First let me define a dark fast, a dark fast is complete darkness, no communication and no food. This was something I decided to challenge myself with recently and here are my findings.
Warning: I don’t know the effects that a dark fast has on the mind, body and/or spirit. I am not promoting this as something you should do, just sharing my experience.
I am currently speaking to you from the Peruvian jungle town of Iquitos, I am on a 3 month trip of self discovery and experimentation. I currently have no schedule, apart from to write daily, so it has given me the flexibility to really go in and learn about myself. Yesterday morning I woke up, but didn’t really open my eyes, this gave me the idea of spending the whole day this way. So I decided to do so here are some of my findings:
I Didn’t Fall Asleep
I spent the majority of the time in bed and thought that perhaps I would spend some of the time sleeping, however this was not the case, I was wide awake and alert for most of the time.
I Had Strong Visuals
There were a few times in which I slipped into a deeper state of mind, most of the experience was pretty meditative, however there was a few special moments of geometrical and beautiful imagery.
I Visited All My Unfinished Business
I really started to see how many things I have in my life that are unfinished. Many projects, tasks, conversations and agreement are pretty open in my life. This got me thinking, the whole time things are open you never have any real closure. Maybe incompletion leads to an overactive mind in some cases, as you can never escape that which is unfinished.
Getting Around Was Okay
I meditated 3 times while in this dark fast, meaning I sat up with correct posture. The third time I done this, I finished and leaned to the right and nearly fell off the bed. Apart from this, going to the toilet, getting my water to drink and moving around was okay.
I Didn’t Get Bored
I expected a little boredom may set in, however it did not. I had some moments of complete silence, but this was also surrounded by moments of clarity and breakthroughs. It was challenging, but I didn’t find I was bored.
I Didn’t Get Hungry
The longest partial fast I have done is 7 days. I have also done a pure water fast for 4 days. I was always most hungry on day 1. With the dark fast I thought of food a few times, but didn’t really feel hungry.
Insomnia Then Kicked In
The worse part about the experience was at night, I expected after 26 hours with my eyes closed I may feel a little tired, but the opposite happened, I could not sleep and it was actually quite a frantic feeling. I decided to then open my eyes and return to reality. That night after months of mostly great nights of sleep I had the worse insomnia. This lead to what I like to call- a moment of temporary insanity, as it took me out of my normally relaxed state and made me feel very uncomfortable.
I Saw Through My 3rd Eye
I am not asking you to believe this part, just sharing my experience- The second time I sat in meditation I looked down (with eyes shut) and could see my legs. I closed my eyes tightly and they disappeared. Then reappeared again as I relaxed my face. After a few times doing this I could see my legs with my eyes closed really tight- through what felt like my third eye which is central to the forehead just above the eyebrows. When I looked around, certain parts of the room stood out very faintly.
After my insomnia I finally got some sleep, waking up multiple times in the night. The next day after my temporary insanity I got up early feeling sluggish- but some food and a smoothie, I felt great.
How To Channel Your Soul Through Automatic Writing
Do you want to discover a simple, quick, safe, and powerful way to connect with your soul?
One of the best techniques out there is automatic writing. Automatic writing can be practiced by anyone, from those who have just begun their spiritual journey, to seasoned travelers.
I want to share with you a concise and detailed way to practice automatic writing based on my own soul work experience.
What Is Automatic Writing?
Automatic writing is the practice of writing words in a trance-like state that originate from a place outside of conscious awareness. Psychologists and spiritualists have varying beliefs about the origin of automatic writing, with some arguing that it is sourced from the unconscious mind, and others claiming that it originates from supernatural forces such as spirit guides and angels.
My personal belief is that automatic writing is sourced from the unconscious mind which is a doorway into the Soul or Higher Self. This makes automatic writing a wonderful way to gain guidance!
The Benefits Of Automatic Writing
When you put in the effort to learn, there are many benefits to automatic writing. Here are a few examples:
You gain direct guidance from your Soul/Higher Self
You’ll have more clarity in your daily life as a result
Improved ability to make wise decisions
Your intuitive abilities are sharpened, honed, and developed
You can connect with your Spirit Guides and their perspectives
You feel supported and deeply understood
Improved ability to trust your instincts and intuition
And there are many other benefits, such as the fact that automatic writing is quite a calming practice that literally and metaphorically opens your mind!
How To Channel Your Soul Through Automatic Writing
Essentially, automatic writing, when broken down is simple. It involves:
Getting a pen and paper/opening a notepad or word document
Thinking of a question to ask
Writing down the question
Relaxing your body and mind
Allow the writing to flow spontaneously
However, automatic writing in practice is something that you’ll have to patiently develop (unless you have a natural gift for it).
You also might find, like many people, that the first time you try automatic writing it goes really well. But after that, you struggle a lot. The reason this happens is that when we try something new, our minds are often empty of belief and expectation. However, afterward, we begin to accumulate mental baggage which blocks the process of spontaneous revelation.
Don’t worry if this happens. All you’ll need to learn is how to empty the mind, and I’ll share some tips below about how to do this below:
1. Think Of A Question That You Want Guidance About
The whole purpose of automatic writing is to access guidance from your Soul, especially if you struggle to hear it in daily life.
Start each session with a clear question, and write it down in your notebook or word document. Choose a question that has really been pulling at your heart or eating you up inside. The more emotionally-charged the question is, the clearer your response will be.
It’s also important that you address your question to someone or something in particular such as your Soul, a Spirit Guide or your unconscious mind.
For example, your question could be “Dear Soul, why do I keep sabotaging my happiness?”
Try to keep your questions simple. If you have many questions, break them up into different sessions of writing — this will make the process easier for you.
2. Relax Your Mind
Learning how to relax your mind is the most important part of automatic writing. When your mind is still and empty of thoughts, writing spontaneously becomes much easier.
Examples of possible ways you can relax your mind include:
Meditation
Deep breathing
Mindfulness
Visualisation
Yoga
Do whatever suits you and relaxes you the most.
3. Enter A Gentle Trance
As humans, we have the capacity to enter trance-like states very easily. The most popular trance state we enter into is while watching TV!
A trance-like state is a form of altered consciousness in which your normal thinking brain relaxes. For automatic writing, entering a trance is very useful because it facilitates the spontaneous flow of information.
Common ways to enter into a gentle trance include listening to music, yogic/holotropic breathing, mantras, repetitive tasks, guided meditations, self-hypnosis, and many others.
Choose whatever works best for you, and don’t be shy with experimenting. I personally like listening to calming music and blending that with mindfulness or meditation.
4. Allow The Flow Of Information
Once you feel ready you can begin to write. Don’t worry if at first the words are gobbledygook or if you can’t follow the stream of information. In fact, if you’re completely unaware of what you’re writing, that’s actually a very good thing! It means that you’re tapping into something that is far greater than your thinking mind.
It’s also very common during this stage to find yourself judging what you write and analyzing it. This is quite normal. If you find your mind getting involved, gently bring yourself back towards whatever practice you used before to enter a trance-like state. For example, if you were rhythmically breathing, go back to that. You’ll likely have to repeat this step a number of times.
I prefer to look away when I’m writing so that I’m not easily drawn into judging what I’m writing. But other people prefer looking. Experiment and see what suits you.
If you’re not used to writing, you’ll probably carry a bit of inhibition at first, which is natural. With practice, you’ll get into “the flow” of it, meaning that you’ll find automatic writing increasingly easier and easier to do without thought.
Before starting an automatic writing session, it’s important that you give yourself as much time as needed to express what needs to be expressed. One surefire way to hinder the flow of information is time pressure and the expectation that it should take a certain amount of time. In my experience, automatic writing can take a couple of minutes anywhere up to half an hour or more.
Basically, create a space in which you can relax as much as possible mentally. Remember, you can always interpret what is written afterward.
5. Interpret The Information
At a certain point, you’ll intuitively sense that your automatic writing session is coming to an end. Other times, you might abruptly stop writing and no more information comes.
Once you’ve stopped, it’s time to review what you’ve written. Try looking firstly for coherent sentences or key words that may pop out. Sometimes you’ll also find patterns, and in some situations, even words from different languages.
Also, if you’re confused about what has been written, you can always use that as a question to ask in your next automatic writing session. However, when I’m confused, I like to wait and ruminate on what has been written for a while. If I haven’t figured out what the message is after a week (which is rare), I use that as another question.
How To Know Whether You’re Really Channeling Your Soul
The best way to know for sure that you’re receiving guidance from your Soul is how you feel while writing. Do you feel a sense of inner spaciousness, lightness, and other good “vibes”? Or do you feel heavy, emotionally-charged, and frantic?
In my experience, I know for sure that I’m connecting with Soul/Spirit when I enter a state of no-mind in which I am completely present, calm and at peace.
However, when writing becomes frantic and heavy, it is usually coming from the mental or emotional energy “body.”
Another way to tell whether you’re really channeling your Soul is by reviewing what is written. Are the words authoritative, clear, and wise? Or are the words closer to what your mind sounds like (disjointed, critical or vague)? Words from your Soul will always sound and feel crystal clear.
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I hope this advice helps you out and inspires you to begin practicing.
Is meditation about struggling with your mind, or is it about letting go? Is it something you do, or something you are?
In this video, we explore the Taoist concept of wu wei: the art of acting without acting. Or as Bruce Lee famously put it, “the art of fighting without fighting.”
Bhootnath temple is a Hindu temple committed to Lord Shiva. Bhootnath Temple is positioned in the Swargashram area in the back of Parmarth Niketan Ashram.
“Namaste,” we greet each other. The light in me sees the light in you. I’ve loved this, conceptually, since my first introduction to it years ago. I imagine all sorts of lovely images when I say it; beautiful curly tendrils of warm sunshine emanating from my core, reaching out to meld with your golden curly tendrils. My lovely baby Buddha, shiny and golden, seated atop his purple cushion, waving furiously in greeting at your baby Buddha. I love the idea that we are looking past each other’s frayed yoga pants and sweaty tank tops and saluting that special thing within.
Lately though, my baby Buddha has not been working or playing well with others. My life is a bit chaotic. When things get off kilter for me, I cannot help but imagine that my baby Buddha is grumpy, arms crossed, pouting. Definitely not waving at anyone, he might even have stuck his tongue out at someone this morning. In fact, I think he’s gotten off his cushion all together and has gone in search of serious mischief.
Lost: One Grumpy Mr. Sunshine
When this happens it can be a challenge to lure him back. I’m never totally sure why he’s run off in the first place, though I imagine it is because I didn’t give him something he needed. I struggle a bit with the “care and feeding” of my baby Buddha. I go along fine, giving him love, letting him give me and others love, embracing our moments together, keeping my desire to control things at bay, and he, in return, helps me take things as they come, helps me appreciate what I have, who I am, and what I do.
Invariably, however, I forget to appreciate him, or I accidentally back over him with my ego. He usually gives me a few chances to straighten up and fly right, but if I don’t settle down and spend some quality time with him, he stomps off and I am left sorry, sad, scared and lonely without him. My inner light dims, indicating baby Buddha has gone AWOL and immediately those familiar vultures, Doubt and Worry begin to circle. I know they would just love to dig their talons into his fat, fleshy little thighs. They would make short order of him if they could only find him.
FYI: Cranky Pants Buddha Doesn’t Eat Chocolate
Much like there is no perfect recipe for his feeding, there is no exact road map to locate him once he’s gone missing. I will tell you though, just in case you’re ever faced with this situation, that he is never successfully lured with chocolate or wine, or overindulgence of any sort. Neither is he lured by foot stomping, teeth gnashing, swearing or any other pig-headed behavior.
The trick seems to be not looking for him at all. Much like hunting for rainbows would be pointless and frustrating, because they always come only when the conditions are right. I must find him without looking. So, I set about tidying up his space. I open the windows in his little temple, and let in fresh air. I sweep out the cobwebs that have accumulated in the corners and I fluff the dust off of his cushion. I must focus completely on this work, without a thought or care for his return. I must let go of the anxiety, and the worry that he has abandoned me forever, once and for all. I must embrace the love I feel for him and for myself and let go of all doubt.
Found: Mr. Spacious is a little sneaky, too
It’s no fair to peek and see if he’s hiding just outside the door. It never works. Only when I truly let go of the desire to know when he’s coming back can I look around, know that I have tidied as best I can, and trust myself to walk away.
When I can do this, he comes back. He takes his sweet time, occasionally, but he always returns.
Sometimes I actually get to see him come back, running across the room with his impish grin, clutching his robes so that he won’t trip, leaping the last few steps and hurling himself onto his throne, giggling madly.
But sometimes I don’t see him come back, and it isn’t until I have another opportunity to salute someone else’s Buddha that I realize mine is already on his cushion, waving back. Namaste, little friend, welcome home.
from Deep Peace Yoga https://deeppeaceyoga.com/meditation/a-ha-not-looking-for-buddha/
Boulder Yoga Power Tips To Maintain Your Fitness When Completing Poses
Yoga poses can be challenging to execute if you’re not fit and healthy. That’s why it’s essential to keep a healthy lifestyle and ensure that your body and mind are always a hundred percent ready for yoga. In this way, you can reap the amazing benefits of yoga. Practicing yoga exercises regularly will also help you to maintain a smooth and strong body, helping you to regulate your blood flow, boost your metabolism, and improve your circulation.
Check out these power tips to help maintain your fitness when completing yoga poses.
Practice Makes Perfect
With frequent practice, you’ll find your body adapting to each yoga pose every day. Even if you have short sessions, but doing it regularly, it’s far more effective as compared to long sessions of yoga without consistency. It’s always a good idea to keep your body warmed with yoga every day than missing several days because you’ll feel your body isn’t going to get accustomed to yoga if it’s been a while.
Here are some tips to improve your fitness with regular yoga practice:
Practice yoga for at least 15 minutes every day. Choose the best yoga sessions of your choice.
Even short yoga sessions daily can significantly affect your physical and psychological well-being.
Instill self-discipline when practicing challenging poses by being patient and learning the best yoga techniques with Boulder Yoga. Eventually, your body will become more flexible, and you’ll feel more comfortable doing the yoga poses.
Modify Yoga Poses For Your Body
Yoga is a great activity that promotes morning vitality. You don’t have to necessarily stick to the yoga poses you see in a book or what a yoga teacher demonstrates. While your yoga teacher will execute a perfect yoga pose, you don’t have to stress yourself too much. Allow yourself to adapt to the posture gradually.
Also, a good yoga teacher shows how you can ease your body carefully close to the ideal posture. You can take advantage of using yoga props, such as bolsters, extra blocks, and a belt to boost your inner stretch or energy direction that the yoga pose seeks to evoke.
Ask the Yoga Expert
In a yoga class, a yoga teacher assists each student. Don’t hesitate to ask for assistance from your yoga teacher if you need it. Even a slight touch can make you aware of what movements you need to do, and what body parts to pay close attention to so you can make adjustments.
After your yoga class, don’t hesitate to ask questions so you can get expert advice about keeping yourself fit to execute better and complete yoga poses.
Here are some examples of questions you can ask a yoga expert:
What yoga practice regimen can you recommend for a beginner?
How do you maintain a healthy and fit body to help complete challenging yoga poses?
How long should I practice before shifting to another yoga pose?
What are the best exercises to help me improve body fitness in preparation for a challenging yoga pose?
Watch Your Diet
The food you eat reflects your overall health and fitness. Have you heard of the yogic diet? In Ayurvedic philosophy, the three qualities of all things include:
Raja, described as hot, spicy, and fast.
Tama, slow, sluggish, and bland
Sattva, which refers to purity and harmony.
All of these qualities should be present. A yogic diet should strike a perfect balance between these three qualities.
Here are the details of each quality of the yogic diet:
Rajasic Foods: These foods are hot, dry, salty, bitter, or spicy, which overstimulate a person’s mind, exciting his passions.
Tamasic Foods: These foods are bland, which include fermented foods, meat, onions, garlic, alcohol, tobacco, and overripe substances.
Sattvic Foods: This pure diet is the most suitable for serious yoga students because it nourishes the physical body and helps maintain a peaceful mental and emotional state. It calms the mind so the body will function at its best performance to complete a yoga pose.
Take Time to Relax
Yoga doesn’t need to be a stressful activity. Take time to relax. So, why not end your yoga practice with Shavasana? It’s a ‘Corpse pose,’ in which you lie flat on the floor, which helps you rest and consciously relaxes your body for five to 15 minutes.
When performing this yoga pose, take your time and never rush. Gently get up and roll onto the right side. After this, come up to a sitting position according to your pace.
Also, an essential aspect of yoga is wearing loose and comfortable clothing so your body can stretch in different directions without restricting your movements.
Conclusion
If you want to maintain a healthy and fit body to complete yoga poses, you should practice regularly, even in short sessions. Also, you have to watch your diet to ensure there’s a perfect balance and to avoid disease associated with an unhealthy food.
You can modify your posture if you can’t perform the perfect pose, and it’s okay to take time to relax if you feel stressed. After all, yoga should be a fun, relaxing, and healthy activity.
from Deep Peace Yoga https://deeppeaceyoga.com/yoga/boulder-yoga-power-tips-to-maintain-your-fitness-when-completing-poses/
The dramatic change in the number of practitioner-scholars ushers in an era of authentic conversation
A Quest for Answers with Mark Singleton
Deep Peace Yoga asked Mark to share the context for what promises to be a significant community conversation.
An inquiring and deeply reflective approach
Susan Maier-Moul Mark, this is really great news. You’re giving a public lecture on your work in one of the most talked about areas of practice these days – what’s really ancient and what’s really misinformation about yoga.
What made you decide to accept this invitation?
Mark Singleton I think the time is ripe for scholars and yoga practitioners to engage in dialogue. For a long time, the modern practices of yoga were not something that scholars investigated.
Susan It seems scholars may have been as unaware of contemporary practice as practitioners have been of scholarship.
Mark That situation has changed dramatically over the last ten years, and now the interests of many researchers overlaps squarely with the interests of lots of people in the yoga community.
There’s also been an enormous increase in the number of ‘scholar-practitioners’ and ‘practitioner-scholars’ — that’s to say, folks who practice yoga, but have an inquiring and deeply reflective approach to the meaning of yoga in a broad sense.
This is a moment of opportunity for yoga in the West.
The time is ripe for a new dialogue
Susan At the time I did my teacher training, various findings of scholarly yoga studies – such as accurate dating and the evolution of asana – were often generally dismissed as cold or wrong-headed. I remember having it impressed upon me that people who “do yoga” have a different, more authentic understanding than that of people who “study yoga.”
Mark What’s unfortunate is when practitioners reject scholarship, or scholars, as being antagonistic or irrelevant to ‘real practice’.
This is to take a very narrow view of the range of tools we have for engaging with knowledge. Scholars have bodies, and yoga practitioners have minds.
Such a view also doesn’t give sufficient credit to the ways in which the rational inquiring mind is central to yogic traditions.
Susan It has seemed to me as more and more people have begun to explore yoga, no matter where they enter into practice, a kind of willingness to engage yoga as something other than only samkyha philosophy has grown exponentially. There’s a growing hunger for the materials and critical thinking with which to do it.
Building deeper engagement on a solid foundation
Mark I’m excited about the possibilities that are open to yoga practitioners today.
There is a solid foundation of learning and inquiry in the community that just wasn’t there ten years ago. There are many more yoga teachers out there, and many more serious practitioners.
This should provide the bedrock for taking our knowledge and experience of yoga to a new level. I’m excited to be involved in the discussion.
Susan You have a background of teaching in India, don’t you? You were also responsible for developing educational materials there, prior to your current position.
Mark Yes. Among other things, I taught and edited publications for three years on an experimental “yogic education” project in India – the Alice Project.
Susan You seem to believe in bridging communities and in seeing yoga fulfill its potential to transform lives on a very real and fundamental level. The Alice Project, after all, is a children’s universal education program in India, isn’t it?
Mark Yes. After that, I taught yoga to children in schools in London and elsewhere, based on the methods of the Alice Project. There’s no doubt about yoga’s efficacy in transforming the lives of children–I’ve seen it work its magic again and again.
Are Yoga Poses Ancient History?
A Quest for Answers with Mark Singleton
It’s often said that yoga is a 5000 year old tradition from India. But what about the practices we do today? Is there really a direct link to the ancient past, or is the story more complicated? Today yoga is virtually synonymous in the West with the practice of āsana. And yet, in spite of the immense popularity of yoga worldwide, there is little evidence that āsana has ever been the primary aspect of any Indian yoga practice tradition—including the medieval, body-oriented hatha yoga. How did this strange situation come about? What can we learn from the modern history of āsana? And what does it mean for our practice today? Come along and find out what the debate is all about.
Mark Singleton has a Ph.D in Divinity from Cambridge University. He has published extensively on modern yoga, including the first collection of scholarship on the topic, Yoga in the Modern World (2008), and the ground- breaking study of the modern history of āsana, Yoga Body, The Origins of Modern Posture Practice. He is a yoga teacher in the Iyengar and Satyananda traditions. His opinions on yoga have appeared (among other places) in the New York Times and Yoga Journal.
from Deep Peace Yoga https://deeppeaceyoga.com/yoga/are-yoga-poses-ancient-history/
Yoga and neuroplasticity: strengthening
our brains’ ability to adapt
One of the dramatic advances in our science-based understanding of being human in the past ten years is the result of research on neuroplasticity, the brain’s capacity to change its structure.
Neurons are the basic unit of our nervous systems. The organization of networks of neurons in our bodies and brains are the physical pathways by which we observe and respond to everything around us. Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change these pathways through which we do our thinking, feeling, moving, and living, in other words, change the structures by which we are who we are in the world.
New discoveries about neuroplasticity “change everything about how we should think of ourselves, who we are and how we get to be that way,” says neuroscientist Michael Merzenich of the University of California, San Francisco. [Newsweek*]
Growth and recruitment in the brain
Neuroscience journalist Sharon Begley, reporting for Newsweek, says the way we do things, the way we use our bodies, is the foundation of growth and change. “The amount of neural real estate devoted to a task, such as playing the violin, expands with use. And when an area of the brain is injured, as in a stroke, a different region– often on the mirror-image side–can take over its function.”
In an article in The New England Journal of Medicine Bruce Dobkin agreed. “At any time after [a] stroke, cognitive, language, and motor skills may improve by means of the cerebral processes involved in ordinary learning.” Learning, he says, is “experience- induced neuroplasticity.” Dobkin asserts physical activity can initiate learning and improve the brain’s ability to adapt “even when the exercise is initiated years after a stroke.” [NEJM**]
All of this means no matter how long we’ve had a habit or an attitude, it’s malleable. Are there implications, then, for how movement and practice can change who we think we are and what is possible for us?
Why we embrace a lack of choice – and responsibility
Begley’s Newsweek piece, “When Does Your Brain Stop Making New Neurons?” spotlights our love affair with “genetic determinism”, that is, why we prefer to believe we’re “hard-wired” – and helpless.
“Few laypeople understand that neurological nihilism and genetic determinism have been so discredited. Most still embrace the idea that our fate is written in our DNA, through the intermediary of the brain wiring that DNA specifies,” writes Begley. She quotes UCSF’s Merzenich, “It’s puzzling that determinism is so attractive to so many people. Maybe it’s appealing to view yourself as a defined entity and your fate as determined.”*
As Shakespeare wryly noted, our fault lies not in our stars (or our brains or genes) but in ourselves. When it comes to health, “predisposition” indicates areas of vulnerability, not irrevocable fate.
Yoga: Your brain on prana
Neuroplasticity is a particularly clear argument for yoga. Asana is a physical practice of attention – “neural real estate expanding with use.”
The attentional and intentional aspects of yoga boost its effectiveness to help the brain adapt. Even mental practice is a “use of the body” that changes the neuron network structure. In a Time Magazine piece, Begley cites a study of advanced meditation practitioners:
perhaps the most striking difference was in an area in the left prefrontal cortex–the site of activity that marks happiness. While the monks were generating feelings of compassion, activity in the left prefrontal swamped activity in the right prefrontal (associated with negative moods) to a degree never before seen from purely mental activity. [Time*]
Neuroscientist Richard Davidson, who organized the study, believes the results indicate a “positive state is a skill that can be trained.”
How our “experiences reach down” even into the depths of our DNA may not yet be understood by scientists, but it has been the life practice of yogis for thousands of years.
Neuroscience no longer uses descriptions like “hard-wired” when talking about brain function. In spite of discoveries about the adaptability of the brain, the rest of us persist in using “fated” metaphors of determinism whenever we slip into talking about body and mind as though there were two separate things. But our brains, once deemed to be unchangeable, are now known to have a great ability to adapt rapidly to day-by-day practice and over time, even recover from trauma.
What we choose to do with our bodies and lives, changes who we are. As Merzenich says. “We now know that the qualities that define us at one moment in time come from experiences that shape the physical and functional brain, and that continue to shape it as long as we live.”
Sharon Begley. Newsweek; 7/2/2007, Vol. 150 Issue 2, p62-64. Time 1/2/2007 vol. 169 pp. 72
Bruce H Dobkin. The New England Journal of Medicine. Boston: Apr 21, 2005. Vol. 352, Iss. 16; pg. 1677
from Deep Peace Yoga https://deeppeaceyoga.com/meditation/against-neuro-nihilism-your-brain-on-prana/
