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sleep meditation When I Was a Hippie (Part 3 of 5)

That evening, with furrowed brows, we passed a joint around again — our sixth roach meeting. We decided that roaches must be psychic and could obviously read minds, because they knew our intentions ahead of time, and we concluded that killing such special beings would, without doubt, inflict horrible karma on ourselves, so in no way could we kill them. Anyway, our problem had apparently solved itself, and everything was cool!

Well, not quite cool; the following morning after we decided not to kill the psychic roaches, you guessed it . . . all the roaches were back — in force. It was party time! But nevertheless, we ended up never killing a single roach, and luckily, as far as I know, the kids all survived.

Late one night, not long after the roach episode, we woke up to the sound of a chopper overhead and somebody yelling, “Eat your stash, eat your stash,” referring to our personal supplies of psychedelic mushrooms. The Tennessee National Guard and the Tennessee State Police were raiding our commune! Apparently, a week earlier their “eye in the sky” helicopter that regularly patrolled the state looking for marijuana fields mistook the neglected ragweed growing in our fields as dope. You can imagine how much love the State of Tennessee had in its heart for fifteen hundred, in-your-face, hippies!

We had three miscarriages that night resulting from the commotion and the chopper landing in the field; the incident frightened the expectant mothers to death, and the miscarriages devastated them — a miscarriage leaves scars. Early the next morning, our attorneys, who stopped the raiders dead in their tracks at the gate the previous night, were in the process of marching the big shots out into the fields to surrender our contraband ragweed. State Police lined the road outside our gate, standing at attention with their rifles and shotguns at the ready.

As we drove by in our pickups on our way to Nashville, we just happened to have some ragweed with us, and we did eat our whole stash of mushrooms the previous night. So feeling no pain, as we slowly passed the line of troopers, we tossed our ragweed, like darts, into their gun barrels, as they stood there obediently like wooden statues.

The Farm sued the State of Tennessee for a million dollars because of the duress they caused our community, but the Farm never followed through with it. The folks on the farm were committed to peace, which took a lot more courage than I thought. I learned how much courage when I witnessed a near-tragedy one afternoon while walking toward the gatehouse.

An old pickup, overflowing with nine drunken locals, flew up the dirt road in a cloud of dust and parked just outside the gate. They all poured out and ran up to the gatekeeper, a young, slight guy that had been at the commune since its inception. Two of the young drunks grabbed his long hair and pulled his head back, while another pulled out a large bowie knife and put to his neck. I couldn’t move, it was horrible, and everybody inside the gatehouse froze as well. After what seemed like an eternity, although probably only a few seconds, they threw him on the ground, stumbled back to their truck, laughing and yelling, and drove off. We all ran up to the gatekeeper, who was dusting himself off, and asked if he was all right. He said that everything was cool, that he was okay, and that we should just forget about it.

I couldn’t forget about it, and I ran across him about a week later. It was in the meadow where the entire community would meditate every Sunday before our big community meeting. I asked him if he was scared when they put the knife to his throat.

“Yeah, sure, but they were just drunk,” he said.

“What did they say?”

“They asked me what I’d do if the Russians came and raped my kids. Would I kill the Russians?”

“What did you say?”

“I said that right now, there ain’t no Russians, just a bunch of good old boys and me, and I was okay with that. Then they said that I was worthless, and threw me down.”

“You’re a pretty brave guy,” I said.

“Naw, I’m just okay with dyin. I learned a long time ago how the universe works,” he said apologetically, looking down.

The Farm was a real experience where I met exceptional people like the gatekeeper — and like ten-minute Denny (the walls in our household were paper-thin, acquainting everybody with each other’s intimate habits), who was a gifted musician. The three-day concerts that began every July 11 were remarkable, attended by the entire community — a meadow of delicate, hopeful faces turned toward the sun with their long hair blowing in the wind like a field of golden wheat.

The Farm touted four professional touring bands as well as many amateur artists, and with the non-stop music and all the families and kids camped out under the stars, it made one wonder why anyone would ever consider Wall Street as an alternative. What a great place for kids, and safe too, with UNICEF regularly monitoring them for any nutritional deficiencies. The only thing they found was a vitamin B-12 deficiency, which we handled by supplementing our soymilk. And our birthing record, using only mid-wives unless complications developed, was better than that of the state of Tennessee.

It wasn’t long before the memory of the July 11 concert began to fade, however, and the October mornings were turning a little cooler, and the days a little shorter, and with no real connections for a warm place to stay, (since I moved out of the crowded, noisy household in preference of a tent) I decided to return to California. But I had a problem; people who take a vow of poverty don’t have any money! So I snuck out of the commune without a penny on me and hitchhiked down the old country lane to Summertown.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

Types of meditation
Loving-kindness meditation. With the many types of meditation to try, there should be one to suit most individuals. …
Body scan or progressive relaxation. …
Mindfulness meditation. …
Breath awareness meditation. …
Kundalini yoga. …
Zen meditation. …
Transcendental Meditation.

Meditation is a habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. You can use it to increase awareness of yourself and your surroundings. Many people think of it as a way to reduce stress and develop concentration.
Basic meditation music simply provides a way for an individual to go deeper with their meditation by adding a new layer to their experience. … Unlike many other music forms, the binaural beats work with the brain to develop a frequency most associated with relaxation.

meditation music The Great and Godly Game of Hide and Seek

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“This one’s done! Beam him up, Scotty.”

I’ve had that bizarre fear myself, the fear that if I allow myself to feel satisfied, happy even, well then, the (presupposed) fall will be so much worse. Safer to stay slightly under, slightly under-fulfilled. That way I can protect myself from some lurking devastation; slip in under the radar. It’s as if, by giving myself an intermittent fix of unease, I’ll never have to suffer one of the “really big ones”…Stay closer to down and the bottom won’t hurt so bad (Something like that.) Stupid, of course. Still, many of us do this through much of our lives, I’ve noticed.

Do we all live with some inherent fear of unworthiness? Is there something in the process of birth and the slow differentiation of self that leaves us each carrying a basic wound, no matter how loving and nurturing the home?

Is there something in life itself that is imprinted on each Soul? Something built-in that jump-starts the inner yearning for our home-coming to Source?

Is this internal stir of dissatisfaction, Life’s built-in wake up call?

I think this is so.

God (Creation, or if you prefer, the Ground of Being) wanting to know and experience itself, requires reflection – requires the Fall into differentiation and form in order to have reference to itself. Without this separation into differentiated form, there is no discernment – no “knowing”-and therefore no dynamic of “the observer observing the observed”. Without this dynamic, all would remain formless, undifferentiated consciousness. God, the Ground of Being could not step out of Itself to see and know Itself.

And so, here we are, a great cosmic breathing: re-membering Unity, andFall-ing back into duality and the timeline of subject/object reference.

What frolic, this never-ending yearning to separate and to unite! I call it the Great Godly Game of Hide and Seek. And we’re, each of us, an integral part of this Godly Frolic.

Dissatisfaction was built into the equation (hard-wired into our very cells) if only to perpetuate the movement to hide and to seek. Life itself, stirred by its own aliveness:

“Move!” Life continually calls out.

…”This isn’t it.” the psyche hears.

This is one oddly conceived game. The one hiding is seeking. The one seeking is in hiding, in a game that never finishes. No winners, no losers (though we keep believing ourselves one or the other in alternating fame). No pushing the clock forward to hurry things along, though we pretend that we can, are and have….Ahh to feel as one of the Enlightened few…

(Somewhere out there the Referee must have thrown up his hands….Somewhere right here too!) I want to say here: “So let’s all just loosen up. Let’s be good sports.”

In the game of hide and seek, at some point in the game, the Seeker yells out:

“Ally, ally, in free. Come out, come out, wherever you are!”

…And all those who are hidden, come join around the Tree of Life.

Most of us don’t think we’re lost from ourselves. Oh, we may feel that inner stir of “dissatisfaction”, that itching sense of never quite feeling at peace, never being quite whole, a sense that something is missing. And we seek all sorts of ways, from comic to tragic, to scratch the itch of dissatisfaction.

Most often we seek to pinpoint the cause of these feelings of dissatisfaction in the circumstances of our present life: a wrong partner, the wrong career, definitely the wrong body! Or, we find the cause in our past: an abusive or neglectful parent, hurtful past relationships, wounds of all sorts. We spend countless hours revisiting over these various causes to which we’ve attributed our feelings of dissatisfaction. We spend thousands of dollars on therapies, groups, pills, and countless other modalities that promise to heal the causes of our dissatisfactions and dis-ease.

We try new partners, new jobs, jazzercise, cosmetic surgery, psychic readings, Stairmaster, church groups, pot, parties, books, a new SUV, yoga, yell therapy, wardrobe consultants, Feng Shui, meditation, affairs and fantasies. An endless array, best I can see, hoping to fix ourselves of this nagging inner feeling of dissatisfaction. It seems we’re ever in a state of “not quite right”. In fact, most of us have many “not quite rights” going on all the time. Interesting, don’t you think, this basic dissatisfaction, and the constantefforting to fix it?

It seems quite clear to me that we live in a continual circularity trying to fix “not quite right”. But none of these fix-its stop the itch. It may solve one problem. We just go on the next one stacked up in a line-and then another and another. Why is that, do you suppose?

I wonder if another perspective is required. I wonder if we’re looking at “the problem” from too close in. I wonder if we’re looking inside of the box for the troubles, and not at the box itself.

For me, realizing the role of dissatisfaction as inherent to the process of God (Consciousness) knowing Itself through us (as individuation) takes us out of the box. It relieves us from the burden of trying to fix ourselves and opens us instead to the potential of an entirely new relationship to dissatisfaction: one that moves with it as part of the flow of a vibrant living current.

This requires a fundamental change in perspective. No longer is dissatisfaction considered the symptom of an underlying problem at all. Rather, I accept this thing we call and feel as “dissatisfaction” as a form of dynamic tension that is inherent to the Current of Life. I accept that it is part of the momentum that brings a separate “me” back into realization of Oneness: “I Am That I Am.”

This perspective, for me, lives closer to truth. It is a fundamental reorganization of being. It is the place mystics call realization; it is the realization of Life breathing me-and that I Am the Breathing. It is coming to live within mystery and grace time and time again. It is a state of presence that denies no thing and embraces All.

This is the great paradox of Life: Truth abides all around us, and nowhere can it be found. Just as we can never quit the stirring of dissatisfaction that seduces each breath of separation and re-membering, we can never rest wholly in our Godliness nor wholly in our individual-ness.

We can only come to see and to delight in this dance, the lover for her beloved, as we fall into grace from time to time eternal.

SUGGESTED EXERCISE: THE GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK

Create a space where you can lie down and be undisturbed for 20 minutes or so, and have nearby something with which you can write.

1) Lying down in a comfortable position, and give yourself 10 minutes or so to breathe deeply-not quite as full as you can, but as fully as you can and still be deeply relaxing. (You may choose to play some meditative music, but I suggest it be something that won’t distract you from going inward.)

2) As you begin to relax, sense into your Deepest Essence, into what you sense or hope or feel is your deepest potential or soul essence. It could come as a memory of a time when you felt very connected to life, or just as a sense of longing for that deepest part of yourself, your soul.

3) When you feel that you have touched a sense of your true essence, take a moment or two and then sit up and pull out your writing materials. Write out those times, places and circumstances you feel most connected to your sense of soul: Where are/were you? What are you doing at those times? What do you feel inside when you are most connected to your soul? When was the last time you recall feeling this way?

4) Then, and still from this sense of soul, start to notice all the ways (big or small) that you feel you hide from yourself: When and where are you least connected to your sense of soul? What are you doing at those times? What do you feel like? (Hint: look for times and ways that you are bored or depressed, anxious or irritable. Look for behaviors “you don’t like” in yourself.)

5) Next, list all the things you are dissatisfied with in your life. Things about yourself, things about your circumstances. (Some obvious places to start: your body image, your health, your career, your spouse, your sense of well-being-you get the idea.) Just put them all out on paper, as many as you can, saying, “I am dissatisfied with….” (We all have a “gazillion”. Let it rip!)

6) Now go back over the list of times, places and ways in which you feel most connected to your soul. Try and just “feel into” that sense of soul. Offer a prayer to become more open to your soul’s wisdom of expression in your life in whatever words or ways fit your expression right now.

7) Write this prayer (or the essence of it), with a mental note that you will observe how “dissatisfaction” continually comes into your life and how this dissatisfaction takes you away from or brings you toward soul. (You might wish to keep a journal, but don’t over effort this part. It is better in my experience, to let it be a gentle observation/contemplation kept in the back of your mind as you go about your life, rather than something made into an exercise to “accomplish”) Let your prayer to soul and your notice of dissatisfaction be gently with you over the next several days and weeks. I’d like to hear back from you on what you discover…
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

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Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

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Call me a bluff old traditionalist but I prefer Radiohead when they right a normal song. All these meditations in uncommon time signatures with bizarre titles, such as Fishscale arpeggio, or whatever, are far too pretentious for my liking. They could do all of this and make it sound uncomplicated with songs such as Paranoid Android, but now it sounds as if they are doing it just to frustrate fans such as I that are craving another High and Dry or Just. The golden age of Radiohead was the Bends and OK computer, before Kid A assaulted my ears with the primal scream of a band trying to ‘push the boundaries.’ I thought such notions had been washed away with the death of the hippy ideal forty years ago.

Any artist that ‘pushes the boundaries’ does so without effort and it sounds completely relevant and in place. But what I hear from Radiohead these days is like the worst kind of drum n bass fusion that I thought I had heard the last of when drum n bass splintered into the many ridiculous sub genres that were around in the late 90s.

Don’t get me wrong, Yorke, Greenwood et al are genii, groundbreakers and pioneers. I love most of Radiohead’s music. But when they were writing Karma Police and Exit Music… they were ‘pushing the boundaries,’ yet the songs were there and fluid and marvelous. So please guys give us a few more sing-a-longs and use those interesting chord movements, and let Greenwood do his guitar thing and do do those fantastic and totally original soundscapes but in keeping with a good poppy song. These are groundbreaking moments, these are great. Please, a few more before you get too old to be cool!!
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

sleep meditation 5 PROVEN Tips To Help You Wipeout Your Depression

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You might not be surprised to know that at some point during your life you will experience the feeling of loneliness; but it’s important to understand that this feeling is normal and will be experienced by everyone at some point during their life. You are not alone here, we have all been there.

It’s understandable to feel depressed if you fail important exams, or if you are rejected by another person. Feeling lonely can feel even more intense when someone you love passes away. It’s nothing to be ashamed of; it’s a part of life.

Depression on the other hand can be more fatal than just plain loneliness. It could turn into devastating life-long consequences that can destroy your self-esteem, health, and well-being in the process.

Well today I am going to share five mood busting tips to help you overcome the ‘Melancholy Mood’ to enable you to get the MOST pleasure out of your daily activities.

Tip #1. Do you get enough Light and Sunshine?

Lack of natural daylight can have a negative affect on your mood. If you find yourself suffering with depression during the winter months especially, you could have ‘Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)’ this is sometimes referred to as ‘winter depression’. The two main symptoms of SAD are low moods and a lack of enthusiasm in ordinary things. Other symptoms of SAD included; Being less active, weight gain and tiredness.

Did you know that with winter days being shorter and nights being longer, the body produces a hormone called Melatonin which is only produced in dark conditions? The lack of exposure to sunlight lowers your body temperature and makes you feel listless and it has been found to trigger a disheartened mood and/or a sluggish condition. So, if you do spend a lot of time in your room, with the curtains drawn, you will find it much harder to create enough enthusiasm to get yourself out of bed every day.

You can always travel to find the sun, but if you can’t afford to buy some sunshine, try brightening up your room with lights to help make up for the darkness.

Or…you could go out and have lunch instead of spending time at home or in the office for a change, take regular walks in the afternoon to soak up the natural rays and fresh air, instead of driving your car over short distances.

There are lots of choices, use your imagination. It’s really up to you to change your daily routine of darkness and let the light in.

Tip #2. Keep Busy and Get Inspired.

You have a greater chance of overcoming any feeling of depression if you shift your focus and keep your mind busy by engaging in activities that you enjoy.
Do things you have a passion for.

If you find you are financially challenged this should not prevent you from making changes to your daily routine. Engage in simple things that won’t break the bank, take a leisurely walk in the park, play a sport, read books and broaden your mind, or spend time doing things that you have passion for and would love to pursue.

Also, try setting some achievable goals.

No matter what your situation, life can be difficult or discouraging at the best of times. But remember that this will not last forever, stay focused and have an unshakable belief that you are capable of doing anything you desire. You just need to decide what it is you want and do it! Keeping a positive attitude will you help you beat the winter blues.

Tip #3. Take Time Out, Sit Back and Relax.

Put your feet up and enjoy listening to your favourite music or some soothing meditation. Make time to soak in a nice warm bubble bath, with some scented candles. Basically, take a break from your daily stresses and workload by spending a few hours or the day just doing the things you love. In other words, go and have some fun. Life’s too short.

Tip #4. Maintain a Balanced diet and Move More.

Avoid foods that contain lots of Sugar, Caffeine or Alcohol.

Sugar and caffeine is a quick fix for small energy boosts; but longer term they will trigger bouts of anxiety, tension and internal problems. Alcohol has the opposite effect and works as a depressant. Many people drink alcohol to “forget their problems”, but all they are really doing is avoiding their issues and aggravating the situation in the process.

Also, did you also know that taking regular exercise is crucial when it comes to beating depression?

Why you ask?

Well, regular exercise helps your body produce more ‘happy chemicals’ called Endorphins, so in simple terms the increase in endorphins lowers stress levels and boosts happiness. So start today and see instant results in your moods.

Tip #5. Get a Social Life Outside of Work.

No man is an island and your close work colleagues/friends are there to offer you moral support when times are looking a bit bleak.

Spending time with them and engaging in worthwhile activities will give you a very satisfying feeling of belonging. Knowing that you have the support from friends during and outside of work is a very comforting feeling.

It’s important also to never underestimate the power of Touch. What I mean is, it feels good to get a pat on the back and words of encouragement during your most challenging times, especially from people that you trust and love.

Give out hugs
Get intimate with someone you love
Create close bonds with family and friends

The love and care expressed by you and others can massively boost your moods, immune system and help fend off illnesses. Best of all, you will live longer feeling more secure and happier.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

meditation music Guided Meditation CDs Are More Effective When The Intention Behind Them Is Real – Is Yours?

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That depends a great deal on the intention of the person making it. Aside from factors like talent, skill, training, production values, and professionalism, there is one magical quality that can not be learned or faked: The intention behind the product. What’s the bottom line for the person doing the writing, narration, music, and production? Are they mainly interested in making money, or are they mainly interested in helping people?

We’ve all been around people who have a sort of undefinable nurturing quality. When you talk to someone like that, you automatically start to relax, feel better, and for some reason want to tell them all your troubles. That’s because they care, and it comes across on a subconscious level. Truly caring about other people can’t be manufactured — it’s either there or it isn’t. And when it’s there, it comes across.

The same is true for the person narrating a guided meditation. If they have a connection with the material, and if they have a natural compassion for others, their caring will come through their voice. Even if they are not a skilled reader, the listener will get more out of a recording made from someone with genuine caring and compassion than they will from someone who’s a great dramatic artist but doesn’t connect inside to their heart.

This is certainly true in situations where you’re being guided through a meditation by someone there with you in the room. But it’s just as true when it’s a recorded piece. Musicians know all about this, because they will often reject a recording that sounds “clean and perfect” but doesn’t have the right feeling. Most musicians will prefer the track with the feeling to one that’s perfect every time.

If you happen to be in the position of doing a guided imagery or guided meditation voice recording yourself, make connecting to the material — and connecting to the listener — a priority. Imagine your listener is right there in the room with you, and their happiness, health, and their life depends on your sincerity. Think about the words you’re saying, and think about how they will effect the listener. Imagine healing energy coming out from your heart to everyone who will hear your recording. Then you’ll have the kind of connection to the material that can make a difference.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

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I’ve been too busy with my three boys, life and my business. I’ve usually skipped a few meditations thinking I need to catch up with work, jump straight onto the computer first thing, missing my much needed early morning rituals and think I’m saving time by not going to a couple of yoga classes.

Where does “saved time” get stored anyway?

If I continue along this path the separation becomes greater and greater between my soul and mind/body. My mind without directive from my soul’s inner wise voice starts to run the show and let me tell you, it’s not clever and makes stupid mistakes. What was I thinking?

My mind will then quickly take me out of universal flow when in fact my soul and inner wise voice knows and IS the universal flow. The synchronicity once present in my life begins to fragment and dilute.

Lucky for me over the years I’ve found a few well being solutions that can flick off all the unimportant stuff and open up the communication channels again between my soul and mind/body.

Keep the friendly communication alive between your soul’s inner wise voice and your mind/body:

1 – DO NOTHING FOR ONE HOUR:

Simple but true. It’s easy in theory to do and the effects are immediate. I promise.

Find yourself a soothing space to just sit and BE, preferably surrounded by a bit of nature, in your backyard, next to your favourite tree or flower bed and then do nothing for one whole hour, not even meditate. One hour by the way is a whole 60 minutes.

Sure your mind and body might complain and get agitated in fact it will probably feel like it wants to explode. That’s fine let them. You are perfectly safe and it’s only energy. After a short while they will lose their dominance and soon realize they have nothing to do, no where to go and nothing to cling too. All their seemingly important distractions, urgencies and complaints will just disappear into the background. The calm stillness waiting patiently deep inside will soon rise gently to the surface.

Just in case you were wondering what “do nothing for one hour” means I’ll spell it out for you. No eating, meditating, reading, writing or listening to music. Just BE still.

Do I have trouble doing this? You bet. Is it worth it, absolutely!

Afterwards, I guarantee you feel surprisingly thrilled with yourself.

The best part is all the energy distractions and drains before will now seem frivolous and unimportant as a clear channel once again has been opened up to your souls gentle guidance.

2 – EMPTY YOUR DAY:

If the above seems a little too radical and just out of your reach for the moment then start saying NO to open up your time and space around you to allow your inner wise voice to rise to the surface.

A day packed with so much activity, stimulation and busyness literally crowds the energies around you. They can almost smother your very existence. There is no time and space for just you and your inner wise voice.

Eliminate, eliminate, eliminate the unnecessary, simplify, simplify, simplify and create some breathing and being space around you.

3 – LET YOURSELF MARINATE:

In a recent newsletter by Sandy Grason I absolutely fell in love with her newsletter talking about taking “time out” to marinate. No straight out of the fridge and into the frying habits here.

Spend some time with yourself hanging out and doing what you love even if they are work orientated things.

When you wake up feeling refreshed, alive and full of inspiration again then you know you have marinated long enough.

In fact perhaps a long weekend is needed to fully marinade yourself in your souls pleasure’s again.

4 – JOURNAL:

The promise of a blank page can be the very starting point for opening up the communication between your mind/body and your inner wise voice.

No thinking is required, in fact back chat from your mind is definitely not acceptable simply ask your question and let the pen and your hand reveal the answers.

Repeat as often as you like until you feel the real truth has been revealed.

I mentioned recently after reading the fabulous soul searching book by Elizabeth Gilbert Eat, Pray and Love that she suggested you start each morning journaling by writing:

What do I really, really, really, want?

The key is to say really three times according to Elizabeth Gilbert and from my experience the really, really, really makes the connection to your inner guiding voice deeper and clearer.

USEFUL RESOURCE:

If you are in need of some great journaling prompts hop onto Sandy Grason’s web site where she offers over 40 prompts to get your journaling flow of self discovery happening.

sleep meditation Ways To Find A Balanced Yoga Practice

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Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

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As a result of the widespread health as well as fitness trend that we currently experience in our society today, stronger as well as fast-paced vinyasa-style yoga classes are being taught. The question now is, do you balance your yoga practice? Yoga teachers most times, may think that by teaching as well as practicing restorative yoga, gentle, mindful, and breath-centered yoga as regular as the strong vinyasa style, that including their teaching as well as practice are balanced. However, if you take a close look at it from an Ayurvedic perspective, you will see that you are very much out of balance.

How to balance your yoga practice

1. Consider your lifestyle as a whole first

Yoga can be anything to you. It might be just a class that you attend maybe once or three twice in a week. It can also be a way you live your life. Perhaps you might sit at a desk most of your day and might have already done some regular meditation or reflective practice; then you can go for 2-3 vinyasa classes a week. This could be the perfect balance for you. On another important note, if you are the type that consistently rush to meetings or run errands, skip meals, find yourself at the gym most of the days or just constantly on the go, then you might as well consider taking a slower yoga class to balance all this. Restorative yoga or a style of yoga that focuses on breath and relaxation might be a perfect option to consider.

2. Your physical needs should be considered

If you have cases like scoliosis, knee, hip as well as shoulder pain, ensure that you seek out the opinions of a yoga teacher that is well experienced. You can also go to other health professionals you completely trust to make you take decision on the style of practice that will support healing as well as provide you with the other qualities that you need from your yoga practice, which may include challenging poses or a structured practice.

3. Your psychological needs should be considered

These needs could as well be connected closely to your dosha. If you have this tendency of always feeling flat, lethargic or even depressed, you should consider developing the intention to challenge yourself with an up-beat class. You can do so with music, a light as well as fun atmosphere. However, if you feel tired or stressed, summon the courage to give yourself a break or do the slower-paced restorative or yin yoga class.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

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This is why so many people want to find a way to just alleviate the problem. It is not always easy to prevent or reverse the onset of anxiety, so a disorder treatment that can reverse the problem and restore mental harmony is highly sought after.

You might have some questions about disorder treatment methods. Are these treatments difficult to undergo? Are they expensive? Are they effective only with specific anxiety conditions? The answers generally depend on an individual’s specific condition and the type of treatment employed.

As a general rule, effectively treating the problem is not as difficult as some people assume. Most treatment methods can be used. There are three general types of treatment methods available.

Counseling and Therapy: This type of treatment is actually a broad umbrella that encompasses an assortment of different therapeutic approaches. Group therapy, individual one-on-one therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy are some of the methods that can be explored to achieve the desired result.

This type of treatment is able to get to the root cause of the problem. It then removes the cause, which in turn eliminates the triggers that can give rise to the attacks. Many people find this type of treatment effective because it can deliver results.

Alternative Treatment Methods: A large number of alternative treatment methods are available, including meditation, high intensity sports training, yoga or tai chi, and listening to mood music. There are literally dozens of different ways to alleviate anxiety, making this treatment a useful and popular way to deal with the problem.

Treatment Using Prescription Medication on an Outpatient Basis: This anxiety disorder treatment method involves specific anti-anxiety prescription drugs such as Zoloft, Valium, Paxil, Prozac, Xanax and others. These medications should be prescribed by a psychiatrist or a general practitioner who has some experience in treating the problem. Specific medication dosages are determined by the prescribing physician during the examination phase of treatment.

At a follow up session the physician will record the patient’s progress and determine whether to increase or decrease the medication’s dosage, or perhaps change to an entirely different medication. It is not uncommon to combine different medications to achieve the desired result.

Medication as a treatment is not meant to go on forever; instead, the intention is to discontinue the medication when the problem is reduced.

Of course, it is also possible to use more than one type of treatment at the same time. Combining different treatment methods often helps eliminate it much faster.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

meditation music Meditation – Take Back Your Life

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Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

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Meditation is one of the easiest forms of relaxation, stress relief and performance building options available today. Nothing special is required in order to meditate and can be done just about anywhere. You can meditate with as little as 10 minutes once you gain experience in reaching the quiet space that meditation is characterized. When you first start meditating, it may be difficult to reach this space.

Start by using a guided meditation technique. This type of technique is good in teaching you to reach the quite spot necessary to receive the benefits of meditation in your life. Guided meditations take longer whether you are doing them by yourself or though a class. Once you know how to reach this quiet spot, you can generally do it with just a few deep breaths this is the place you are aiming for when you begin learning meditation. The purpose of being able to blank your mind is that many people do not realize how much work their brain does as well as the stress that it places on the body.

Consider your daily to do list. Many people keep this list in their heads; it is constantly being updated and changed. You worry about work, home, kids, money and you think about these things every second of the day. These extra thoughts can have a direct effect on your ability to perform because it damages your focus. Consider how much faster you could get a project done if you were relaxed and had no other thoughts but that particular project. You could easily reason out solutions to problems because do not have your focus divided among dozens of different things.

Meditation can help you to accomplish this type of focus. Once you gain experience in meditation you can reach this level of clear-minded focus with only a few deep breaths and a few minutes of time. You can help to eliminate stress, nervousness, anxiety, and bring everything you have to offer to the table in every aspect of your life each time.

Meditation allows you to release tension from your body. Stress can cause your muscles to tense up. This causes you to become tired faster, it also causes stiffness, pain, and aches all of which can be distracting, uncomfortable and draining. Meditation not only allows you to calm your mind and focus on a single thing but it also allows you to make note of tension within the body and release that tension.

Mediation is best done when you have at least 15 minutes of free time. When you meditate, you can do so with music or with simple quiet but you should do it when you know that you are not going to be disturbed by phones, kids or partners. If you choose music, consider music that does not have vocals or natural sounds as these types of music selections tend to make it easier to relax and are less likely to be distracting. Meditation can easily be part of your before bed routine or even your quick breaks during the day during work.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

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Nevertheless, there are several ways that can help you overcome depression. Although trying to beat depression is hard to do, it is possible. Most methods are very effective in overcoming depression, but, you need to follow them thoroughly.

The first step in overcoming depression is by accepting that there is something wrong. Accepting that there is something wrong with you will allow you to accept that you need to do something to right the wrong. Once you have accepted that you have depression, what you need to do is to find out what causes depression.

Now, almost everybody knows that stress is one of the main factors that can cause depression. Therefore, once you are suffering from depression you must know how to loosen up. You need to do things that make you feel good not only about life and other people, but yourself as well. Go out with friends and do your best to open up.

It will also help if you avoid everything that fuels stress and depression. Take a short vacation from work. If you have children, you may ask some of your relatives or your better half to take care of them at least once a week.

You may also try doing various activities like sports, exercising and meditation. Playing sports and exercising can be very beneficial to a person’s body. Both of these activities make you fit as well as regulate the flow of blood in your body. They also allow your brain to release serotonin and dopamine, which are two types of hormones that are responsible for creating the feeling of pleasure. You can also increase your intake of vitamin B and omega-3.

Another activity you can do is meditation. This activity is one of the most effective ways for overcoming depression. It allows people to achieve balance and tranquility in the mind, body and soul. If you are finding it hard to meditate, you may try listening to Holosync meditation music CD’s.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.