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Definitions

 

Alpha state:
A specific frequency (between 7 and 12 Hz.) at which the brain operates during a certain state of consciousness. It is between Beta (normal waking) and Delta (normal sleeping).

Asana:
Sanskrit - a Hatha Yoga stretching posture or position.

Conscious Mental Activity:
only arises when the individual is deeply encapsulated in a profound state of Hear and Now.

Didgeridoo:
an ancient instrument native to Australia , as well as to the Amazon basin and various Pacific islands. It is a hollow pipe or tube composed of either natural or human made materials with or with out a mouth-piece, usually made of bee's wax. Air is blown into the tube producing a vibration which tends to stop the mind and induce the trance state of "alpha".

Experiential Metaphysics:
a level of consciousness where the perceiver experiences a state above and beyond physical reality.

Here and Now:
no past; no future; absolutely no unconscious mental activity. Pure awareness being purely aware of itself.

Holistic:
emphasizing the importance of the organic, interdependent relationship between the whole and its parts.

Interactive:
Where the client alternates between passively receiving and actively engaging in slow, gentle, deeply meditative yoga asanas.

Metaphysical:
above and beyond physical reality.

Microcosm:
the human being as an exact miniature version of the larger universe or macrocosm.

Prana:
Sanskrit: pra = 1st, na = unit. The first and smallest unit of energy in the universe of which all manifest things are created. Also, 'the breath of life', and, 'the universal life force' which pervades all of existence.  

Pranayama:
Sanskrit -1) control or regulation of the Prana, the universal life force, that enters the body with each breath. 2) yogic breath-work, breathing exercise/techniques.

Proprioception:
self awareness, inner awareness, the 6th sense, the faculty of perception within us which can be focused upon the entire body as a whole, and/or upon individual specific parts down to the 1st and smallest unit of pure energy called 'Prana'.

Proprioceptive Balancing:
A process by which the proprioception, inner awareness, is passed systematically through the body thereby bringing about an eventual complete hemispheric synchronization of the Being, as well as an eventual complete erasure of all 'samskaras'. 

Samskara:
Sanskrit - a latent impression of a past reaction to an input that entered the being through one of the 6 senses.

Unconscious Mental Activity:
thoughts of the past and future that are always charged with desire, wanting/not wanting. Each and every one of these thoughts always stores as a samskara that causes a vasana .

Vasanas:
tendencies that arise due to one's samskaras.

Yoga:
1) yoke; 2) union; uniting of polar opposites. 3) a state of perfect balance.

 

 


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