4 yoga methods to "calm down"

1. Simple Sitting Meditation Technique Sit on the mat, with the center of your left foot pressed on the inside of your right thigh, and the center of your right foot pressed on the inside of your left calf in the opposite direction. Adjust your center of gravity. Lay your legs on the floor as much as possible, stand upright, and slightly retract your chin and stretch your neck upwards as much as possible; connect your thumbs with your index fingers (lotus fingers), palm up, close your eyes, and take a deep breath with your nose.

2. Half Lotus Sitting Meditation Technique Sit on the mat, place your left foot on the thigh of your right leg, and your right leg remains flat on the floor. Other movements are the same as the above requirements. Pay attention to slowly press the knee joint downward after placing the left leg on the thigh of the right leg to relieve the tension in the knee.

3. Lotus Sitting Meditation Technique Sit on the mat, place your left foot on the thigh of your right leg, place your right foot on the thigh of your left leg, and cross your left and right calves in an X shape. Other requirements are the same as the first action. Due to the difficulty, it is best for beginners not to practice this method.

4. Sine meditation technique Lay your body flat on the mat, your legs are differentiated, your arms are naturally stretched out on your sides, your palms facing up, and your eyes are closed. Be careful to stay focused and not let yourself fall asleep.

As a beginner, it is difficult to enter a meditation state in a short period of time when practicing yoga meditation. Therefore, Coach Wang recommends that beginners try this method: sit down in the above posture, close your eyes, and focus on your own breath, take a deep breath, make the sound of "O" first when exhaling, then close your lips to make the sound of "M" until the breath is completely exhaled, and then repeat it. Pay attention to letting your ears hear it when you make a sound. Focus on the sound and experience its echo in your brain. Practicing the above four methods, I believe that you can still have a calm and peaceful life and work in the hot summer. (Editor in charge: Deng Qi)