Meditation Advent Calendar - Day One

12/01/22 • 2 min

Welcome to day one of your meditation advent calendar! Over the next 24 days you'll gradually build up your meditation practice to 24 minutes. This time is for you to let the day drop away and sink into a calm state to prepare for Christmas and all that it brings!

Previous Episode

Withdrawal of the senses (Pratyahara): How Yoga can help us "switch off".

Withdrawal of the senses (Pratyahara) is the fifth of the eight limbs of Yoga
It is advisable to listen to "The Yoga Sutras" episode before you listen to this one.
When we withdraw the senses, we're not trying to switch the senses off, we are just becoming attuned to the subtle. Easier said than done in this over-stimulating world we live in because there's so much information being fed to our brains all day, every day.
In this episode Jo explores why we sometimes feel discomfort when we try to withdraw our senses. It takes practice to "switch off" and ground yourself.
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