| It's no secret that when it comes to meditation a lot of | | | | Yoga Pura is quite simply remarkable and the |
| people immediately begin to imagine some monk out in | | | | teachers, atmosphere, everything brings about a |
| the middle of nowhere meditating silently in the middle | | | | feeling of Peace, Joy, and Love that allows you to |
| of peace. | | | | completely surrender into the moment with your |
| For a long time I held onto the notion that the only | | | | practice. |
| effective way to meditate was by getting into Lotus | | | | So while, the teachers had expressed and made clear |
| position, finding a quiet place to sit, undisturbed, and | | | | that you could meditate anywhere I never actually |
| then be still for however long it was you planned on | | | | meditated anywhere that wasn't peaceful, calm, and |
| meditating. | | | | serene. |
| Then, after practicing Yoga for quite some time I took | | | | However, at the Adult Direct Care Center it was |
| a meditation class and discovered that while this may | | | | completely the opposite as it is anything but peaceful, |
| indeed be one way to meditate it isn't the only way | | | | calm, and serene. In fact, while there had been a room |
| and in fact limits you in some ways in regards to your | | | | open to practice Yoga Nidra in, since only one person |
| mediation practice. | | | | wanted to try it, the powers that be felt like it would be |
| Perhaps you are wondering in what ways does | | | | better to do the session right out in the open where |
| holding onto the belief that you must sit in a quiet place, | | | | everyone was. |
| undisturbed with limited to no noise limits your practice? | | | | So, right there in the middle of an extremely chaotic |
| For starters, it limits when you can "meditate" and | | | | environment with people coming and going, making |
| when you do find a quiet place all it takes is someone | | | | noise, asking questions, turning lights on and off. I sat |
| or something to enter your "spot" and disturb your | | | | down with three people and led them through the |
| practice. | | | | practice of Yoga Nidra. |
| In other words, meditating silently in the middle of | | | | At first, it was hectic yet I stayed calmed and relaxed, |
| peace is a built in excuse to not meditate for most | | | | leading them through the practice accepting what was |
| people, including me, at least until I figured out what | | | | and during the middle of the session something truly |
| meditating is really all about. | | | | amazing happened. What had been a completely |
| For me, I figured part of it out when I decided to lead a | | | | chaotic and anxiety filled space became one with |
| Yoga Nidra session at an Adult Direct Care Center. | | | | peace. So peaceful in fact that people would come in |
| Before leading Yoga Nidra at this facility it was safe to | | | | with loud energy, walk in to the space of peace that |
| say I had become spoiled in regards to my Yoga and | | | | had been created and drop in to that peace as well. |
| Meditation practices. The Yoga studio that I practice at | | | | |