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Meditation, part 2 (meditation)
Withdraw from the external world to cultivate inner relaxation and awareness. Release the day's efforts and enter a state of comfort and safety. Observe your surroundings and then bring attention inward to the physical body. Systematically relax each part from the toes to the head, achieving a state of comfortable motionlessness. Bring awareness to the natural breath without altering its rhythm, observing the inflow of vitality and outflow of toxins. Inner relaxation means freeing oneself from obligatory thoughts and feelings. Concentrate awareness at the center of the chest, feeling the body's expansion and contraction with each breath, before returning attention outward.
"Observe the respiratory system. Observe how the breath is flowing in and out."
"Inner relaxation means: do not occupy yourself with particular thoughts, and do not engage yourself or bother yourself with particular feelings."
Filming location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
