1 Million Views for Mastery of Meditation & Yoga

Mastery of Meditation & Yoga is nearing it’s second birthday, which is still quite young in internet years, but it has been growing rapidly this year and just crossed an important milestone for which I owe my thanks to all of you.  This week the website hit 1,000,000 views for the year 2008, which means that the wisdom and benefits of meditation and yoga found it’s way to hundreds of thousands of you.

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Role of Humor on the Spiritual Journey

A few weeks ago I was sitting out on my deck and enjoying what I call holistic vision.  Which is when you don’t focus on any one object, but instead take in the whole scenery together, using an unfocused, steady gaze.  Being aware of the space between the objects magnifies the effect of this way of looking and it a meditation all on it’s own (meditation detailed in Brain Development & Enlightenment Part I).

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Spiritual Growth - The Zen Way

Spiritual Test - The Zen Way

To approach something as complex as life it is important to keep things simple.  Zen Teacher Joko Beck does exactly that in how she describes what Zen considers to be spiritual living, spiritual growth and spiritual tests.

Below you will find an excerpt from her excellent book, Everyday Zen, which I think clearly explains how to gauge and grow your spirituality.

Title:       Everyday Zen - Love & Work

Author:  Charlotte Joko Beck

Pages:   51-52

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Yoga Ab Exercises to Shape Stomach

Yoga Ab Workout

Previously on Mastery of Meditation & Yoga, I had provided the powerful Core Abdominal Power Yoga Set to help you tone and build your abdominal muscles, but when it comes to strengthening and toning muscles it is good to hit the same muscle group with a variety of exercises and workouts.  This is simply because muscles adapt to certain exercises over time, and so targeting them with new workouts is needed to help stimulate their development.

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New Age & Self-Help Articles

Yoga, Meditation & Spiritual Growth Blog Carnival #22

Welcome to the 22th edition of the Meditation, Yoga and Personal Development carnival.  In it you will find below the best stuff from top bloggers in the areas of Yoga, New-Age, Self-Help and Spiritual Growth.  Topics range from Yoga, Meditation, After Life, Law of Attraction, Psychic Powers, Self-Help and more.

For my fellow active stumblers if you are interested in networking on Stumble Upon, please go ahead and reach out to me.  My stumble upon id is http://anmolmehta.stumbleupon.com.

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Do Women or Men Practice Yoga More?

A last second surge of female votes allowed them to just edge out the men when it came to the question of who practices yoga more, men or women.

The common understanding that yoga is mostly practiced by women was under serious threat for most of the time this survey was running and in fact at one time the men had a comfortable double digit lead as well.  But, it did not hold up as we came down the stretch and finally the women won the survey by a meager 2 votes.

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11 Guidelines for Eating Healthy

Guide on How to Eat Right

You are what you eat.  That statement certainly holds a lot of truth, but equally important to what you eat, is how you eat it and that is the topic of this guide.  The basis for this guide lie in Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of life and longevity, Yoga Philosophy as well as modern medicine.  The objective is to ensure that the food you are eating is providing you maximum benefit, not just at a physical level, but also at a psychological and energetic level.

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Jiddu Krishnamurti Speaks on Sensitivity

Sensitivity - The Heart of Spiritual Living

There are many profound and creative ways to describe the spiritual path and a spiritual life, but none capture the essence of spiritual living more precisely or succinctly than the following single word - Sensitivity.  The spiritual life can simply be called the sensitive life.  The following excerpt from J. Krishnamurti does a very thorough treatment of this topic and below I would like to share these thoughts of his with you.

Book:     Krishnamurti’s Notebook

Author:  J. Krishnamurti

Pages:   265-266

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Best Self Improvement Articles

Best Self-Help Articles

A recent Personal Development article I wrote, 10 Keys for Turning Ideas Into Reality, was very well received by the readers of Mastery of Meditation and also, by the public at large.  It literally caught fire on StumbleUpon and has been viewed more that 4,000 times in just the last day or so.  Many of my friends who don’t necessarily practice yoga and meditation (yet ), enjoyed this article quite a bit and requested that I provide more of my thoughts in this arena of self improvement, self-help and manifestation.

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We have run many fun and insightful surveys regarding meditation practice here on Mastery of Meditation and Yoga, and now it is time to run a survey to learn about your yoga practice.  To read the interesting surveys and results we have run so far, just go to the Surveys Category.

These surveys give you real life insight into the actual practices of other aspirants, a chance to learn from their experiences, as well as an opportunity to share knowledge with each other. Today’s survey is to find out if there is any truth behind the notion that women tend to practice yoga more than men!

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