Meditation Counterpose

The people who talk about sex all the time are very often the people who are not having much sex. Similarly, the people who talk about yoga and meditation are often times the people who most need it (for a variety of reasons). I say this because I went to a meditaion class last night and I want to tell you about it. Get it? It's a free meditation class at a studio near the home made ice cream place that I haven't blogged about yet. Stay tuned for that. Anyway, the studio is called Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga. The guy who runs it is a student of Sri Chinmoy. He starts out with a little introduction to what meditation can be. Then he leads the class with guided imagry that starts with physical relaxation, then moves to sensory awarenesss (vision, hearing, touch). Next, you choose some aspect of the human heart (metaphorical sense) that you want to focus on for the next few minutes. You visualize that idea as you inhale, and then feel it as you exhale. And during that time, you realize just how many pins and needles can fit into your right big toe. But before you know it, you're done. Oh, and flute music is playing all the while. Last night, at the end, each person in the class said their first name and what aspect of the heart he or she was focused on. As I walked to work this morning, it occured to me that this list would make a nice holiday greeting. Something like: "Wishing you and yours peace, serenity, gratitute, love, wisdom, focus, balance, acceptance, forgiveness and color."