tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689921816025233564.post6957922609887708263..comments2017-01-31T17:23:00.243-08:00Comments on Getting to Clear and Present: Weight loss project: Meditate while you work outAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15523449110415425003noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689921816025233564.post-83066128267960902962014-08-03T08:22:37.261-07:002014-08-03T08:22:37.261-07:00One thought/chant that seems to get me into this &...One thought/chant that seems to get me into this "aware" state quickly is to say to myself, "Relax into it." By relaxing and just being present with the activity, I feel peace. It's also remarkable how, when you're relaxing into ("accepting") and focusing on only one activity, you can actually be moving quite fast while feeling peaceful. <br /><br />George Harrison, who was a meditation devotee, took an interest in race car drivers. Apparently, when handling a car going at such high speeds, the drivers enter into a kind of meditative, hyper-aware state. One driver described it as "being able to distinguish a blade of grass" as he drove past a grassy patch. <br /><br />These exercises really do create an ability to enter into an altered state like this, and it feels great. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523449110415425003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689921816025233564.post-45588956073419705222014-08-03T08:19:09.221-07:002014-08-03T08:19:09.221-07:00I'm beginning to get some really spectacular r...I'm beginning to get some really spectacular results from these meditative gym workouts. When I'm outside the gym, all I need to do is think, "I am," and my mind clears and everything around me comes into crisper perspective. I'm more able to instantly get out of my head and feel connected to my body and to the world around me. There have been a few days when I've transitioned into this more aware state, and I've been aware of how incredibly wonderful it feels; I smile broadly when this happens.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523449110415425003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689921816025233564.post-26916384501697165672014-08-03T08:16:57.200-07:002014-08-03T08:16:57.200-07:00When I'm using meditation to be more "pre...When I'm using meditation to be more "present" during my aerobics, I'm often struck by how I notice details that alluded me earlier in the exercise. For example, I was half way through my work out, and I then noticed that someone had left a handy wipe towel on top of one of the machines right in front of me. How odd that I hadn't noticed it for 30 minutes and suddenly "became aware of it" as I practiced mindfulness and paying more attention. Another example is that I was a month or two into these awareness exercises, and I noticed that some of the Cybex machines had black swirly logos and some had purple ones.<br /><br />You might be thinking that these details are trivial, and you'd be correct. I think that the bigger benefits are 1) An increase in being able to pay close attention to detail ("it's like going to the gym for your attention span"), and 2) Being peaceful, and emotionally OK simply with being in one place and doing one activity, without having to distract yourself away from it, demand more, lose yourself in thought, or try to do many things at one time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523449110415425003noreply@blogger.com