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In this video Health Scientist, Teacher and Mindful Island Institute Co-Founder Niko Sati Nikolić dives deeper into the concept of vitality. He explains what the three MAJOR hinderances/obstacles to vitality are and why merely having the intellectual knowledge of what to do isn't enough. To start RECLAIMING vitality make sure to watch the entire video and to visit www.mindfulisland.com for free materials and less free transformative programs.

In this video Health Scientist, Teacher and Coach Niko Sati shares Mindful Island''s 'wave breathing pattern'; an incredibly powerful breathing technique to help shift your nervous system system towards a state of relaxation and repair. It is developed by merging some of the latest insights from the field of neuroscience with elements of yogic pranayama and Navy Seal Box Breathing Use this breath in conjunction with a daily 5 minute relaxation breaker for the most potent effects Find the instructions in the video. Start reclaiming vitality and wellbeing NOW.

How well do you truly know relaxation and decompression? Acute stress, or hormesis, is essential for true health. Yet the same applies to its polarity relaxation. In this video Niko Sati dives deeper into the forgotten art of 'slowing down' and explains why it is a crucial dimension for vitality, true health and wellbeing.

This is a live recording from Insight Timer with Sarah Sati of Mindful Island. Each week Sarah hosts BookClub, an opportunity to come together as a community and explore a text in depth. In this first series Sarah is reading from The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh. In episode Four, Sarah reads chapters 12-14, which continues with the Noble Eightfold Path. These chapters, dealing with right speech, right action, and diligence highlight the five mindfulness trainings and the inter-being nature of the Buddha's teachings. After a brief discussion, at the close of the reading Sarah guides a contemplation practice where students are asked to imagine they are sitting at the feet of their teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, or the Buddha himself as they visualize themselves accepting the five mindfulness trainings. During this practice participants are asked to observe their felt sensations and especially any resistance that emerges. Resistance is a sign of where work needs to be done in regards to looking deeply. Once the reading and contemplation practice is over, Sarah offers homework for the week ahead. In this episodes homework, Sarah asks students to write the following questions in their journal and spend time deeply investigating answers that present through physical sensations. 1. What unwholesome seed or seeds are awakened and most active inside of you? For instance is anger a problem in your life, jealousy, greed, hatred? 2. What wholesome seeds are awakened and most active inside of you? Forgiveness, self love, compassion, patience, generosity? 3. What are three ways you could respond to relax the unwholesome seeds back into your store consciousness? The best idea here is to think of something you can do immediately, for instance when you see your anger begin to present immediately begin practicing self love or take five deep mindful breaths. 4. What are three ways you could water your wholesome seeds so that they grown stronger? When you see then present or when they are not present how can you intentionally grow them? Join Sarah on Insight Timer February 24, 2022 for episode Five of BookClub. For more transformational content and tools for mindful living, visit www.mindfulisland.com.

This is a live recording from Insight Timer with Sarah Sati of Mindful Island. Each week Sarah hosts BookClub, an opportunity to come together as a community and explore a text in depth. In this first series Sarah is reading from The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh. In episode Five, Sarah reads chapters 15 and 16, which finish up the discussion on the teachings regarding Noble Eightfold Path. These chapters, which deal with right concentration and right livelihood remind us that within each teaching all other teachings are contained. Thich Nhat Hanh highlights this important facet of the teachings of the Buddha, which is known as interbeing and which as it's own insightful teaching tells us, is the nature of all of reality. After a brief discussion, at the close of the reading Sarah guides a contemplation practice where students are instructed to drop effort, to let go of the try-hard mentality, and to simply rest in the very natural essence of reality in which, absent of interference, all things are continuously coming and going. Once the reading and contemplation practice is over, Sarah offers homework for the week ahead. In this episodes homework, Sarah first complete a three part assignment, detailed below. Step One: spend time investigating which step on the noble eightfold path seems to come the most naturally or feels the most understood, and to similarly investigate this for which step(s) seem to feel least understood or least nature. Step Two: Let go of concern over step one and spend a minimum of five minutes per day in relaxation, not listening to any guidance but merely resting in the very natural experience of reality. While doing this, when the mind rebels or the body gets involved, simply repeat the mantra "stop trying so hard". Step Three: Observe throughout the week when something from your list from last week comes up, a wholesome or unwholesome seed. When you notice it, look deeply at it and experience it fully, the good, the bad, and the neutral. Once you have looked at it deeply, do nothing else. Do not apply an antidote, do not try to hold it or let it go. Simply observe how when you do nothing, when you do not interfere, all experience eventually leaves on its own. Join Sarah on Insight Timer March 6, 2022 at 830 AM PST for episode Six of BookClub. For more transformational content and tools for living mindfully, visit www.mindfulisland.com.