These retreats that are 10-day challenge you on every level – psychological, mental and physical. They do so not to test your will or your own strength but to bring about a new understanding of what life is all about and who you are.
Your breath can heal. One was a physical healing. I had a problem with my knee for about two decades and developed a pinched nerve in recent weeks in my hip. Within two days of observing my breath, my ailments were gone. Additionally, the meditation process allowed for many emotional hurts to appear to the surface and cure. Our breath has a wonderful capacity to heal. We need to take the time listen to what body, our mind and spirit requirements and to observe it.
Breath watching. Can meditating be as easy as paying attention? You bet. Relax in close your eyes and begin to pay vipassana pune meditation attention. Breathing through your nose gets the diaphragm gets oxygen and involved all the way to the bottom of your lungs. As your mind wanders, just re-focus your focus on the air going in and out of your nose. Do this for a few minutes, or you get used to it.
When you find yourself caught up in a thought and then let go of the contents of the thought, take one more step: Take a moment to understand the attachment you have for this particular thought (it sounds very real and important to you).
We were not left to meditate on our own. We did it where there were teachers teaching us the vipassana pune technique, and had instruction daily. The Vispassana experience is all about being aware of your own body. The first three days are the toughest.
When you wash your face, when you take a bath, when you answer a call of nature, you must be fully aware of everything- whatever you look at, whatever you see, whatever you hear, whatever you think, whatever you touch, whatever you pick up, whatever you do, even cleaning and washing in the toilet must be achieved with total awareness. You need to be aware of the movements of the hands when you’re washing your hands. You must be aware of the cold, if the water is cold. If the water is warm you must know about the warmth. After washing your hands, when you tidy your dress, you have to be fully aware of each movement. Concentrate on every step before, when you come from toilet.
Such situations begin to collect larger proportions as we grow older. We are befuddled when we must face situations which are’from syllabus’. How many situations can we foresee as a surety of phenomenon?