{"id":801,"date":"2023-03-14T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T07:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=801"},"modified":"2023-03-14T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T07:30:39","slug":"energy-as-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/2023\/03\/14\/energy-as-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy as vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Maintaining and expanding energy for stable concentration<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week we take our energy skills further &nbsp;in practicing how energy can be used to support stable concentration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy has a somatic representation in our sensory experience that can be recognised and further influenced and manipulated with focus, breath, muscle tension, emotions, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we continue focusing on the sensations of energy in our bodies and practicing subtle techniques of modifying the breath and focus to use energy to our advantage by controling its intensity and expanding its scope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/64070aa78b98db192d078d5b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/64070aa78b98db192d078d5b.jpeg 399w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/64070aa78b98db192d078d5b-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/64070aa78b98db192d078d5b-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/64070aa78b98db192d078d5b-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/64070aa78b98db192d078d5b-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>(generated with Midjourney)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintaining and expanding energy for stable concentration This week we take our energy skills further &nbsp;in practicing how energy can be used to support stable concentration. Energy has a somatic representation in our sensory experience that can be recognised and further influenced and manipulated with focus, breath, muscle tension, emotions, etc.&nbsp; Today, we continue focusing &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/2023\/03\/14\/energy-as-vehicle\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Energy as vehicle<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_edit_lock":["1678779040:4"],"_edit_last":["4"],"_jd_tweet_this":["yes"],"_wpt_short_url":["https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=801"],"_wp_jd_target":["https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=801"],"_jd_wp_twitter":["a:1:{i:0;s:62:\"New post: Energy as vehicle https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=801 \";}"],"_wpt_status_message":["Tweet sent successfully."],"_oembed_c47580ab1da567d00edfe484c29d17fc":["<iframe title=\"Samatha Concentration Cocktail: Relaxation, Visual Kasina and Objectless Samatha | guided meditation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3zCwg-aapk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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