In one of the eight-limbs of yoga, Dharana, concentration. I decided to try it out with sha in one of the session. The practice of concentration of the senses--- smell.
I explained briefly about the process before we began. With closed eyes, i guided her verbally to bring her focus to the tip of the nose. Start smelling the air around, very refine if she was able to divide them into molecules; to be as precise as possible. We were at an open space, which was perfect!
However, during the process, she was only to be the observer of the sense; without getting involve in any analytical procedure such as, " this smell is from the leaves... this smell is from the cars..."
Her duty was to just allow the various smell to pass by, without holding it back.
Later, i released "lemon" from the essential oil. And "peppermint". Her facial expression lifted a little. Ten minutes later, she opened her eyes. Her eyes was lilted with a gentle joy. " Oh.. what's that? Lemon grass.."
We took while to chat about it.
At the beginning, her mind drifted away for a bit about the things she'd to complete in the noon. She managed to pull herself back to the practice. She later thought about their beachhouse back home. Where she felt so relaxed... and just then the smell of the lemon and peppermint completed the picture in her mind.
" i felt like i was on a vacation..it was really a nice feeling."
Where we put our mind to with prolong concentration, the subject will magnify. My intention was to bring her to focus at one-pointedness and let go of the clutters for a while. Great, she gave herself a short vacation!
How wonderful, some fragrances do trigger our emotions and leading us to some memories.
I explained briefly about the process before we began. With closed eyes, i guided her verbally to bring her focus to the tip of the nose. Start smelling the air around, very refine if she was able to divide them into molecules; to be as precise as possible. We were at an open space, which was perfect!
However, during the process, she was only to be the observer of the sense; without getting involve in any analytical procedure such as, " this smell is from the leaves... this smell is from the cars..."
Her duty was to just allow the various smell to pass by, without holding it back.
Later, i released "lemon" from the essential oil. And "peppermint". Her facial expression lifted a little. Ten minutes later, she opened her eyes. Her eyes was lilted with a gentle joy. " Oh.. what's that? Lemon grass.."
We took while to chat about it.
At the beginning, her mind drifted away for a bit about the things she'd to complete in the noon. She managed to pull herself back to the practice. She later thought about their beachhouse back home. Where she felt so relaxed... and just then the smell of the lemon and peppermint completed the picture in her mind.
" i felt like i was on a vacation..it was really a nice feeling."
Where we put our mind to with prolong concentration, the subject will magnify. My intention was to bring her to focus at one-pointedness and let go of the clutters for a while. Great, she gave herself a short vacation!
How wonderful, some fragrances do trigger our emotions and leading us to some memories.
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