The Yoga Bridge

This week at the studio, I experimented with having a soft gaze and an infinity meditation while doing yoga asana. I found the meditation on YouTube.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7-d-O8dPE

The meditation was the tracing of a sideways figure eight in the mind. Half way through class I realized I wasn’t aware of my gaze at all and my mind was fixated on my back ache which I had an attachment too. Once I let my gaze be soft and started a meditation to clear the mind of chatter, I stopped thinking about the ache, I went much further into the poses, and was relaxed.

The soft gaze and infinity meditation could be used as an anti anxiety technique. The soft gaze and meditation could be done anywhere and without anyone noticing. I was fully aware the whole time of the surroundings. What’s interesting was that I was doing this at a medical clinic where there was lots chaos and while people spoke to me. I quickly went from rising anxiety to calmness.