Not exact matches
It
involves stilling the mind by
focusing on a simple word or phrase that is repeated with every
breath, such as «maranatha», «love», or — Shaun's preferred
focus — the Jesus prayer: «Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy
on me, a sinner.»
Counting is
involved to help beginners
focus on the
breath more and thoughts less.
At the risk of any yogi that is reading this article being forced to absolutely cringe, I would roughly define kundalini yoga as a form of yoga that
involves intense
breath work, plenty of quick muscular contracts, meditation with your eyes closed, and an intense, tantric - like
focus on moving energy up and down your spine.
First, the skinny
on CBCT: Instead of
focusing on breath and awareness — like you do with mindfulness meditation — compassion meditation
involves contemplating specific things, like your affection for other people, in an effort to refocus your attitudes toward the people you interact with
on daily basis, says study co-author Jennifer S. Mascaro, a postdoctoral fellow in the anthropology department at Emory University.
The mindfulness component must include mindfulness training (
breath, visualisation, listening, or other sensory
focus) and, minimally,
involve an explicit
focus on: