Meditation techniques are usually practiced in a sitting position, on the floor on cushions or rugs, or on a chair. The eyes should be closed and the your concentration should only be on the breathing and movements made by the abdomen during the inhalations and exhalations. In this way, you should be able to achieve awareness of your breath. With practice, awareness of the breath should then be extended to awareness of yourself, your thoughts, your emotions and the surrounding reality. Those who are approaching meditation for the first time generally perform short sessions, lasting about 10 minutes. The meditation time can then be increased as you gain experience and according to your needs. Group meetings include practical meditation in the first part, and sharing the experiences lived during the practice as the last part of the practice. Of course, there is also an individual work that must be done at home on a daily basis. I created videos on my you tube channel where you...
Surely you have often heard of white noises and their relaxing properties, especially when falling asleep. But why are they called "white" noises and what causes their calming effect? In technical terms, white noise is a sound of constant amplitude throughout its range of audible frequencies, i.e. the sum of all sounds, for this reason in analogy with white, which is the sum of all the others, it is defined white sound. The power of white noise is to cancel all other noises, the so-called sound masking effect: the frequencies of "inconstant" noises such as those of traffic or a slammed door are then "masked" by white noises and our brain does not note more. Thanks to the frequencies reproduced and its typical repetitiveness, white noise is able to stretch the muscles, induce a state of relaxation and contain the anxieties and tensions typical of the final part of the day, when we are loaded with the stress accumulated in the previous hours. White noises ar...