READY TO MEET THE DAY
Morgenpraksis med to åndedrætsøvelser. Der findes et udtryk som rummer dagligdags visdom (som mange faste vendinger gør): At få det forkerte ben ud af sengen. Har man fået det forkerte…
Read More108 DEGREE BREATHING
The 108-degree breath of the pentagon In Buddhism and Hinduism, the number 108 plays a special role – as the number of illusions we must deal with or get through in order to…
Read MoreMORNING'S INTENTION
Ordet ‘intention’ kommer fra latin, intentio, at strække eller at række eller, som i denne morgenøvelse, at rette opmærksomheden mod noget. Søren foreslår her at vi udnytter den helt særlige og delikate…
Read MoreAWAKE RELAXED CENTERING
Denne øvelse foregår live. Vi kan høre og fornemme de praktiserende som Hanneli taler til – og får dermed støtte til at opleve at vi er til stede mens dette foregår.…
Read MoreWAKEFULNESS WITH HEART TREATMENT
I denne meditation åbner Hanneli en række døre ind mod vores mulighed for at mærke os selv som en åbenhed. Et rum. Èn dør der åbnes her, er afspændingens. En…
Read MoreMORNING PRACTICE for an intense day
Når den kommende dag trækker i dig – kræver et højt tempo, kræver beslutninger, forlanger nærvær i mange retninger – kan denne meditation være en støtte til at finde et…
Read MoreCALMING NEUTRALITY Breath#5
A Path to Tranquility · Ānāpānasati Sutta · Fifth Step We have now reached the fifth and final step in Martin Guldberg's presentation of the first practice guidelines from the famous…
Read MoreFEEL THE BODY · Breathing#4
A Path to Tranquility · Ānāpānasati Sutta · Fourth Step The word 'breath' includes 'spirit', which points to the deepest part of ourselves. In this series of five steps,…
Read MoreTO FOLLOW FROM START TO END · Breath#3
A path to tranquility · Ānāpānasati Sutta · Third step Martin Guldberg presents us in this series of five simple exercises for a 2000-year-old path to physical and…
Read MoreSHARPENING THE PRESENCE Breathing#2
A Path to Tranquility · Ānāpānasati Sutta · Second Step This simple exercise is the second step in Martin Guldberg's small five-step exercise, built on the 2000-year-old…
Read MoreFOCUS AND DISTRACTION Breathing#1
A path to tranquility · Ānāpānasati Sutta · First step In this small sequence of five exercises, Martin takes as his starting point a famous and beloved 2000-year-old text from…
Read MoreQUIET AWAKENING MIND
Søren, som guider denne meditation, har bag sig 30 års træning i vajrayanabuddhismen, den tibetanske tradition. Fra denne omfattende pulje af erfaring henter han her en praksis som først er…
Read MoreWOMEN AND MEN OF YOUR KIN · in the heart
We could – with a little smile – say that what Liv Dhanyo Thommesen invites us to here is a little piece of spiritual genealogy. Where in ordinary genealogy it is…
Read MoreCOME HOME · LONGER EXHAUST
This exercise can be practiced alone, as it is, or it can be done as a continuation of, or immersion in, Martin's 'Come Home · The Equal Breath'. In this guidance,…
Read MoreCOME HOME · THE EVEN BREATH
In many forms of training – perhaps most – the relationship between control and release of control is important. In mindfulness training, this relationship has particular significance – because here…
Read MoreHOME – A COMMON PRACTICE
Both Jung and Kirkegaard have said that human contemplation calls for a mood of natural seriousness. That may well be true, but we want – quite frankly…
Read MoreMEDITATIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
MEDITATIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE The motivation for creating this series is to provide inspiration to young people who are curious about meditation. The series contains four meditations with a focus on coming down…
Read MoreTHE BACKBONE OF MEDITATION
I denne meditation løfter Søren, ligesom i ’Stille vand – stille sind’ som også ligger i Praksisbiblioteket, en årtusinder gammel meditativ praktik ind i den moderne verden. Det drejer sig…
Read MoreSTILL WATER – STILL MIND
Søren Munk har tilbragt mange år i Nepal hvor han har trænet i den tibetanske vadrajana-buddhistiske tradition. I denne guidning øser han af denne baggrund. Med udgangspunkt i et…
Read MoreSKELETAL BODY SCAN
Martin calls this examination of the body's innermost being a 'skeletal body scan'. Body scanning is the introductory exercise in the Mindfulness-based stress reduction eight-week program, where the exercise provides a complete introduction to the central…
Read MoreEARTH, A COMMON MEDITATION
There are good reasons why yoga and meditation guides are usually narrated by just one person: Following a guide can be reminiscent of following a nature guide into the outer...
Read MoreMORNING PRACTICE IN NORTH HIDLE
Hanneli guider her en morgenpraksis på øen Nord Hidle udenfor Stavanger. I baggrunden kan man høre fårene der græsser, og mærke den opgående sol lokke dagen frem. Meditationen bevæger sig…
Read MoreBALANCING YIN YANG
Alle dybere indre øvelser peger ind mod at opdage en naturlighed, det vil sige energiforhold og bevidsthedsformer som vi er født med anlæg for – og som kan kultiveres, udvikles…
Read MoreBody Scan: LETTING THE HEARTBODY BREATHE
Den hjertelighed som har kroppen bag sig, har jordforbindelse, er groundet. Hvorved vi har mulighed for at gå verden i møde med en hjerteåbenhed som er fysisk, kropslig forankret. I…
Read MoreTHE LAST SONG
‘'The end of a song is not its goal: But still, if the song had not reached the end, it would not have reached its goal either. A paradox, isn't it?' -Nietzsche With…
Read MoreBUDDHA'S BREATH
A religious scholar said: All religions are the same – especially Buddhism. All religions are the same – especially Buddhism. Buddhism is perhaps the spiritual tradition that has the deepest and most…
Read MoreCREATIVITY AND THE DRAFT
The very word 'creativity' originates from a lecture given by the philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead in 1927. Whitehead was himself extremely creative and was the first to point out that…
Read MoreLANGUAGE, BREATH AND PRESENCE
In this meditation, which is the second and final part of two, Martin begins by establishing bodily calm and presence around the breath. (You can find the first part here: A meditative investigation.)…
Read MoreSPONTANEOUS BREATHING
When we move inward, it can be helpful to realize that in practice we can advantageously alternate between using our ability to...
Read MoreTHE BREATHING BODY
One can sometimes say that half of all inner training is the refinement and deepening of body awareness. The body and its processes are both a grateful basis for presence and heart practice and…
Read MoreTHE GROUNDING BREATH
Psychophysical balance plays a crucial role in training presence and cordiality. As a general rule, one cannot grow, humanly and spiritually, from extremes. That is why the great wisdom traditions point to it…
Read MoreYIN YANG CIRCULATION
This exercise is one of Vækstcenteret's so-called basic exercises. A selection of breathing exercises that have a special significance for training the connection between presence, body awareness and breathing. The first place the terms…
Read MoreBREATHING AND CARE
Many of us have experienced that we can only help others out of a surplus. Yet we can risk forgetting this again and again. This forgetfulness can…
Read MoreAWAKENING, ATTENTION AND BREATHING
Jes Bertelsen says: 'Direct the focused attention towards wakefulness and then let the focus dissolve into the knowledge of wakefulness'. This seemingly simple sentence describes, Jes says, a deep meditative strategy. In this…
Read MorePHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BREATHING
Meditation is an event that ideally involves our whole self. That is why we often build our teaching and instructions around the five gates: the body, the breath, the emotional system, the consciousness…
Read MoreAWARENESS OF THE RESPIRATORY FUNCTION
In this exercise, Martin walks us through a series of steps in which we divide our breathing into increasingly equal stages. This gives us the opportunity to explore a number of…
Read MoreSTRETCHING THE BREATH
In this meditation, Martin leads us towards the meditative possibilities of deep breathing. Deep breathing has two meanings and sides here: Firstly, the guidance encourages us to slow down our breathing…
Read MoreTHE BREATH – SEEN AND FELT FROM BOTTOM UP – FOURTH STUDY
Der er vågenhed i at bryde vaner. I at prøve noget nyt. Denne uges fjerde studie vender gårsdagens åndedrætsrytme og beskriver hvordan vi kan begynde indåndingen øverst i brystet og lade…
Read MoreBREATHING AS IT IS – First study
Denne serie med åndedrætsøvelser er en invitation til fordybelse i vejrtrækningen med Hanneli under overskriften ‘Væren og vejtrækning – syv studier’. Et studie er en på én gang kort, åben…
Read MoreFOUR STEPS TOWARDS BREATH AWARENESS
In this guide, Peter Høeg describes four steps in one of the possible ways to become aware of breathing: The first step is to become aware that we are breathing. And…
Read MoreTHE WORLD SEEN THROUGH BREATH
This audio file is intended as both a short introduction to our January practice on breathing with daily practice suggestions and a presentation by Hanneli Ågotsdatter, Martin Guldberg and Peter Høeg, Kontemplation's regular...
Read MoreTO BE WITH WHAT IS
Just as long meditative stretches have special opportunities for immersion, short meditations are significant. Among other things, because they help us discover how quickly it is possible to find home...
Read MoreLying Presence Yoga: BE PRESENT WITH YOURSELF AND YOUR BREATHING
I nærværsyoga bliver kropsbevidsthed, opmærksomheden og sansningen af åndedrættet bragt sammen. Derved øges nærværet, og yogaen kan få en meditativ kvalitet. Denne yogasession fokuserer særligt på åndedrættet. Eller som Hanneli…
Read MoreCOUNTING YOUR BREATHS – TEN MINUTES OF MINDFULNESS
The state of mindfulness, conscious presence, is in a dynamic balance between aimless relaxation and the awake readiness to let go of whatever may arise in the space of consciousness. This balance can be achieved by…
Read MoreBREATH AWARENESS
The Breath as a Pathway to Presence Our breath, on the one hand, is a biological automatism. We take our first breath as we are born and our last as…
Read MoreMEDITATION ON BREATH AND BODY
I denne sekvens af 22 minutters varighed beskriver Hanneli hvordan nærværstræning kan være en udforskning af kroppen som den føles lige nu. Vi føres fra fødderne og opad gennem alle…
Read MoreBody Scan: RELAXATION WITH NATURAL BREATHING
I denne kropsskanning føres vi fra en bevidstgørelse af de store muskelgruppers overflade og ind i kroppen. Fra fødderne og opad udpeges her de steder der kan samle sig spændinger,…
Read MoreMEDITATION ON THE BREATH
KONCENTRATIV OPMÆRKSOMHED – at samle sig om én ting, altså at koncentrere sig helhjertet, kaldes på sanskrit shamatha. I denne guidede meditation af 20 minutters varighed er åndedrættet i fokus.…
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Hanneli and Peter
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