I attended a weekend IAM Breathing Retreat in July 2020 for the purpose of getting motivated to restart a daily practice after having a three week flu episode.I had been struggling to achieve a breath hold for longer than a minute. Other issues in my body were a chronic cough (20 years) and extreme tightness in my chest, shoulders… actually all over.
One of the facilitators said:
“You need to relax.”
Well I thought I knew that but in the moment I committed to his words and that is what made and is making the difference.
I have incorporated a mantra into the breathing meditation using “RE” on the inbreathe and “LAX” on the outbreath. I also use this when I notice that I am stressed or when the cough throat tickle is noticed.
The other teacher made a comment that she uses the Cold Immersion to give her “strength” to help her with the conditions involved in her life as a Student at Tushita Heart Hermitage.
That statement resonated with where I was at and I now celebrate the “strength” I am building that enables me to enjoy the cold immersion practise.
Trusting in the experience and guidance of the teachers and committing to the sequence of breathing, meditating and cold immersion was and is now invaluable for my physical and emotional health and gives me the strength and courage to be True to Myself.
Read: Animal Enjoyment through Air and Water – another firsthand account from a practising student of Tushita Mystery School.
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Who wrote this piece? Tushita Mystery School blogs are written by a number of Students at the Tushita Hermitage. Their anonymity supports their self-forgetting practice.
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