The Perfect meditation kit
2:24 PM
Keep your spine straight while you
meditate
When
you decide to learn a sport, an art or a discipline, there is always a team you
need to start. A painter requires his frame, paintbrushes and paint, just as a
soccer player requires some tennis shoes with a cleats and a ball.
When
you start to practice the discipline of meditation you also need a kit and it
is composed of: zafu, zabutón, if
you are also going to recite mantras, a japamala.
The
first meditators did it on a pile of grass, at ground level ... but it would be
impractical to spread leaves in our home!
The zafuzafu or meditation cushion,
is a circular cushion in most cases that can be filled with synthetic or
natural material.
In
“La
Cueva del Yogui” our zafus
are filled with coffee husks (treated and sifted). Unlike a synthetic material,
the shell adapts to your body, is ergonomic and creates a better support for
your back helping your posture to be correct, causing your spine to align well
and your breathing to be more fluid, a very important factor in meditation
practices.
In
addition to the traditional round zafu,
you can also find the travel zafu that
is square and molds to your suitcase and very flexible legs, or the lunar zafu, for those who prefer it with a
greater height and support. Unlike the meditation bench, which can only be used
for kneeling, the zafu can be used
to sit on lotus, semi-lotus or squatting or with a bench.
To
generate a better posture and above all greater comfort, the zafu is accompanied by zabutón. This is a cushion that is
placed under the zafu and prevents your
knees and heels from touching the ground.
Finally we have the Japamala or
Buddhist rosary.
This,
in the traditional Indian-Tibetan
way, is composed of 108 accounts, a guru account (with triple perforation), an
empty account and its lock. It can also carry divisional accounts and / or
accountants.
Japamalas can be made of different
materials, such as wood, seeds or semiprecious stones. The japamala is used to keep track when we recite the mantras. By using
this object in your meditation practice, reciting mantras, you magnetize it
from your own positive energy, and in this way it becomes an object of ritual
and protection. Mainly, it protects you from your negative thoughts.
With
these 3 elements you can start your meditation practice.
Welcome
to this noble discipline!
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