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Yoga is a well-known natural
therapy in the West, where many people view
it as a form of gentle exercise that consists
of body postures and breathing techniques
with perhaps some meditation thrown in.
However, in its purest Hindi form yoga is
in fact a way of being that controls all
aspects of life. |
Fundamentally meditation
is about detaching from the world around
you and reaching a state of deep relaxation
and increased mental clarity. Depending
on the context it is described in many ways,
for example meditation could be a condition
in which the mind focuses on a thought or
an image, or an open receptiveness to whatever
enters the mind, or a state of relaxed awareness,
or a state in which the mind is “empty”. |
