I first started meditating about ~2-3 years ago but havent been very frequent up til these past ~7 months, there around. Ive lately really started to see how powerful it can be and the benefits im getting from it, or from mindfullness overall.
Now i do it everyday (first thing after going to the bathroom when i wake up), most days 2 times a day with the 2nd one later in the afternoon before dinner, but its really a practice that goes on all through out the day.
Ive been useing a app called headspace, (EDIT: https://www.headspace.com/ they have a free 10 day thing without any bindings that u can try out ((wich convinced me to snapbuy a 12 month sub)), more info in their little "intro video" on their homepage) for the past 3 months and its just the nuts, hands down the best app ive used over the years and it has helped me tons.
For flexibility, workouts, LIFE, just start doing jiu jitsu and it will all be taken care of
LikeASet United States. Sep 18 2015 22:25. Posts 2113
Imo Yoga/meditation and yoga/stretching should be in separate threads as they can be related but are mostly different topics.
Despite conflicting research, I think stretching and myofascial release (or sports massage) have significant benefits in terms of mobility and pain relief. Unfortunately there are a few problems when it comes to most people trying to incorporate stretching, myofascial release, etc. in order to reap the benefits. First of all most people don't stretch problem areas at a high enough intensity where the impaired range of motion is actually being increased, most people just do stretch X and zone out to almost falling asleep and think they're doing themselves any good. You have to force each muscle slowly cm by cm slowly passed the range of comfort, without obviously being too aggressive and pulling/tearing something. Secondly people don't do particular stretches or stretching routines at a high enough frequency, one should try to do stretches daily after working out some kind of sweat from like a jog, swim, gym workout, etc. Once or twice a week just won't cut it. But really I think the biggest problem is that people don't address the causes of their impairments or pains first. Majority of muscle imbalances are caused by the typical modern way of life, people are sitting down for too long at a time (should not exceed 1 hr straight) with bad posture (hunched over with legs in an overly flexed position). Also sadly I think at least 90% of people that do weighted squats, deadlifts, and presses with the shittiest form and too much god damn weight therefore they just slowly fk themselves up over a long period of time. If you do bro-split bodybuilding type workouts then you really gotta make sure you stretched the worked muscles on a regular basis.
Anyhoo for myself I do dynamic stretches for my lower back and roll it around over lacrosse balls, then I do a few static stretches for my lower body. I do a prifimoris stretch, hip flexor stretch, hip adductor stretch, hamstring stretch, and calve stretch. I try to do 3 sets each of each stretch, 30 seconds each set, so it's about an additional 10 mins after most of my lifting sessions. Whenever I'm just sitting at the computer or studying, I try to get up every hour walk around for a few minutes and then stretch out my hip flexors a couple times.
Read some of the slides, and pretty much sums up what I was feeling/why I stopped. The path to enlightenment being mumbo jumbo, teachers imposing rules and their understanding of reality on you...
Still think the actual stuff like counting breaths, focusing on parts of body, or on surroundings...is awesome if you drop all spirituality, contemplating of the "self" and use the practices to just focus on present moment, filtering out the past and the future, and making the most of it.
" For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.
From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experiences of such figures as Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history. Throughout this book, Harris argues that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow, and that how we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the quality of our lives.
Waking Up is part memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than Sam Harris—a scientist, philosopher, and famous skeptic—could write it. "
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asdf2000 United States. Sep 19 2015 02:31. Posts 7691
i stretch my dick out with my hand
Grindin so hard, Im smashin pussies left and right.
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asdf2000 United States. Sep 19 2015 02:46. Posts 7691
Read the notes on that 2 hour video. He isn't really saying not to meditate.
I agreed with the points he make. I didn't like his tone, I found it discouraging and a little pretentious(just my interpretation of the notes. he may not be this way in the video).
Grindin so hard, Im smashin pussies left and right.
I dont do Yoga nor meditate but I started having stretching sessions after workouts on a yoga mat and god damn its fucking orgasmic, it get sooo relaxed I could sleep profoundly on the spot, you should try it.
Sweden. Sep 18 2015 09:53. Posts 4472
