Re: [FairfieldLife] Issue: Are all forms of meditation and relaxation the same?

2017-10-29 Thread he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Shucks! Just checked it out: 'yaw' doesN'T apparently (at least per translate.google.com) exactly rhyme with, say, 'law', which would better rhyme with 'yo' in yoga!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Issue: Are all forms of meditation and relaxation the same?

2017-10-28 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Getting there is a process. But you can call it cream cheese if you like. :-) http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/01/25/study-factors-associated-with-consciousness-can-influence-our-autonomic-nervous-system/ On 10/28/2017 02:35 PM, he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I wouldn't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Issue: Are all forms of meditation and relaxation the same?

2017-10-28 Thread he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]
I wouldn't call (paatañjala-)yoga a process. According to both Vyaasa and Bhojadeva yoga is samaadhi: Bhoja: yogaH samaadhiH (~ yaw-gus samaadhihee)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Issue: Are all forms of meditation and relaxation the same?

2017-10-28 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Yoga IS the process of gaining control over autonomic nervous system.  Left to it's own devices the autonomic nervous system can go out of whack causing disease.  By yoga I don't mean the asanas.  That's a dumb western misapplication of the term.  Yoga actually means "meditation." TM is sorta

Re: [FairfieldLife] Issue: Are all forms of meditation and relaxation the same?

2017-10-27 Thread he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]
TM seems to superb in reducing trait anxiety?