One of my teachers would say, "There are two kinds of suffering. Slow suffering or fast suffering." He recommended fast suffering. I agree. Which do you prefer - slow or fast?

It is possible to recalibrate your body/mind system from disturbance in all its forms - fear, separation, stress, effort, tiredness, the list goes on - to a state of stillness - open body, quiet mind, deep connection to your Source and to other people, again the list is endless. Will you recalibrate to stillness fast or slow? You have a choice.

Coincidentally, the speed at which you pursue stillness is the speed in which you end suffering. Stillness starts with an open body. Yoga is mastery of opening the body. Stillness includes a quiet mind. Meditation is mastery of quieting the mind. Our mastery is combining the effects of both disciplines into a simple, easy process and set of tools. We call it the Technology of Stillness.

The slow way to recalibrate from suffering to stillness is daily practice. Most people consider practice to be the most "practical." After all, "It's better to put my toe in the water than to just jump in," we think.

Disciplined practice will recalibrate your body/mind system over time and eventually stillness will become your "default." The key phrases are "disciplined" and "over time." Frankly, most people don't have sufficient desire to fuel the discipline and sustain the time.

But if you are one of those who do, here are some useful tools:

To Open the Body

o Stretch regularly to relax and open the flow of energy in your body.

o Breathe deeply, consciously a few times every day.

o Eat foods that keep you light and flowing (e.g., foods that are easy to digest, foods with live enzymes).

o Exercise to pleasure, not exhaustion. Remember to include stretching, aerobics, and strength exercises.

o Get bodywork (e.g., massage, chiropractic, etc.) to relax and disrupt the holding patterns in the body.

o Exhale a long "sigh of relief" breath when you notice stress in your system.

o Relax your eye muscles, taking the tension out of looking.

o Soft focus your eyes, whenever possible, expanding your visual field.

To Quiet the Mind

o Notice sensations in your body, the more subtle sensations the better.

o Distinguish the sensations in as many parts of the body as possible - forehead, heart, voice, breath, vision, etc.

o Distinguish whether the sensations in your body are opening and expanding or closing and contracting.

o Notice thoughts in your mind; do not engage the thoughts but observe them.

o Attend to all people and events in your life with curiosity and allowing rather than interpretation and judgment.

o Cultivate the curiosity of a child.

o Notice the stories you have made up about everything; make up a counter story to break the story's "truth."

The fast way to recalibrate your way of being to stillness is immersion. Have you ever noticed how quickly you acclimate to a situation when you have no other choice?

I took Spanish in high school. I "practiced" every day for a year. Twenty years later I began doing business in Costa Rica. Whenever I traveled there, especially in the countryside where some of our orchards were located, I was "immersed" in Spanish.

My intelligence (Source), vs. my thinking (mind), kicked in. I was amazed at what I could say and understand. I adapted quickly, allowing my vocabulary, my hearing, and my thinking simply to recalibrate to the Spanish language. The practice I had in high school was useful but my immersion in Costa Rica called my Spirit forth. I immersed; I integrated; I became.

You can go to the mountaintop and hang out for several years to immerse in stillness. You can place yourself in a monastery or an ashram. You can master yoga and meditation.

We developed the Technology of Stillness to immerse you in stillness easily and simply. Bathing in the luxury of an open body and quiet mind allows you to recalibrate profoundly and permanently. Discover Stillness is a tool that works at the vibrational level to recalibrate your frequency from agenda -tight, constricted, effort, intensity - to expanding -intuition, flow, synergy - and beyond. It shifts your very experience of reality.

Fast or slow; the choice is yours. Either way, begin the journey. Your rewards will be immeasurable.