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Heart Rhythm Meditation is described as a downward or embodied method of meditation [11] rather than an upward or transcendent method. Practitioners synchronize the sensation of their heartbeat with full, conscious, rhythmic breathing, utilizing what is referred to as the Six Basic Powers available to everyone: posture, intention, attention, inspiration, sensation, and invocation.
5Rhythms [1] is a movement meditation practice devised by Gabrielle Roth in the late 1970s. [2] It draws from indigenous and world traditions using tenets of shamanistic, ecstatic, mystical and eastern philosophy. It also draws from Gestalt therapy, the human potential movement and transpersonal psychology.
The English meditation is derived from Old French meditacioun, in turn from Latin meditatio from a verb meditari, meaning "to think, contemplate, devise, ponder". [11] [12] In the Catholic tradition, the use of the term meditatio as part of a formal, stepwise process of meditation goes back to at least the 12th-century monk Guigo II, [12] [13] before which the Greek word theoria was used for ...
Whirling Dervishes, at Rumi Fest 2007. Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) (Turkish: Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning listening, from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian) is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufi groups, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order and other orders such as the Rifa'i-Marufi.
There are several exercises designed to develop mindfulness meditation, which may be aided by guided meditations "to get the hang of it". [8] [69] [note 3] As forms of self-observation and interoception, these methods increase awareness of the body, so they are usually beneficial to people with low self-awareness or low awareness of their bodies or emotional state.
Heart With Arrow. Thanks to its association with the Roman god Cupid, who shot mortals with arrows to make them fall in love, a heart pierced in such a way symbolizes romantic devotion.
Dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) in Hinduism means contemplation and meditation. [1] Dhyana is taken up in Yoga practices, and is a means to samadhi and self-knowledge. [2]The various concepts of dhyana and its practice originated in the Sramanic movement of ancient India, [3] [4] which started before the 6th century BCE (pre-Buddha, pre-Mahavira), [5] [6] and the practice has been ...
The Mirror of the Heart of Vajrasattva (Dorje Sempa Nyinggi Melong, rdo rje sems dpa' snying gi me long), a major Dzogchen tantra, explains the term Dzog (Perfection) as follows: Because rigpa is perfect wisdom in the realm beyond effort, it is perfection. Because meditation is perfect stainless wisdom in the realm beyond concepts, it is ...