Re: Breath sensations
When I lead my yoga classes in meditation and they are people who don't usually meditate (rather like me presently ) I often give them other little things on which to focus. For example, I'll ask them to discern the change in temperature of the air they breathe into their nostrils to the air they breathe out. I'll also get them to imagine that with every out breath they're body is getting heavier and heavier and later, with every in breath, their body is getting lighter. Then I invite my students to drop the visualisation or noticing of the additional sensation and just stay focussed on the breath itself. I seem to be getting great results with these kinds of additions to the single focus approach, judging by the blissed out faces and reluctance of people to actually stand up and leave when the lesson is formally completed. It doesn't feel too much to say that I can feel it working on the collective energy in the room.
I have also asked people to focus on their body, on the parts that feel present and the parts that feel as though they've disappeared. It doesn't surprise me that you've noticed this: it seems to be a very normal result of breath awareness meditation. I've also experienced that modulation through different states. It is, indeed, very interesting.
"A dream is a question, not an answer."
(Therapist and dreamworker Strephon Kaplan
Williams)
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