Qiology - the art of health podcast

coming again from my teacher training bedroom in milan!

talking more about meditation, the core of the yoga practice. yoga is not about getting fit.

really yoga (and medtiation) about staying... even when your mind doesn't want to stay with what you are experiencing and going through in life. this is the opposite of what we tend to do. we tend to either avoid what we are thinking and feeling... or we compartmentalise and ignore. this is bad for your mental health.

medtiation is about staying and watching what goes on inside you... and then you begin to see what thoughts really are....

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training coming up (this fall)

https://www.dhugalmeachem.com/meditate

live from my attic in milan!

meditation is about being your best friend... no matter what. this simple definition is empowering. no spirituality, no super powers, not even necessarily liking it all the time... but is nurturing an ability to be there for yourself... no matter what.

NOTES:

training coming up (this fall)

https://www.dhugalmeachem.com/meditate

coming to you live from milan!

is yoga meditation?

i certainly think it could be.

a practice to allow you to take whatever comes at you in life.

if your yoga is not helping or if you have been in yoga a long time and it doesn't seem to be as powerful as it once was... i propose a different way of thinking about your practice.

re-cast!

i was recently a leader with atman way's 'silence the guns' meditation marathon to meditate for peace in the world.

come join me for my 30min seated meditation practice. we focus on the experience of individuality - and how we can break this down - and therefore understand each other.

come join me.

acupressure and myofascial release are getting more and more popular in yin yoga and yoga in general. as it becomes more popular, weird and just plain wrong claims are being made on social media about what massaging or placing massage balls on these places will do.

in this short episode, i argue claims like these are erroneous, even dangerous because they leads yoga teachers to make spurious claims about the power of acupressure.

this week i'm getting romantic. i don't mean that kind of romantic. i mean the romance of getting out of your head....

the art of getting out of your head is not limited to postural yoga and meditation. a popular (but kinda out of fashion) approach was poetry.

come join me for a meander through some old buddhist monk rambling; misty mountains, gentle rivers and tea.

language!⁠

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consider these common yoga teacher terms:

"modification" - something one does if a student can't do the full pose

"variation" - a variation on the standard⁠ - normally for more advanced students.

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this language is a problem. ⁠

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because it makes it seem that there is a 'standard' pose we all should work to... and we could all get there if we work enough. those who can do the standard teach everyone else (cos they can) and invite those who can to push it even further with 'variations' (for advanced people). ⁠

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this leaves the vast majority who cannot do the 'standard' and have to 'modify' (and get given all those cues to 'improve').⁠

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and how does that feel? exactly.

i want to you to consider that dropping these words is not being politically correct, spiritually liberal or inclusive. this language is bad because it is bad anatomy... come join me :-D

yoga is often seen to be a lot of effort. sometimes, we even boast to others (and ourselves) how much effort we have put in. we wave around certificates and accomplishments. but really, yoga is the opposite. it doesn't have to be hard. it should be really obvious. come join me to consider the lazy way...

Every week on this podcast we talk about yoga. This week, I thought we should actually practice some. So, I'd like you while you're listening this week to find a quiet place to sit down.

Just for 30 minutes.

And we'll sit together.

injury is unavoidable in life. we move too little or move too. and very often we have no idea why we injured ourselves. i offer my insight from years of practice and working with those in extremes - too little or too much... my answers may surprise you :-)