My teacher says that Westerners are stuck in their heads too much already, and it is good to develop awareness of our bodies as well as our minds in meditation practice. One of the simple meditation techniques that helps us to reconnect with our bodies is Vase Breathing. You begin this meditation by finding a [...]

It’s true that breathing meditation might not be the easiest method for Westerners to begin with because we are so locked up inside our heads already, but I find that paying attention to the entire respiration is more helpful than the movement of air in our nostrils alone. Feel the air pass through your nostrils [...]