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Z1839
USA
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 Posted - Mar 29 2020 : 10:03:21 AM
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Hey,
I was wondering if anyone has ever tried doing spinal breathing and/or deep meditation in front of a mirror while looking into your eyes. It's something I sometimes feel drawn to, and it's an interesting experience.
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2020 : 09:19:59 AM
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Hi Z1839
Meditation in for going inwards. Paying attention to your reflection in the mirror while you meditate will be a distraction. I'm not saying don't try it as a fun experiment, but know it is not the optimal condition for deep meditation.
It might help you if you read Lesson 31. It is about a different kind of distraction from meditation. Yogani's explanation might be useful to you.
I hope your practice is going well.
All the best  |
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Christi
United Kingdom
4365 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2020 : 09:44:54 AM
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Hi Z1839,
I have to agree with Blue. It is not actually possible to do Spinal Breathing or Deep Meditation with your eyes open. You would be doing different practices.
See here from lesson 41:
"Sit comfortably with back support, and close your eyes just as you do when you meditate. Now, keeping your mouth closed, breathe in and out slowly and deeply through your nose, but not to the extreme." [Yogani]
Obviously there are an infinite number of changes that people could make to the AYP practices, but once they are changed, they are not the AYP practices any more. They are something else and will produce different results.
See here for making modifcations to the basic AYP baseline practices.
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Dogboy
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2020 : 6:48:59 PM
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I do enjoy placing my third eye on the mirror; at that intimate distance, my two eyes merge into one (a Cyclops!) and everything outside of the iris blurs away. By gazing into the “pupil tunnel” and “just being”, it indeed becomes inward and meditative. One could do spinal breathing there, and possibly a mantra, but Blue and Christi are correct in stating this is not an AYP practice. It DOES feel like glimpsing into your soul!  |
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