Posts Tagged ‘meditation’
Posted by terrepruitt on April 9, 2018
I am taking a Yin Yoga Teacher Training and learning all kinds of interesting things – well, I find them interesting. But first, as a reminder: Yin Yoga generates Qi flow through the body, in particular the areas of the lower spine, hips, and pelvis. If you are inclined to believe in Qi then Yin Yoga is a way to get it flowing and help to release latency from the meridians. Yin Yoga also helps develop and maintain health of connective tissues. In addition Yin Yoga helps cultivate stillness in the body and mind to help prepare for meditation. I am not so attached to the meditation prep as I am to just the fact that Yin Yoga allows and even requires the body to be still and I think that the society in which most of us live we need to have moments of stillness. Our minds are always so full and busy it they need a rest. One way to help quite the mind is to still the body. Qi flows along meridians. Meridians have starting points or Jing Well Points. Jing Well points are where the energy arises.
Jing Well Points of the Sinew Meridians in the foot are for the spleen, liver, stomach, gall bladder, bladder, and kidney. The spleen meridian starts at the nail bed of the median side of the big toe. The liver sinew meridian starts at the nail bed of the lateral side of the big toe. The stomach meridian starts on the lateral side of the second toe. The gall bladder meridian is on the lateral side of the fourth toe. And the pinky toe is where the jing well point is for the bladder meridian. We are calling these meridians the leg meridians because they run up the legs to points in the body. There is also the kidney jing well point which at the level of underneath the ball of the foot and over between the second toe and the third toe. Pressure on that spot will stimulate the kidney.
The Sinew Meridians circulate along the periphery of the body. They are superficial and follow the lines of the major muscle groups. The primary meridians are deeper. As I mentioned in my first post about Yin Yoga, the Sinew Meridians are more of an area and can be targeted with Yin Yoga. The Sinew Meridians do not connect to the internal organs and originate externally at the jing well points.
The spleen, liver, and kidney meridians are Yin meridians and run on the median side of the legs. The stomach, gall bladder, and kidney meridians are Yang meridians and run on the back or outside of the legs.
While I am only showing one foot and stated that these are the meridians in the foot, it applies to both feet.
What about you? Do you find any of this interesting?
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 28, 2017
Last day. I missed two more days. I was gone this past weekend and I just forgot. Out of my regular routine. Trying to deal with dad stuff. So much stuff to deal with, I just forgot. Well, I got my Daily 10 Minute Practice in on Monday, and I plan to do it today. But then again, I was planning on doing it Saturday and Sunday too . . . I hope you are doing well with it. This IS the last day! But perhaps you will be continuing . . . I’m gonna try.
I just have to get better at being “ok” with missing a day. But not so ok that I just start skipping a lot of days. There is a fine line, right?
Any plans to continue?
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 27, 2017
Today is MONDAY. I am filling in for another instructor so I am teaching Nia today. Normally, I don’t have a class on Monday, but today I do! Yay! I’ll be doing my Daily 10 Minute Practice after class. Probably later in the afternoon. When will you be going yours?
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 26, 2017
SUNDAY. Get your Daily 10 Minute Practice in! You can do it! I’m gonna squeeze mine in. Gonna be a busy day . . . but I’m gonna do it! How about you?
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 25, 2017
We are into the weekend. Try to keep up with your Daily 10 Minute Practice. Perhaps do it early so you can tackle your day. Or perhaps doing it after you are done with your day is the way to do it. Again, that depends on so many things, right? A meditation might be nice to help start the day right. Or a quick little workout. But on the other hand a meditation might be a nice way to end the day and help with sleep. It just depends . . . but you can still do it!
Did you get your ten minutes in?
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 24, 2017
Ahh, Friday. Do you love it? I hope that, even though you are excited for the weekend, you take time to do your Daily 10 Minute Practice. Start that weekend off grand!
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 23, 2017
Including today, only six day left for the Daily 10 Minute Practice. Are you hanging in there? Are you feeling good about it? I know that, depending on what you are doing, ten minutes might not be enough so perhaps you took advantage of the practice and extended the time on a few occasions. I know I did. But then again, the next day when I thought, “Oh, I should do at least twenty minutes.” Then it seemed more difficult to fit into my schedule. Then I reminded myself that really, the “deal” was for ten minutes . . . then all of a sudden it seemed more do-able. Crazy, huh? Any of you feeling or have any of you felt that way?
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 22, 2017
Ahh, Wednesday, normally the middle of the week, but for some, this week, it is the second work day. Either way, for many it feels like a long week. It is always so odd how a four day work week after a three day weekend feels longer than the regular five day week. Have any of you ever experienced that? Well, hopefully you still have enough energy to keep up with your Daily 10 Minute Practice.
How is it going? How is your week going?
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 21, 2017
Tuesdays I teach. I am a SJCity Fit Instructor and a Leisure Class Instructor. I have two classes on Tuesdays. Nia and Gentle Yoga. So I get to my Daily 10 Minute Practice after my classes usually.
How about you? When did you do yours?
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Posted by terrepruitt on February 20, 2017
Some people had today off work, some didn’t. Which are you? Here where I live it has been storming all day. I use the term “storming” loosely, there has been rain, some hard, and a little wind, so it has been somewhat storming. Hopefully whether you have the day off work or not, you are still getting in your time with your Daily 10 Minute Practice.
Check in here!
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