A 12-Minute Meditation to Widen Your Perspective
This practice—of never assuming an experience you have is the whole story—will support you in a life of open possibility and equanimity. When we obsessively focus on these events, they may appear catastrophic. But they’re just a small aspect of a larger life, and the further you zoom back, the smaller each experience becomes. Zoom in and obsess. Zo
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To activate the sympathetic nervous system: narrow your vision. Go into “Portrait Mode” and let everything else fall into the background. To activate the parasympathetic nervous system: widen your visual field. See as much of your environment as you can.
Charlotte Grysolle • Breathwork Fallacies, How to Tap Into Your ANS & a Slow Breathing Exercise
The intelligent practitioner knows how to regulate and master his or her breath, body, and mind, in order to enhance the power of concentration before proceeding in the work of observation to shed light. Meditation practice is nourishing for body and mind, and can also expand our vision. Expanded vision enables us to go beyond passionate attachment
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