Meditation
Spiritual Wellness
I just want to take a moment and talk about meditation. I am sure that most of you reading this know about it but 7th D Wellness is about encouraging everybody.
Meditation is the art and practice of total mind and body relaxation. We do it to better ourselves in a multitude of ways and even connect with the greater universe as a whole. I started meditating in highschool because I couldn’t sleep. I suppose that’s typical of a teen but sought to do something about it. Now, keep in mind I was 16 and didnt have a clue but I did what I thought was best. I must have done something right because here I am today.
I started at night, laying comfortable in bed, keeping my eyes closed in darkened silence and just trying to ficus and see beyond the darkness of my closed eyes. Looking back, I can tell you that this is the wrong way to go about it but I eventually got it to work and started to get answers to questions and even discovered a whole head space with doors.
Note: If you’re meditating and you start finding doors, please DO NOT attempt to open them; you don’t know whats on the other side.
Use meditation to calm yourself, lift your spirits and decompress from the days stress. Now don’t be like me and lay there at bedtime, 9 out of 10 times you’ll just fall asleep.
So if you want to learn to meditate to help with stress here’s what you do:
1. Sit in a comfortable position ( couch, chair, bed etc,) If you lay down, like I said, you could fall asleep.
3. Take deep, relaxed breaths.
4. Use those deep breaths to clear your mind.
5. You can either focus on an object or repeat a mantra ( a sound or short phrase ) or even just your breathing. This just gives your mind something to focus on without thinking about worldly issues and help prevent you from falling asleep. You can listen to calming music or ambient noise. I like rain and ocean sounds but you can listen to whatever you want; it’s your meditation.
And that’s it. It is that simple. Mediation is about relaxing your mind. Do this for as long or little as you want. 5 to 10 mins is a great place to start. Personally I like the shower. You’re alone, its quiet, you have the shower noise, its warm and steamy – I think its the perfect place. If you have an area or space that resonates with you, use that. That is what’s great about meditation; its yours. There are those basic steps to follow but everything in those steps are yours and unique to you.
The journeys and paths that we are on are all unique to ourselves; that is why it’s important to empower each other so that we can each be in charge of those journeys.
The Universe is waiting for you.
Affirm. Believe. Accomplish. Repeat.
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