The comments in the group that are a reaction either to you Alistair or someone else do not show in app unless you open the original post. It does not even show there is a reaction. Only original posts are easily found. I thought my input was lost, but it is stil there but only if you know where to look.

How is Simon doing today Melanie?

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Hi - is it just the beautiful picture ? I’m yet to read the explanation - but that’s ok sometimes images are better ! Will try my computer ( not the phone ) to get the 'full teaching' as it's not flipping thro ' etc

Hi Sue. It’s at 7pm UK time so I don’t know how that works for you. And yes, it’s a free part of Baobab

Thanks Patti! I’m confident they will fade with time. Reggie Ray says they become like a radio left on in a distant room. But I’m going to film an answer for you!

Interesting - a memory ; when as a kid & not engaging my dad intuitively tapped behind my ears upward like that & I do remember clearly being able then to turn in ! It works .

Hi Harri, I feel you have answered your own question there. I absolutely love the practice of fives. I often use it in my practice, also. I am a particular fan of the breath ,as my anchor, so have been incorporating the two, especially recently, where my imagination has been going into overdrive and I have felt the need for some calm abiding. I'm sure it matters ,not a jot, how we practice as long as we practice. I tend to mix and match whatever I feel my body needs.at any given time. How lucky are we to have so many of Alistair's lovely videos to choose from. Looking forward to seeing you when we Zoom again. XX 🙏

Well, the truth is that you intrusive thoughts ARE conditioned by your day (but also by your body, the seasons, your history, the news cycle and the menstrual cycle - amongst a million other things). We can tie ourselves in a million knots trying to get the perfect set of conditions OR we can simply welcome in what’s there and be interested in that. As Pema Chödron says: start where you are.

Hi Erin. You can find any kind of music that has wide intervals. Or you might like to listen to these kinds of music not for pleasure but for their therapeutic benefit. Simply following the line of the Melody with your mind or - even better - singing along can break any resistance the dorsal and sympathetic states of arousal and collapse might put in the way of coming into the vagal state. For this exercise it’s more about the therapeutic effect than the aesthetic one.

Thanks for that @Harri Frost I think the rationale with always beginning with shamata is that our minds tend to be very turbulent and it's hard to "see" what is going on with a mind that is all scatty and obscuring. So we begin most meditation with something to focus the energy of the mind into something more perspicacious. The central Fives section is to train the mind to move from awareness of awareness (shamata) to awareness of phenomena (beingfulness) in a seamless and flexible way. Then the closing section is a more outward orientated section of beingfulness. Hope that makes sense.

Ah. So lovely to E-meet you Anita. You’re a very young looking 75. And delighted to have you in our little anxiety-busting community. Welcome! 😀🌈😀