THREE DAYS OF PRACTICE — SOMETHING THAT CAN STAY WITH YOU FOR LIFE
During these three days, those who took part in Sergei Veretennikov’s intensive course “Slowly and Quietly” learned to enter a special state of consciousness — one of inner unhurriedness and calm.
If you have felt this state, do not rush to let it go. You can maintain it amid your everyday activities or return to it whenever you wish. Gradually, it may become increasingly familiar.
The intensive course has already ended. But to those who took part, I want to say: do not rush to end the practice itself.
It is already woven into your life. You do not need to make time for it in your schedule or wait for the right place. You continue to live, work, and communicate — and practice.
This is how I build my practices: once you have mastered them, you gain a tool that stays with you for life. You can turn to it when you need support, when you want to return to yourself and feel more calm within.
The intensive course materials are freely available in the “Your Yoga — Veretennikov School” community. You can always return to them, refresh your experience, or try them for the first time.
If you have any thoughts, observations, or questions left after the intensive course, write in the comments. Perhaps something has only become clearer to you now. I will be interested to read them.
Sergey Veretennikov, author of the “Your Yoga” website.
I practiced on all three days. I really enjoyed this state—moving slowly and quietly. But I would get distracted, and thoughts would shift to the fact that I needed to hurry and do certain things. Then I would return to the practice and slow down again. It worked very well—slowing down and calming myself during a walk by the river. I noticed the beauty of nature, which I had not really paid attention to before, because even in nature my thoughts were occupied with things I had not done. I will keep learning. Thank you for this intensive; it was very useful for me.
I practiced on all three days. I really enjoyed this state—moving slowly and quietly. But I would get distracted, and my thoughts would shift to the fact that I needed to hurry and get certain things done. Then I would return to the practice and slow down again. It worked very well—slowing down and calming myself while walking by the river. I began to notice the beauty of nature, which I had not really noticed before. Even in nature, my thoughts used to turn to things that had not been done. I will keep learning. Thank you for this intensive; it was very useful for me.
Day 1.
I’m a very slow person by nature. My mother was always rushing me and scolding me: “Try to be faster, faster.” And that’s how it is... I’ve been rushing myself my whole life; otherwise, I don’t manage to get anything done. But when I read the description of this practice here and started doing it, I realized one thing. It feels like becoming aware of yourself. I may be slow, but when I consciously slow myself down, a certain mindfulness arises in my movements. In other words, when you don’t do everything on autopilot, there is more awareness.
A wonderful intensive, just right for me, a person who is always in a hurry. I’ll practise it—I’ve even stuck these words to the front door so they’re always in view and remind me: SLOWLY AND QUIETLY. Such a necessary state of calm and mindfulness.
Day 1: when I decided to do the practice, I began reading the task more slowly. At the same time, the thoughts running in the background became noticeable. I’m on the bus; I’ll start calmly observing the street outside the window.
Day 2.
This practice is very important for me. Because even though I seem to be a slow person, my thoughts are not slow at all. I may seem to be doing something, but my thoughts are already far away. Or I may be listening to someone, while my thoughts have already drifted away from the person speaking to me—I get distracted. This is what usually happens to me: I do one thing while already thinking about something else, and when I do the other thing (the one I was thinking about while doing the first), my thoughts are already considering a third… a fourth…
And now I am trying to remain in a state where my thoughts finally become synchronized with my actions. In fact, it is not easy without practice. But I keep bringing myself back… and back again.
I really like this practice. Gratitude.
Wonderful Practitioners! Truly! I read the reports, and I feel like calling everyone affectionate nicknames and thanking them for the Amazingly Magical Field of Love.... It is invisible, yet so tangible, and it has added so much Light to the Space.... It flows from the texts, enters the heart, and remains there, merging with one’s own.... This is a True Miracle!
They all help form an additional neural network that expands and strengthens the connection with one’s divine Nature, the connection with the Higher Self and with the entire Vertical, with God—in other words, with our Higher Consciousness. This makes it possible to act in the moment as needed, without giving it too much thought—slowing down in some situations, speeding up in others—but this is already conscious, and therefore always works for the best. It becomes a kind of dance with different “steps” and rhythms, yet at the same time it is like one continuous glide through space. The feeling of guilt, doubt, and fear fades away... There is no longer any right or wrong, because trust in oneself and the World grows stronger: everything is going “As It Should,” and with you and Him “Everything Is All Right.”
When I need to work at a fast pace, I tune into it and activate my inner “glide”—I hum music without words, “Waltz of the Flowers” or “Waltz of the Rain.” Then the body seems to move quickly, but more smoothly, without unnecessary, fidgety movements. And since I love these melodies, my eyes and heart become involved too; in other words, an image is created of the kind of person I want to be—someone I like and who is not strained by rushing.Everything that is not brought into awareness accumulates in the subconscious, to no one's benefit....
Practices help me with what matters most—to feel myself both as a separate puzzle piece and as the whole picture at the same time, metaphorically speaking. I have been working through this topic for a long time. The ego does not want to accept the role that is difficult for it to embrace. And all sorts of things happen in life. There are many such moments that one wants to rush through as quickly as possible, without examining or harmonizing one's state, so that one's pride does not hurt and feelings of guilt or fear do not consume one. Or one puffs oneself up with a sense of importance, seeing oneself as the most important piece of the picture somewhere up above..., which also disturbs the balance of energies. To feel oneself both as a Human Being (like a puzzle piece) and as That (like the whole picture), in Whose Field one manifests (I am That)—this is something entirely different: “you are in the world, but not of this world” and “Thy will be done in all things” becomes something natural and the only thing truly desired.
I cannot manage to stabilize myself, but I have already had a taste of it, and the Field of the School helps greatly. And the Master—Teacher is invisibly present everywhere; that is, you feel support in everything and always—it is like a life buoy for those learning to swim. One must also learn to accept this help out of love, not fear....
I thank the Teacher, the School, and All the Students!!!!
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Other feelings also emerged in these rhymes:
May “Slowly and Quietly” be with You,
radiating conscious Grace...,
so that Truth may be visible beyond the clouds...,
so that oneself and the worldto perceive it
as the wondrous Fruit of divine nature,
as the supreme Design of the Great Creator,
so that the connection with the Heavenly Home
would be easily accomplished through the opening of your hearts.
May “Slowly and Quietly” help
“the Eyes of Love” shine with Harmony.
May their wondrous Light always be with you,
to warm, illuminate, and heal…
not only you, but all your Space.
May Love and Grace flow into the World.
The School Field will always help everyone
seek the Divine Kingdom within themselves!
День 2
В практике второго дня ( которая продолжалась у меня несколько дней) замечаю, что движения действительно стали медленнее, а внутри, мысленно все еще хотелось торопиться.
Сильнее всего мне это ощутилось, и я узнала собственную спешку, в такие моменты :
1. Во время утренней Садханы, при начитке Джапа-Мантры, прибегают мысли по типу "давай быстрее, на столе спелые сливы". Узнаю спешку. Замедляюсь. Вспоминаю слова Учителя об этом моменте в Садхане, чувствую, как касаются руки четки, как звучит мой голос, где дыхание. Мягко продолжаю джапа-медитацию.
2. Когда мою и убираю посуду, замечаю, что из-за того что, мысленно уже в другом деле, пока "несу" чистую чашку от раковины до полки сверху, по-пути могу ударить чашкой о соседние предметы. Совсем не медленно и не тихо. Или, иногда, двигаясь в спешке по дому, "сношу" косяк плечом, или пальцем ноги. Да... Заметив, что "ускорилась" и что мысленно я не в этом действии, а уже пытаюсь его закончить, - замедляюсь, мягко продолжаю то, что делаю.
3. В разговоре с некоторыми людьми, даже разговаривая спокойно, мысленно тороплю собеседника, ожидая, когда он закончит. И при этом, если в ответ разговариваю сама, слова произносятся быстро, и вообще не имеют "значимости" для того, к кому обращены. Замедляюсь, делаю паузы.
Очень признательна за Интенсив ! Очень люблю эту Практику.
Удивительное качество практики "Медленно и тихо" - в "способе замечать, как Вы проживаете свой день", а значит, во влиянии на все сферы жизни.
Пока фиксирую, что проживаю больше "с нетерпением", чем "с интересом и с мягкостью".
День второй .ТИШЕ едешь, ближе будешь.В Тишине рождается истина.Истина всегда спокойна, Она из истока, из источника, из точки разворачивается бытие.Событие правильное веретеном закрученное, то в одну ,то в другую сторону, для баланса, для равновесия, для праведности, крутиться вертится Веретено, а дальше самой песней подхватывается и уносится в Дальние Края, от края до рая, О Родной земле мечтая..И на душе легкость пребывает, которая преуспевает. Так что из тишины рождается жизнь,жизнь праведная , ведомая, ведического знания, Ведать пребывает в тишине, Знание приходит, беспокойство проходит. Окунаясь в Тишину, прибываем в Знании. Окунь ныряет на глубину, на тишину уповает., энергия нарастает, жизнь пробуждается. Так во мне рождается ТИШИНА.
День 2. Возвращаю себя в течении дня к спокойствию, только мысль начала рисовать ужасные картины, останавливаю. Совмещаю глаза любви с медленно и тихо. Для якоря выпиваю глоток воды, медленно, чувствуя вкус, и одновременно возвращаюсь в данный момент.
THREE DAYS OF PRACTICE — SOMETHING THAT CAN STAY WITH YOU FOR LIFE
If you have any thoughts, observations, or questions left after the intensive course, write in the comments. Perhaps something has only become clearer to you now. I will be interested to read them.
