Just Enough

Just Enough

Last month Trinity College Dublin released a study* that identifies how the brain functions when prāṇāyāma helps us to focus. The study revealed activity in an area of the brainstem, the locus coeruleus, which produces noradrenaline. This chemical helps us to focus...

Dharana Practice II – Lake Mind

Start first with some deep yoga breaths, feeling the body being breathed by the air moving in and out of the lungs. Feel the body settle, the muscles releasing from their effort. As the body settles into just the movement of breath let the mind start to settle as...

Dharana Practice I – Breath Awareness

Simple focus on the breath in the body is one of the many methods of developing Dharana, or concentration. Since the breath is always with us it is a very helpful tool to settle the mind and establish a single point of focus. This helps us to cultivate a deep...