Secrets of Mind and Reality

Meditation is more often associated with states of deep relaxation, but it can also be an effective way to rejuvenate yourself and boost your energy. Fatigue and sluggishness often result from a constant flow of negative, chaotic and stressful thoughts through our minds. We may not even be aware when these types of thoughts begin taking over our focus – we just know we suddenly feel like we’ve got a thousand-pound weight sitting on our shoulders and we have no energy to attend to our normal activities.

The following steps will walk you through a simple process for releasing negative thoughts and boosting your energy through meditation:

1) First, purge the negative stuff.

There are a couple of ways to do this. You can either write out your dominant thoughts on a sheet of paper and tear it up, or simply close your eyes and imagine the top of your head opening up and all negative thoughts flying out and disappearing. Spend as long as you like on this step of the process, but for most people a few minutes should be plenty.

2) Shift to more positive thoughts.

Once you’ve purged the negative thoughts from your mind, it’s a good idea to consciously […] Continue Reading…

A regular meditation practice can be rewarding and beneficial in many ways, but the act of sitting completely still and silent for a long time is intimidating to some people. Either they struggle with random thoughts that they can’t seem to quiet down, or they simply grow bored and end up abandoning their meditation routine.

Have you had similar challenges with your own meditation practice? If so, take a look at the following alternate methods of meditation. They are less intense than traditional meditation techniques and therefore easier for many beginners.

1) Get back to nature.

When it comes right down to it, meditation is nothing more than the practice of quieting your thoughts and focusing on something soothing. Natural settings provide the perfect forum for releasing stress and connecting to soothing sights and sounds!

Choose a beautiful natural setting and take a slow, leisurely walk through it. Pay close attention to the beauty surrounding you, the breeze on your face, and the feeling of your feet moving in a steady rhythm.

Another option is to simply sit silently and observe nature. There are few things more calming than listening to the birds sing or a brook babbling softly nearby, while watching various forms […] Continue Reading…

Meditation is most often considered an inactive process of quieting your mind and engaging with stillness, but there are also several ways to use physical activity to enter a meditative state. Both types of meditation can be incredibly effective in inspiring a sense of peace, harmony and well-being, but they differ greatly in their approach.

Mental meditation involves sitting quietly and focusing on your breathing or a soothing mantra, or emptying your mind by disengaging from your conscious thoughts. Physical meditation at first glance seems to be the complete opposite because your body will be in motion the entire time, but the mental result of peace and stillness is very much the same.

If sitting quietly in silence has always been difficult for you, you may want to explore various forms of physical meditation instead. In fact, you have probably engaged in physical meditation before and not even realized you were doing so!

Here are a few of the most common types of physical meditation activities:

1) Walking.

Walking is not only good for your body; it helps clear your mind too! Repeatedly placing one foot in front of the other while you breathe deeply and observe your surroundings can be […] Continue Reading…