MEDITATION
Meditation is a simple natural, life enriching process that allows the conscious experience of exploring all levels of consciousness. This process creates a place that can take you beyond the every day world of sensory experiences into dimensions of untapped potential and resources. Benefits of meditation are:
1. Reduction of stress.
2. Strengthening of the immune system.
3. Increased emotional calm.
4. Intelligence increases.
5. Problem solving capacity becomes clearer and more refined
6. Increased intuitive awareness.
How to meditate:
1. Find a comfortable place where you will not be disturbed for 20-30 minutes.
2. Loosen any restrictive clothing or jewelry.
3. Put on soft relaxing music
4. Take in some deep breaths and allow yourself to relax. Where you feel tension in the body…breath into those areas and in your mind imagine that the breath allows these areas to release. 5. Once your body is feeling relaxed, focus your attention on your breath. When you find that your mind starts to wonder bring your attention back to your breathing until your mind is no longer chattering.
6. If your mind is totally still may just sit and experience the stillness. If your mind is still unfocused, imagine yourself immersed in a beautiful cloud of energy that is allowing you to freely soar through time an space; or imagine yourself in a peaceful place, i.e. by a lake, sitting in a garden or on a mountain and just allow the visualization to take its own course of development.
7. Whenever you feel that you’ve completed, gently allow your focus to return to the room.
8. Sit quietly for a few moments and reflect on your meditative experience.
Meditation Tips:
1. Meditate at a specific time each day. 2. When initially starting don’t become discouraged if you fall asleep. You’ll be able to stay with the process the more you practice. It is helpful to find a comfortable sitting position rather than to lay down. 3. If sitting 20-30 minutes is difficult, give yourself permission to sit for 5-10-15 minutes to start. As you become accustomed to this practice sitting still for longer periods of time will become easier. 4. Try not to meditate on a full stomach. 5. Be persistent, consistent and determined. If any one can successfully experience meditation…you can too. Please visit the music and tape section, I have some wonderfully valuable resources for those of you who would like some additional assistance.
