Authored by Viviana Siddhi*
Short Communication
“Kawakami became so secure while doing this type of breathing, and felt so profoundly pacified during it, he came to see it as a state of enlightment. “I am able to attain a spiritual state of perfect stillness,” he told me, “and while doing so, I can control my five senses, so I don’t feel anything” [1].
If your body is telling you that you are tired or hungry or that a muscle is sore, it is straightforward to know how to take case of that need. Sometimes, sensations arise, and we have no idea why we are feeling what we’re feeling.
If you are like most of us and have spent much of your life ignoring the sensations of your body, exercises for “Body Awareness” can be more challenging. I assure you that as you tune into your body’s language more frequently, it will become much simpler to feel your sensations and notice the quality of those sensations in more detail.
If you have found it difficult to sense what is happening within your body, don’t worry. It can take some time to develop the ability to feel inside yourself again. I promise that it is possible and that it’s well worth it! It can sometimes be helpful to touch the area of your body that you’re focusing on, let’s say your belly, with your hand. Some people feel sensation, and other people can visualize, or “see”, sensation inside of their bodies.
Bringing sensory awareness back to our bodies is the first step to healing pain and shame that we have experienced. Our entire bodies deserve our attention and our care. Once we learned to sense what is going on inside our bodies, we’re beginning to speak the basic language of the body. Many sensations are related to emotional experiences. The sensation is physical, but the meaning of the sensation is emotional. Learning how to feel what the sensation means to us allows us a much deeper understanding of our body language.
Simple exercise for “Body feelings”:
A. Relax, lie down and take time for yourself.
B. Focus on the area that you would like to improve or heal. For example: kidney, liver, eyes, etc.
C. Ask that part of the body what it needs.
D. The message will arise out of the silence.
E. Purify your body, mind and spirit.
How we think and feel, our responsiveness to our bodies and behavior that we choose absolutely to affect our health. Ignoring the obvious cues from your body that something is wrong can manifest in more serious illness. We can influence pain and illness with our thoughts and behaviors does not mean that we cause all our pain and illness. Blaming illness on the person suffering is never helpful. It is bringing additional stress. We should listen to our bodies and discern the meaning of pain and illness. We must not get bogged down in the cycle of self-blame or shame about having the illness.
“Reducing your stress can be done with a simple belly breathing exercise. Any form of meditation or prayer, including the moving meditations of yoga, tai chi, or qigong, can help. Gentle exercise - walking, for example - especially if it is outside in nature, is very healing for the adrenals. Getting adequate, good-quality sleep is absolutely essential”. [2]
Every living being longs always to be happy, untainted by sorrow, and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely because happiness is his real nature. Hence, in order to realize that inherent and untainted happiness, it is essential that he should know himself. Unfortunately, not everybody really wants to know reality. There’s also a part of everyone’s nature that’s comfortable with the status quo and/or illusions that don’t like changes. Many are afraid about being right or wrong instead to focus on solutions.
“Faith in the rightness of what you’re doing and is the certainty of your own success. Faith is bolstered by energy (vinya) and enthusiasm in the original sense of the word, which is to be inspired or possessed (entheos) a god.” The person who has control over himself attains verily success through faith, none other can succeed. Therefore, with faith, the Yoga should be practiced with care and perseverance.
Clear intention and constant mindfulness (smirti) of what you’re doing and why, regarding both short-term and long-term goals and in the subtle adjustments of everyday practice..
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