{"id":765,"date":"2013-02-05T11:46:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholeperson.com\/wordpress\/?p=765"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:46:21","slug":"cultivate-the-positive-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/cultivate-the-positive-meditation","title":{"rendered":"Cultivate the Positive Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are three proven yoga techniques to help with setting a worthwhile intention that will help you overcome frustrations, anxiety and fatigue.\u00a0 You will have clarity of mind, and be calm and courageous too.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wholesomeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Yoga-Cultivate-the-Positive-Julie-Lusk-handout.pdf\">Click here for details for all three of these exercises (pdf)<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Pratipaksha Bhavana<\/strong> is a meditation practice based on a teaching from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali that says, <em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWhen disturbed by negative thoughts and feelings, cultivate the positive.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (Yoga Sutras 2.33)<\/p>\n<p>This meditation teaches us to exchange negative thoughts and feelings for positive ones. This nurtures our capacity to react constructively and mindfully in a levelheaded and calm manner to people and situations, and less likely to react automatically and negatively. \u00a0It helps us develop qualities like courage, kindness, patience and health improvement.\u00a0 Doing so enables us to enjoy better relationships, benefit from clear thinking, and have the ability to make positive behavior changes.<\/p>\n<p>Although it\u2019s important to get to know all the emotions, even those that seem unpleasant or negative, it\u2019s quite important to nourish, water and feed what we want to grow.\u00a0 This meditation teaches us to exchange negative thoughts and feelings for positive ones.\u00a0\u00a0 We do this by breathing in and out the positive to counteract the negative. This emphasizes helpful qualities, enabling them to take root quickly and efficiently. \u00a0This nurtures our capacity to react constructively and mindfully in a levelheaded and calm manner to people and situations, and less likely to react automatically or\u00a0 negatively.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 <strong>The Kubera Mudra<\/strong> is a yoga posture for the hands that\u00a0 brings your intention to life. <em><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><\/em><em>Focuses and concentrates energy for something strongly desired.<\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Puts powerful strength behind future plans (goals and what you want fulfilled)<\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Confidence, calmness and peacefulness<\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>It can also be used to find something (lost object, parking spot, etc.)<\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Physically, it opens and is a decongestant the frontal sinuses<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3.\u00a0 <strong>Yoga Nidra<\/strong> is deeply restorative and healing.\u00a0 It will seal your intention in so it will take root and bloom.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wholesomeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Yoga-Cultivate-the-Positive-Julie-Lusk-handout.pdf\">Click here for details for all three of these exercises (pdf)<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember, <em><strong>\u201cWhen disturbed by negative thoughts and feelings, cultivate the positive. \u201d<\/strong><\/em> (Yoga Sutras 2.33)<\/p>\n<p>-Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/store\/julie-lusk.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Lusk<\/a>, from <a href=\"http:\/\/wholesomeresources.com\/2676\/cultivate-the-positive-meditation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wholesome Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are three proven yoga techniques to help with setting a worthwhile intention that will help you overcome frustrations, anxiety and fatigue.\u00a0 You will have clarity of mind, and be calm and courageous too. 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