Because you were meant to enjoy life - all of it.
May this guided meditation follow you outside our yoga studio and into many seasons of joy
More simple guided meditations are available for download on our Meditations page on this website
An article in The Wall Street Journal on the health benefits of deep breathing was not surprising news to yogis who have advocated this for 1000 years
A recent study at the University of Virginia showed that most people would rather administer an electric shock to themselves than spend a mere 15 minutes with nothing to do.
Psychologist Tim Wilson of the University of Virginia and his team of researchers asked college students to sit for 15 minutes in a plain room just thinking. He asked them to record how well they concentrated and how much they enjoyed the experience. Most admitted that they couldn't concentrate; more than half hated it.
No wonder. Most people do with nothing better to do will spin some amazingly awful thoughts, mostly about themselves.
But these students even hated thinking positive; they just didn't like being alone with their own thoughts.
Were these ADD teens with Twitter-fingers? Not at all. The researchers also conducted texperiment with a middle-aged church group. The results? The same.
Now comes the shocking news: just how far will people go to avoid doing nothing?
As if we weren't stressed enough, here's one you probably could have guessed:
Once again, science imitates Savasana: your relaxation has become a matter of life or stress.
According to this Wall Street Journal article, Stress Starts Up The Machinery of Major Depression
According to ancient yoga, nothing is more life giving than Corpse Pose (Savasana). As I told three student who were lying in Savasana on and off during class last night, there is no such thing as "a pose off:" Savasana IS a pose. As it turns out, perhaps the most valuable one of all.
Do we suffer from a lack of resources....or lack of imagination?This beautiful article in the Wall Street Journal echoes what I have always believed in my heart: there is more than enough everything to go around - time, money, clean air, pure water, health, happiness and more. Furthermore there is no choice - because things are always expanding.
And I can prove it to you...
Rhonda Uretzky, E-RYT