Smart Meditation Techniques for Everyday - E-book - ePub

In its race for eternal youth and never-ending life, what we call"modern society" has turned its attention to the Easternphilosophies and ways of life, hoping to grasp whatever secretthey may have to share that has made the inhabitants of suchdistant areas not only look as young as ever in their forties orfifties, but also very fit and not as prone to modern-daydisease as the Westerners. In addition to the secrets ofnutrition, what we have come across is not only the way inwhich these populations feed themselves, but also theirdedication to a more active, more meaningful way of life, onethat is closer to the natural, old way of the ancestors maybe:today, many of the sports clubs in the Western world offersuch programs as Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, dwelling on thephilosophies that they were born from.
Many of theaforementioned types of studios and workshops are looking atthe quintessential ingredient that has made them thelong-lasting and effective practices that they are. In addition toa fitter body, the benefits of doing such practice in a holisticmanner include a stronger mind, one that is more ready tonot necessarily fight against what life may bring one's way, butunderstand it better, not resist, but go with it, find in it theelements one needs to grasp and hold on to so as tounderstand in order to overcome them, so as to become thestronger, wiser version of oneself.
Surely, the phrase "couchpotato" wasn't born in Asia. Join us on our trip to findingwhat and how you can do to achieve a higher state ofawareness through meditation, which is indeed the key to acalmer, less irritable, less diseased, less stressed, more spiritualand more enlightened self.