Meditation=Stress Management
I was first introduced to meditation in 2014, However it wasn’t till the beginning of 2021 that I really started practicing it more daily. Mindfulness practices has made a huge difference in my body-mind-soul and daily living. My stress, anxiety and depression levels have gone WAY down.
Here are some universal benefits to slowing down daily to mediate:
Concentration Level Benefits
Calm your mind by focusing on the sensation of breathing
Attain internal awareness by feeling your heartbeat in your chest or your pulse
Attain coherence by coordinating your breath to your heartbeat
Attain a profound state of relaxation
Feel relief from pain in an injured area
Calm your stomach and bowels
Feel tingling energy in your hands, a sign of healing energy
Feel expansive pressure in your forehead, a sign of developing insight
Holding food in your hand, experience its digestion and what effect it would have on you
Experience the depth of your feeling about a person or situation
Reprogram your subconscious patterns by repetitive affirmations or sacred words
Send a wave of peace to another person
Contemplation Level Benefits
Without sight or touch, feel within yourself the condition of a plant or animal
Feel the emotion of another person as your own emotion
Place yourself in a distant space that was very inspiring, like a home or retreat place
Shift the present moment to a time in the past to re-experience a significant event as now
Shift the present moment forward to experience your last living hour as now
Identify with a teacher and enter the teacher’s meditation
Identify with and feel your energy body
Feel what it’s like to be inside your heart
Hear the voice of your heart and listen to its specific guidance about your life
Claim and explore a hidden quality of yourself that you’ve seen in another
Instead of doing a meditation, let the meditation do you: ride the magic carpet
Recognize your ideal in the heart of every person
Meditation Level Benefits
Listen to the ‘sound of the spheres” coming from within; see the colors and shapes of the inner light
Attain the state of no blame of anyone for anything
Experience unconditional love, continuously received and given
Experience yourself as subsumed within all things and beings
Experience all things and beings as parts of yourself
Expand the radiance of your heart to interlace the light of the stars
Feel yourself as you existed before life: your angelic field of light
Feel yourself as you will continue to be after life: your resurrected self
Tune yourself to feel the cry of the heart of humanity
Let yourself be overwhelmed by the cosmic emotions of the universe
Accept responsibility as the co-creator of your world
Integrate your body, mind, heart and soul as a full embodiment of Self
*content taken from iamHeart
There is no right or wrong way to meditate. What matters is that meditation helps you reduce stress and provides a sense of peace within yourself and the universe. Here are a few examples of methods to meditate from Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation:
Guided meditation. Sometimes called guided imagery or visualization, with this method of meditation you form mental images of places or situations you find relaxing. You try to use as many senses as possible, such as smells, sights, sounds and textures. You may be led through this process by a guide or teacher.
Mantra meditation. In this type of meditation, you silently repeat a calming word, thought or phrase to prevent distracting thoughts.
Mindfulness meditation. This type of meditation is based on being mindful, or having an increased awareness and acceptance of living in the present moment. In mindfulness meditation, you broaden your conscious awareness. You focus on what you experience during meditation, such as the flow of your breath. You can observe your thoughts and emotions, but let them pass without judgment.
Qi gong. This practice generally combines meditation, relaxation, physical movement and breath
Tai chi. This is a form of gentle Chinese martial arts. In tai chi (TIE-CHEE), you perform a self-paced series of postures or movements in a slow, graceful manner while practicing deep breathing.
Transcendental Meditation®. Transcendental Meditation is a simple, natural technique. In Transcendental Meditation, you silently repeat a personally assigned mantra, such as a word, sound or phrase, in a specific way. This form of meditation may allow your body to settle into a state of profound rest and relaxation and your mind to achieve a state of inner peace, without needing to use concentration or effort.
Yoga. You perform a series of postures and controlled breathing exercises to promote a more flexible body and a calm mind. As you move through poses that require balance and concentration, you’re encouraged to focus less on your busy day and more
Some of my favorite ways to mediate are guided, mindfulness and yoga. I love to use the app InsightTimer. There are so many mediations on there for every situations and level of practice. I also attending Lifehouse Body & Soul which gives me the perfect balance of cardio, yoga, pilates and meditation. If you live close to Spanish Fork, Utah I invite you to attend in person. If you don’t live close join via zoom or working their online courses.
I hope as you explore the many practices of meditation, you will notice the benefits that come from this amazing experience.
Namaste (the light within me recognizes the light within you)
Tosha from rejuevenate@home
