Which of the following scenarios describes you best?
- You started meditating at home, and now sense you are ready for more direction.
- You tried meditating but life got busy and you couldn’t fit it in, but you’re ready to start up again
- You meditated at home or in a class but nothing happened – it seemed to be a waste of time.
- You recently read a book and are inspired but haven’t done anything about it.
- You can’t imagine yourself being able to meditate in the first place. After all, your mind is constantly processing thoughts, your body is restless, and you don’t have time. You’re so overbooked the thought of adding another thing to do is simply overwhelming.
- You’re not interested because you are skeptical. Some of this new age stuff is way out there and does not appeal to you at all.
Each of these scenarios is valid and equal. Meditation has come a long way and everybody can learn to meditate.
Meditating, with its associated calming effects, has caught on with billions of people who now practice it regularly in some way. It is no longer limited to sitting cross-legged, making ohm sounds with incense burning, aimlessly floating in space, ‘wasting time’. Meditating means being still, looking within, listening and becomes a mindful way of being. When we meditate, we access the peaceful spirit within, and our energy field changes to reflect this intention.
Meditating is a journey, a commitment to practice self-reflection and peace, which becomes part of daily life.
Meditation has been rediscovered and redefined to find a place in our Western lifestyle because it works. Change your future today. Regina