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The Best Ways To Meditate

 

There are many meditation methods. Some are passive -- such as

observing the breath. Others are active -- in the sense that you

actually do something like repeating a word or mantra. The

meditations that you will find here will help you develop on many

levels. No matter what style or form you follow, meditation should

always be gentle. Do not force anything. Allow your efforts to flow

naturally and effortlessly.

 

Letting Go.

Fold your hands gently in your lap and close your eyes. Take a few

deep breaths. Then just sit. If you have never meditated before, you

will probably feel as if your mind is full of thoughts. Don't try to

stop the thoughts, just watch them. Imagine that you are on the bank

of a river and that your thoughts are the river going by. Don't try

to stop the river, just watch it. Within a week, you will see the

river begin to slow down. You may become impatient, or even bored.

That's okay. If you find yourself complaining, just watch the

thoughts pass by. Do this for 5 to 10 minutes. You may find that you

fall asleep because you are so relaxed. That's good because, in many

ways, you have begun to let go. Continue at this pace and each day

allow just a little more time for yourself to meditate. Doing this

allows you to relax and forget about time.

 

Progressive Relaxation is just that. A slow transition from a tense,

immobile state to a calmer more supple mind and body. This is a way

of releasing tension in the muscles. There are many variations of

Progressive Relaxation. Here is one of them:

 

Begin by laying on your back in a comfortable position.

 

Take a series of deep slow breaths and then focus your awareness on

different parts of the body in turn, becoming aware of any muscular

tension and releasing it.

 

One way to do this is to first tense a muscle deliberately and then

relax it.

 

You can start with the top of the body, tensing and relaxing the

muscles of the upper face, then moving on to the jaw, neck, chest,

front of the arms, abdomen, thighs, lower legs, feet, and toes.

 

Then do the same down the back of the body. Finally, lie still with

the eyes closed, concentrating on your breath. Allow the whole body

to relax into the ground. Feel the floor underneath you, supporting

you. Feel the earth supporting the floor. Feel yourself now deeply

rooted and grounded into the earth beneath you.

 

Enjoying this deep feeling of peace and freedom from muscular

tension.

 

Researchers have documented immediate benefits in terms of lowered

blood pressure, decreased heart and respiratory rate, increased blood

flow, and other measurable signs of the relaxation response.

Meditation will calm an agitated mind, creating optimal physical and

mental health, undo our sense of separateness, which is the common

root of fear and misery, unify consciousness, putting us in touch

with our higher self and connect us to higher consciousness.

Meditation restructures the mind, allowing us to achieve our full

potential as human beings.

 

Learn more about meditation, creating a space for meditation and many

meditations for calming mind, body and spirit:

 

http://www.peacefulmind.com/meditation.htm

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac.

Peacefulmind.com

Therapies for healing

mind, body, spirit

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