Sentences with phrase «various spiritual practices»

She spent several years of her young adult life studying various spiritual practices, including but not limited to Zen Meditation at Ryukoku University in Japan, and Transpersonal Psychology in Bali, Indonesia.

Ayurvedic practitioners have also traditionally used Ashwagandha to balance, strengthen and open the root chakra, making it a useful herb to support various spiritual practices concerned with Kundalini and balancing the energetic systems of the body.

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but fortunately there are psychologists, mental health practitioners and others who do and I have benefitted greatly from their work, personal testimonies and the various articles / publications which they have produced --(for example, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology; The Religious & Spiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of conscSpiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of conscspiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciousness.

Those who work in theological education are also aware, however, that we must also avoid intellectual or spiritual tourism — the tendency to explore the range and quaintness of the world's wondrous variety without asking about the truth - claims of various cultures, without attempting to discern the relative justice of alternative social practices, or without seeking commonalities that may overarch multiple lands and religions.

This quest for perfect peace was an inherent attribute of the great Founders of various faiths, who practiced fasting and self - denial as the path to spiritual enlightenment and the promotion of Peace, Love, Mercy, Justice and Forgiveness.

Body work is therapeutic methods that center on the body for the promotion of physical health and emotional and spiritual well - being, including massage, various systems of touch and manipulation, relaxation techniques, and practices designed to affect the body «senergy flow.

In the practice of Yin yoga specific yoga postures are used to invoke the spiritual attributes of various creatures, both real and mythical, and to activate the transformational properties of the five alchemical elements, thus enlivening and harmonizing these energies within the body and animating the primal spirit that resides within us all.

Chakras are the mechanism through which yoga practices progressively open the pathway for the Kundalini Shakti, the innermost vibrational force, which can then break through blockages in the subtle body and, eventually, unite the individual with the universal force of consciousness and affect various levels of spiritual realization.

Amy Solara has been training in various healing and spiritual practices for over 5 years.

After practicing yoga for ten years, of various styles, Bikrham, Kundalini and Ashtanga yoga, Jenny felt it was time to take the next step in her spiritual journey.

At various points in time, many cats were sacrificed, murdered, or tortured under the guise of various religious, spiritual, and health practices.

Russian curator Yulia Tikhanova looks at how various documentary approaches inquire into the spiritual practices of communities existing outside of mainstream western experience, in India, South Korea, and Brazil.