Do you ever have a mind so full of thoughts that you feel like your mind controls you and not you controlling it?
Do you sometimes have thoughts of things you did or said and you worry what someone else thinks or that they misunderstood you and you feel anxious?
Maybe you have negative thoughts about what “could” happen to your or your family in the future and this worry replays in your mind making you feel stressed?
Does it seem like it’s impossible for you to have a good night’s sleep and wake feeling rested?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, meditation is a great place to start.
MEDITATION
Meditation has many benefits such as improving sleep, attention span, self-image, self-awareness, creativity, positive emotions, and feelings of peace. It is also useful in reducing stress, anxiety, age-related memory loss, menopause symptoms, and negative emotions.
Meditation is a practice that anyone has the ability to learn. It brings focus inwards and connects us with our higher self and inner wisdom. As we deepen our practice we feel more gratitude, self-love, and self-awareness and eventually discover our personal power and sovereignty.
Regularly practicing meditation raises our vibration allowing us to feel more joy, clarity, peace, and unity with all that is. The ultimate goal is to move from our minds to our hearts to create more harmony and flow and become the observer of our thoughts without judging them.
When our thoughts are in the past, we may feel anger, regret, sadness, grief, or even shame. When our thoughts are in the future we may have anxiety, stress, and worry. Meditation helps us live and be in the present to be witness to our thoughts without judgment.
There are many styles of meditation: guided, silent, breath, mantra, focus, chakra, chanting, affirmations, mindfulness, spiritual, visualization, reflection, movement, calming, sound, body scan, intuitive or focused on senses, manifesting, releasing or other intentions.
CONSISTENT MEDITATION PRACTICE
As with most things worth doing, there will be obstacles to overcome in order to establish a consistent meditation practice. Having an awareness of the possible obstacles allows us to more easily overcome them when they surface.
Our ego-mind generates excuses for us such as:
- I am too busy and don’t have time to meditate
- I tried it before but it didn’t work for me I still had thoughts and could not quiet my mind
- I have been meditating fairly regularly but have not yet had profound experiences that I hear so much about
- I have been meditating for years so I don’t really need to anymore because I am experienced and have it all figured out
The ego-mind does not distinguish between new or experienced meditators. It is perfectly normal to have thoughts during meditation and every experience is different. Not just from one person to another but to the same person over time. It’s possible for us to feel peaceful and relaxed during some meditations and yet during others may have strong emotions maybe even feel the need to cry. There is no right or wrong and acceptance of your experience is key.
If we know and believe the benefits of meditation and set a clear intention to devote ourselves to developing our daily practice, we will indeed overcome these obstacles.
Weekly Meditation Session offered regularly in Lower Island Cove and Carbonear locations. Refer to Facebook and Instagram pages for weekly announcements.
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