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Currently, I am teaching a Beginning Meditation class, which I teach about once a year. Meditation is really the foundation of a yoga practice - the postures and breathing prepare us for the practice of seated meditation. With regular meditation, we reduce stress, cultivate a clear and calm mind, and begin to have the ability to see ourselves and the world around us more clearly. Meditation is a very simple practice, yet a challenging practice to commit ourselves to; however, it's well worth the effort! Here's a simple practice that might get you started:

-Find a comfortable seated position either on the floor or in a chair and make sure the spine is long, .
-Make sure you are comfortable and let the body become still.
-Relax your body and face.
-Begin to notice the flow of the natural breath moving in and out.
-Try not to control the breath, but make sure it doesn't become too shallow.
-Notice the touch of breath in the nostrils (the warm of the exhale and the cool of the inhale).
-Have a sense that your mind's attention and the breath are a single stream flowing together.
-When you get distracted by body, outside sounds, sleep, or the mind's thoughts, bring your attention back to the breath.
-Try to both concentrate and let go into the present moment of each breath.

Yours, in service,
KO

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Inspiration

By Lalla, translated by Coleman Barks

Playfully you hid from me.

All day I looked.

Then I discovered

I was you,

and the celebration

of That began.


	Good Space Yoga with Kathy Ornish Spring/Summer 2011