Thursday, May 5, 2011

Samyama - Meditation Your Way

Samyama is the combination of the last three limbs of ashtanga yoga, dharana, dyana, and samadhi

So you're probably thinking, "Great. I can barely even do dharana (concentration), how am I supposed to do all three together?!" Well, guess what? You already know how to do this one! Everyone has activities that they lose themselves in.  You start getting into it and before you know it 3 hours have passed and it felt like 10 minutes.  That is samyama!  And it is a great step towards uniting your soul with the Universal. Eventually you will be able to reach that same state in a traditional 'meditation', but for now just be yourself! 

This weekend go out and do whatever your samyama activity is.  It can literally be anything (so long as it isn't going against any of our yamas and niyamas). Mine is dancing - yay! 

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