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Meditation and Relaxation Techniques
Oct 12th
On average, we talk to ourselves 65,000 times a day. Given this fact, it is extremely difficult for most people to learn the traditional Eastern styles of meditation that involve learning to empty the mind. 65,000 dialogues with ourselves each day means there is plenty of clearing to do!
Meditation and relaxation go hand in hand to help you achieve the state of enhanced perception and mental functioning that are the outcomes of Active Meditation techniques.
When you learn meditation methods you will be able to consciously calm yourself down any time, any place. You will be able to release all negative thought patterns, achieve full relaxation, experience enhanced creativity and tranquillity and overcome unhealthy habits like smoking or overeating.
Furthermore, the benefits of meditation have now been scientifically proven and can increase self-esteem and better relationships with yourself, your co-workers, family and friends.
The basic first step in learning to meditate is to get into a comfortable position,and remain undisturbed for approximately 20 minutes. If you are able to learn the technique, meditation and relaxation will both happen which is healthy and positive.
It is a good idea to know about your brainwaves as this helps us in our understanding. We have four different brainwave states, each acting as an indicator of the state of our mental consciousness.
Our every day state of consciousness is known as the Beta brainwave state. We are doing multiple tasks in this state (eg tuning into the radio, operating a car, planning a work meeting). This is the state in which we take on stress.
We remain calm and eliminate stress in the Alpha brainwave state and it is easy to concentrate while our thoughts are centered on one thing at a time.
With the right meditation methods, you’ll be able to attain the Theta brainwave state. This is the state of meditation where your mind is super alert but you may or may not be aware of your body. It generally takes about four to seven minutes to get to Theta.
And just to finish off the fourth state is the Delta Brainwave state being the deep sleep state – no dreams occur in this state.
Every meditation you do releases stress and helps provide clear perspective to the challenges you experience in life. While in the meditation state your mind will be extremely acute even as your body relaxes to the point of feeling either extremely light, very heavy, or having no feeling at all. One or a number of these signs shows that you have achieved the Theta state of deep meditation.
Just the basic advantage of intense relaxation by itself will be very valuable by letting you deal with the daily problems of relationships, working, family life, yourself, financial issues as well as additional areas.
Meditation produces many additional varied life benefits. Many people have even used meditation and relaxation to help with various life issues including asthma, weight release and much more.
The ability to meditate is one of our most important skills to achieve full mind-body integration. It is important to learn this ability to relax and release stress quickly and easily, without special preparation. We can use meditation and relaxation to deliberately enhance our ability to help restore our health and retrain our subconscious mind to achieve accomplish the goals we set.
How to Reinvent Yourself – 5 Tips to Improve Self Esteem
Oct 7th
Our lives are affected by the media and what we learn creates the decisions we will make.? We sometimes collect a combination of the individuals and experiences in life that will create our life to be like our past. That is why our appearance and weight management always seems to suffer when times get tough. Instead of taking control of our situations, we conform to the people around us and let the media influence our self esteem. If we don’t like the way we look, and only see the perfection in the world around us, we will only sabotage our success.
With this said, we need to reinvent ourselves. What this means is really sitting down and thinking about who we are, blocking out all of the world around us and thinking about what really makes us tick. If there was no media, and perfection around us, what would we think about ourselves.? Our inner beauty is what matters. If we are not attractive on the inside, we will not attract success. This means that if we are attractive on the inside, we will take care of our outside, and the combination of being well groomed and great personality, there is a ton of success just around the corner for us. Who wants to follow a leader that is slumped over, looks like they just rolled out of bed, and thinks the whole world is caving in? Nobody! So take the first step and start taking care of yourself both physically and emotionally.
Working out and eating right are very important for the second step.? Whether you are already in shape, or trying to get back into shape, this rule applies. Working out releases stress that is building up from day to day life.? Once that stress is released, and you have consumed the right nutrition, you will be amazed at how much happier you will feel about yourself, others, and life in general.
Caring about others is the third step since we have established that we care about ourselves and how to take care of ourselves. If we can’t step outside of our own world and find out how we can impact others, then we don’t have a chance of gaining complete freedom from our own bondage. Make it a goal to bring a smile to someone everyday.
The fourth step is to spend quality time with family and friends. Make important memories to last a lifetime.? If your family is not local and you don’t really have very many friends, then get involved in church and local activities to step outside of your comfort zone and meet new people. That is all part of taking control of your life and reinventing yourself.
The fifth step is to re-evaluate your current situation and ask yourself,” Is the current lifestyle I am leading going to get me to the lifestyle I want?” This is where you need to make the important decision of what your life plan needs to be so that you can reach your goals and feel like you achieved your highest potential.
