Of late, I spend a few minutes when I first sit down doing what you suggest, letting attention go to the area of my sacrum and its movement vis-a-vis the ilia. I also rock back and forward, sideways, and observe the rotation that naturally occurs. Then I think of the basic Alexander Technique instruction, “Let my ...
Bat on a City Street
The neuroscientists Olaf Blanke and Christine Mohr hypothesize that the sense of self is a function of the vestibular, ocular, and proprioceptive/tactile/kinesthetic senses.
I devote a lot of my thought to reassuring myself that it’s alright to experience depth in senses other than the eyes and the mind, particularly in the proprioceptive ...
“Breath Gets Cut Off During Meditation”
Someone started a thread on “The Tao Bums” forum with the title: “Breath Gets Cut Off During Meditation”, and asked for “any advice (on how) to overcome it”.
Yuanwu, the twelfth century Chinese Zen teacher and author of “The Blue Cliff Record”, wrote:
You must strive with all ...