How To Meditate In 3 Easy Steps
I have heard many people say that they would meditate if they understood how it is done and if they had a chunk of time in which to do this. They are too busy to set aside a specific amount of time for meditation such as 30 minutes, an hour or several hours. It seems that there's a mindset that prevails about needing a step- by-step way to meditate. Then it begins to feel like it's too much work or it's too complicated in everyone's already busy schedule. Somewhere along the way, meditation is treated as a chore or a job rather than as an easy, relaxing and refreshing way of obtaining balance and clarity in one's life in making choices and decisions.
Personally, if something seems to be too difficult and too much work I automatically postpone doing it by avoiding it at all costs. During my life's journey I have discovered the importance of meditating in aiding me with discernment while making choices and decisions. This encourages me to become more open to having meditation as a priority in my life.
It seems that people practice meditation when they feel they have nowhere else to turn to. Sometimes it occurs when a loved one dies or when the choices and decisions that a person has made negatively affects their life or the lives of others. There are times when we find ourselves in situations that are too much to bear and it seems that the weight of the world is on our shoulders. It is at a time when we feel that "enough is enough".
Here are three easy steps to follow in meditating:
1. Give yourself a quiet space. This could be either indoors or outdoors. Make it a safe, loving and nurturing space. Make it your own private space. You may want to have soothing music, display pictures of your loved ones, set up a type of shrine with your favorite objects or light some candles or incense. Then you could close your eyes and imagine a beautiful safe sanctuary of your own creation. It could be a place where you feel loved, safe and nurtured. For example, your safe sanctuary may have beautiful tall green trees, a babbling brook, birds of many colors that are flying and singing, blue skies with wispy clouds, morning sunlight with a slight cool breeze, lush green grass and a hill in the distance with a home at the top. This could be a place where you can go to over and over again. You could also change it in anyway and at anytime. It could be an actual place or an imaginary place.
2. Deep, slow and steady breathing will help you to relax. Breathe in through your nostrils and let your breath out through your mouth. Keep doing this until you have a steady rhythm that relaxes every part of your being. As you relax, you will notice that the breathing becomes automatically shallower and slower. You may notice that closing your eyes will help you to relax quicker and to connect with your higher self and the higher power of God and spirit.
3. While in this quiet space, remember the sacred geometry of integrity (truth), compassion (empathy) and unconditional love as you connect to your higher power. Be specific in asking for help and 'listen' for the answer with your heart connection to spirit. You may have nudges or just know the answer by being still or quiet. Getting in touch with your inner self has the capacity to keep you centered and focused.
The more that you practice meditating, the quicker you can connect to your higher self and to spirit. You can meditate for a few seconds or as long as you wish. Once you feel the connection, it's easier to get there over and over again!
About the Author
Deidre Glendon MEd: Author of The Healing Light, Trouble in Paradise and Light of Forgiveness. A former educator who lives in Hawaii. She attended Chaminade University and the University of Hawaii. She had a death experience that profoundly changed her life and helps people through intuitive counseling. For more information on how to meditate click on her books at: http://wwwdeidreblog.blogspot.com
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