained during the practice. You can otherwise feel unnecessarily wired after a yoga practice, especially after an intense yoga class.

01/02/2021

Relaxation is a technical term; learn to relax. We unconsciously build muscular tension throughout our days and our lives. But we can apply awareness and intention towards gradually relaxing that tension.

12/23/2020

Get flexible
Most series of yoga asanas (physical postures) include one or more spinal twists to loosen the many joints that make up your spine. This can improve your tennis game and golf swing, as well as promote detoxification and good digestion. Yogi Cameron Alborizan, Ayurvedic healer, yoga guru, and author of The One Plan, says: “Think of the body as a sponge filled with dirty sink water. Gentle twists help to wring the sponge out and purge toxins.”

12/10/2020

Warm up your body properly before attempting more advanced poses, and keep checking in if it feels okay to be in a pose. Be especially mindful during transitions between poses or when moving in or out of poses  these are moments of a potential risk of injury because we tend to pay less attention to our alignment.