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- While reading your 'My MindBody practices and
Benefits' I felt as if I was reading " My
experiment with truth" by Mahatma Gandhi and " The
art of motor-cycle maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig. I had
to read them several times to get the insight.
I 100% agree with you. There is no worse enemy than
our own thoughts. I too adopted your methods to some extent, to get rid
of guilt and hurt feelings. Yet I cannot claim, I totally got off these poisonous thoughts. Your
message helped me to practice more vigorously and behave with more
alertness.
In Bhagavadgita, there are two slokas (A)
Uddharedatmanam.....ripuratmanaha (B) Gatasun agatasun nanu sochanti
panditaha. These two slokas more are less speaks about the
above. Only with the deep- contemplation and introspection, one can
understand.
Your writing puts the reader down to the earth,
like Jiddu Krishnamurthi's
way. In totality I didn't see much
difference.
K.S
Murthy
- I liked your entire website. Many of my clients need to be
instructed with proper breathing techniques, and I am always looking for
referrals, to assist them with their path in life. I think you would be
a good one to refer people to.
A Massage therapist
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It
was a great experience going thru the web site..I could see the amount
of effort and hard work put in, for setting up the website and
maintaining with the latest activities on a month to month basis......
Each and every point has been explained clearly, on how to relate the
experiences and the examples to one’s own life....
The
articles in the page "Driving Through Life" are
really amazing.... My understanding and experience of the of
the truth, after going thru the SSY (Sidha Samadhi Yoga)
course, reading the books of Swami Vivekannda and
reading your articles in this page were the
same...But the fantastic thing here, is that you have understood
these points from your personal experiences and trying to help
others...
At
this point I do not have the words with me to describe, but it has been
a wonderful thought that you are trying make your personal
experience useful to others. I felt very happy that through this
active website many people across the world
are benefiting by practicing these simple
techniques.
A Software
Engineer
Adult
practitioners who learned the method 'Counting Breaths' from the on-line
'Booklet' and
practiced on their own. (Their names are deleted to protect their
privacy)
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I have meditated for over 30 years, but your teachings have made it
possible for me to work the meditation and awareness into my every-day
activities. I also do the "attentive" breathing during the day as I feel
necessary.
As our work has been extremely demanding, my need to
recover from stress is constant. I am grateful for the techniques you
have taught us, which can be practiced in the midst of daily life. I
wish that more people would take the time to learn these simple
techniques which would make their lives more conscious and rewarding.
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I had been taking 2 kinds of medicines for the last 10 years for
chronic insomnia, severe anxiety etc. After practicing this and related
methods for the last 2 years, I could gradually stop both medicines.
It's a wonderful feeling. I thank you sooooooooooo much for helping me
get out of that pit I was in. I used to look really tired and unhappy
before I
started this method but recently I had comments from people
that I look so much better. I am not picking at my nails as much as I
used to do under stressful situations.
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I practice almost every night before bed. I used to wake up at least
twice a night but now I sleep straight through. It makes me feel more
energetic during the day. I practice any time I wait for something - in
the kitchen, waiting for food to cook, at stoplights, in line at stores.
Recently when I was changing my name at the social security office,
there was a long line and many were complaining. I started feeling my
breath and my 25 minute wait was relaxed.
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I practice often with open eyes - watching TV and listening to music.
It has helped me concentrate while reading and doing all other
work.
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I definitely do it when I am in some kind of
pressure situation and I immediately get relieved. Also, if I
suddenly wake up in the night and some thoughts wander in my mind, I
practice it and again I get sound sleep.
- I am
doing breath practice regularly in morning times. But I am not
counting the breaths. I am concentrating on breath intake and after some
breaths, without knowing, I go into
deep "Dhyanam" (Meditation). My
mother had undergone bypass surgery end of 2006. After that I
taught her this meditation process. She got so much impressed,
that she is practicing daily morning and evening. I
see that her face is much healthier now and she is also active.
After the surgery, she is undergoing medical check-up once in 6 months
and the reports are very good. Her medication dose was
also reduced
by the
doctors.
- I consult your Book- "Relax, whenever You
want- Any Place, Any Time" you presented to me. It is
very useful. I have learnt many things from it. I did a crash
course (1 year) on YOGA. I do many Pranayamas and some very simple
pranic healing breathing exercises. But still, the techniques in
this book are wonderful. It is like to training myself to regulate
the air in and out. Your advices are most simple, useful and
beneficial. My sincere gratitude to you, for showing us a path for good
living. I hope one day your teaching will be more popular and you
may become a "Guru" like Ramdev Baba and Sri
Ravishankar.
Aloka Kanungo
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Report from the
mother of a 2 year old girl
Thank you CS for introducing this to me.
I have
a 2 year old daughter who was not sleeping well at night. She
would constantly toss and turn all night and come morning time when I
would go in, to wake her up, she was absolutely miserable.
I was then introduced to the counting breaths method
and figured I would bring this information home and try it with my
daughter. To my surprise the next day, I woke up a completely
differently little girl.... or so it seemed. She was much happier
and more co-operative with me then previous mornings.
I also tried this method with her time-out if she
misbehaves. Once again to my surprise it worked. Within a few
moments, she would become much calmer and more relaxed.
I
highly recommend this for anyone and any age
group.
Parents’ comments after their kids had
done 'Follow-up Classes' with me
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Recently I have seen some very positive changes in our son. For
example, yesterday he started his winter recess and was home all
day, baby sitting his younger brother without complaining. The sessions
have helped him a lot to improve his outlook.
Posts in a UK Rural Forum
(Year 2008)
Original Post:
“Can
anyone recommend a way to get a good night's sleep? I haven't had a decent
sleep for a week or so. I normally have about five and a half to six
hours, but am only managing about four. It's taking ages 'dropping off' at
the moment. Any suggestions?
P.S. I've tried the brandy
method”.
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Comments from other members:
Boots the
Chemist do an over the counter "sleepezee" tablet. I have found that the
pack where you are supposed to take two a night, works really well for me
to break the cycle when I take one tablet a night for 3 nights. That
does it for me............................................
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One
major benefit is very comfy pillows, not feather, but normal pillows from
somewhere like John Lewis should be nice and comfortable and help as well.
And thanks, ………, for your tip too. I don't use pillows, but I'll try
that as well.
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Well, I think the tablets and pillow did the
trick. I normally wake between six and seven, but today opened my eyes at
10.38! Some of the cautions on the tablets are a bit alarming, but if
they can establish a routine then that'll do for me. Thanks
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If you decide to give up on the tablets, I've
recently learnt a breathing technique that can help: breathe in and
concentrate on the feeling of the indrawn breath in your nostrils;
then breathe out slowly counting 'one, one, one' etc to the end of the
breath. Repeat the in-breath, then breathe out counting 'two, two,
two...' and so on. If other thoughts break in, go back to the
beginning and count 'one' again. It's just a means of pushing out
all those thoughts that crowd in the middle of the night, and it helps
your mind and body to relax. It's also a good technique to use if
you are feeling nervous about something.
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Thanks for the tip. I used to really enjoy reading at
bedtime, but have struggled in recent years. I find myself getting to the
end of a page and realizing I have no idea what I've just read- but I will
have reminded myself to write and post a letter or remembered a walk from
years ago! I'll go back to the top of the page, and usually it'll register
the second time. It's so frustrating! It's the same with the
television- I just can't concentrate on anything longer than news items.
So, I'm going to use the
breathing/counting technique before I next read.
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Thanks. Your breathing technique worked for me
last night for getting off to sleep and to drop off again in the early
hours. How right you are about “thoughts that crowd in”. Like
so many of the best ideas, this one is simple. Where did you find
it?
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Glad it was useful. I found
out about it from a leaflet I picked up at my kids' school. There's
a website with more info if you are interested: www.countingbreaths.com. I gather the technique
comes from India originally.
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