{"id":1008,"date":"2012-12-08T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T16:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshovipassana.net\/?page_id=1008"},"modified":"2019-04-24T21:30:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T21:30:04","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/homepage\/","title":{"rendered":"Osho Vipassana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why choose Osho Vipassana ?<\/p>\n<p>Combining Osho active meditation techniques with the more traditional Vipassana meditation is a very powerful way to help us go into a deep, relaxing meditative state more quickly and easily. It prepares the ground for the meditation to happen .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oshovipassana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/deco_meditation_cushions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1014\" src=\"http:\/\/oshovipassana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/deco_meditation_cushions-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"retreat cushions\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Never in the whole history of mankind have people been so tense, so stressed, so unable to relax. Osho said that traditional meditation techniques were devised for a different kind of human being, and that people nowadays find it difficult to simply sit down and be silent \u2013 their minds refuse to slow down!<\/p>\n<p>He therefore worked hard at perfecting meditation techniques appropriate for the 21st Century person which would help them slow down and relax.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, meditation can uncover the meaning and depth of our life, a life where we know that what we touch touches us too, a life where we taste <em>this<\/em> cup of tea and we see <em>this <\/em>child&#8217;s smile and we hear <em>this<\/em> bird&#8217;s song or <em>this<\/em> dog&#8217;s barking without thinking about something else, but\u00a0 being here and now, experiencing life in its totality. And we can then grow to live a Life worth living.<\/p>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-55825068-2', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The covered terrace, a place to relax and have a meal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2245,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1008","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247,"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1008\/revisions\/2247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oshofrance.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}