Experience in yoga rest practice
Modern people have a fast pace of life and great pressure on work and life. Especially professional women over 30 years old, they need to constantly accept challenges, learn and improve at work, and need to take care of their families, parents and children in life.
A few years ago, although it didn't require much effort from the family, the pressure of work and study was relatively great. Because my physique was not very strong since childhood, I often felt very tired and tired. I have tried various methods to improve it, including practicing aerobics, running, etc., but the results are not very good, and it is difficult to persist. One chance, a friend introduced yoga to me, and out of trust in my friend, I began to try to practice it. Because I was busy with work, I rarely went to the gym. I bought Zhang Huilan's music tape-Wisdom Flowers Blooming (there were no VCDs at that time) for the first time, because it had resting techniques in it. Hehe, something that lazy people like. After practicing it a few times, I felt that it was not hard at all. It could also help strengthen sleep and relieve stress. Very good... YOGA has been with me in life since then. I started listening to tapes almost every night before going to bed, and I also took them on business trips. At that time, yoga was not as popular as it is now, and my colleagues thought it strange how this little girl practiced yoga... Hehe, if it were now, no one would say that.
Whelan's voice is gentle and soft, but her Mandarin is not very accurate. It sounds strange, but it is definitely impressive. The rest procedure is divided into several stages. The first is breathing adjustment, breathing evenly and slowly, and then chanting "oh-ha-oh-oh". I feel the sound echoing in the mouth, nasal cavity, neck, and entire cranial cavity... my mood soon relaxed. Then there is the guide word to relax the whole body, from your feet to your head, little by little. Nowadays, the feeling of relaxation that coaches use after gym practice is extracted from rest techniques. Her voice did relax her body and consciousness bit by bit. Then I felt that my body was very heavy and light, and I guided it with my thoughts. I really felt that my body was like a rock, getting heavier and heavier, and it felt like it was connected to the bed. After that, we observe the pictures in front of us for various guidance and hints. Hehe, of course, they are visualizations. Finally, he recited the voice and slowly ended. A rest procedure takes about 30 minutes. The effect is probably better than sleeping for two hours.
When I first started practicing, I fell asleep while listening (actually, I didn't fall asleep, and I stayed awake to achieve better results and practice goals). Moreover, the voice meditation in the first paragraph still feels particularly difficult. It's not that the words are difficult to pronounce, but that it's really not easy to keep up with the breath. Aunt Whelan's "0-H-Y-O" breath is so long. Sometimes I have to change my breath twice to finish following it. If you deliberately want to keep up, sometimes it makes your breathing short and your heart beat fast. It seems that you can't rush. Later, I gradually practiced more, and I used abdominal breathing method to calm down and control my mind. I used my abdomen to squeeze out the gas little by little, and then the sound of voice meditation was made, which gradually adapted to her long breath. I felt very good at this time, and my state of mind can slowly relax and be calm, and then start a complete practice.
Yoga rest combines breathing and corpse relaxation. After several years of practice, I have benefited a lot. It is very effective in relieving stress and tension, calming emotions and improving sleep. Friends who like intense exercise may also wish to try, it can quickly help relax the tension generated by muscles, internal organs, etc. after exercise, recover fatigue, the effect is very obvious. Many friends who practice yoga in the gym say that they are not tired at all after practicing yoga. In fact, the final relaxation exercise is very effective in reducing exercise fatigue and restoring energy. (Internship Editor: Wu Jinyu)