Intent

Yumi Sakugawa's Intent Comics.

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Saturday Cartoon

My Intent is to Allow My Body to Rest When It Needs It.

My intent is to be as fresh as a flower and as solid as a mountain.

My intent is to be fully present with loved ones.

My intent is to reflect the light of others.

Beautiful intentions from Yumi Sakugawa for intent.com

How To Listen To The Space Between Your Thoughts

Yumi Sakugawa

The Strongest Woman in the World

By Yumi Sakugawa
 (via therumpus)

I love the rhythm of Yumi Sakugawa's comic strips. Read more on her blog.

Time Zone

Time Zone By Yumi Sakugawa
(From  Saturday Rumpus Comic)

Amen!

From Yumi Sakugawa

By Yumi Sakugawa for The Rumpus

How to just be by Yumi Sakugawa

Here and Now: Meditation

1. Remind yourself that you exist here and now.

Be aware of your body as it exists in this present moment, here and now.

Accept your life as it exists in this present moment, here and now. No matter how boring, banal, stressful, sad, happy; at any given moment it is all we have with us.

2. Just be aware of the acivities going on all around you in this present moment.

At any given moment. there are many things that are happening in and around you. Even if you are just sitting and not doing anything, many things are going on. Your breathing process, your heart is pumping, your hair and nails are growing  at a small speed, in short - hundred of activities are going on inside your body at this very moment. 

In the outer world also numerous things are happening around you at the present moment. You are surrounded by a very active atmosphere, whose properties such as temperature and pressure etc are  changing every moment. There are numerous sounds and smells echoing around you at this very moment - also constantly changing.

Just be aware of the present moment. Just be aware of all those activities which are going on in and around you at this present moment. Do not concentrate upon them .Thing are happening on their own. Just be aware of them.

3. From now on do everything with this same awareness.  

Just keep doing whatever you are doing at this moment but ---- do it with awareness that you are doing it. 

There is no right way to Meditate.

Whatever you may have heard, there isn't just one perfect, pure, correct way to meditate.  You just need to experiment and find what is comfortable for you.
Each Friday i am going to share one of the many techniques I've tried and hopefully you might come across something that works for you!

1. If One Can Breathe, One Can Meditate

This is a very simple breathing meditation, taught in many Buddhism classes.

Sit comfortably in a chair or on the floor.

Close the eyes, if its comfortable for you. If you prefer to keep your eyes open then simply keep your gaze soft and not fixed on anything in particular.

Breathe through your nose. See if you can keep your awareness on the feeling of the warm and cold air on the top of the upper lip during inhalation and exhalation.

Once you becomes aware of the feeling of the cold and warm air on the top lip, then do nothing else but concentrate on that specific sensation.

Try not to think of anything else but that sensation for nine breaths in and nine breaths out.

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