Pre-Meditation Preparing To Meditate

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Pre-Meditation Preparing To MeditateRan across a video that gives you some thing to do to get ready to meditate. Pre-meditation preparing to meditate can be useful. There are some suggestions you may or may not agree with, such as spiritual protection when you meditate. If you feel you need it this video will help and if you don’t…

That is one of the nice things about getting ready to meditate and this video. You can use the parts and suggestions that are useful for you. And leave the rest behind. As my Grandma would say, “You don’t have to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Here is a new video that just went up on YouTube from in5d.com.

Pre-Meditation Preparing To Meditate


For some who are focused on Oneness or Unconditional love there is nothing that needs spiritual protection from but for those who feel they need spiritual protection this video addresses that concern that some have. And if it is not a concern the video gives some useful instructions on how to prepare your body and your mind for meditation.

If you meditate please use the like button. If you could use some pre-meditation preparing to meditate use both the like and share button and leave a comment.

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Chopra and Meditation [VIDEO]

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Chopra and MeditationChopra and Meditation are two words that many people are familiar with and should be no surprise that Deepak Chopra, MD would be a person that could give some good advice on the best meditation techniques and how to take advantage of meditation.

If you are looking for some help on improving your meditation technique you may find this video from Meditation Yoga Daily News of value.

Right now it is election season and it seems people are very charged up. Meditation is probably a very good way to  help people who are so invested in politics that it gives them stress and anxiety about what others think and feel about candidates, parties and people.

Chopra and Meditation

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Only you can decide if this is the best practice for you. I hope Dr. Chopra’s take on meditation is helpful to you and if you find it of value please use the social media buttons below to pass the word on.

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Is There A One Size Fits All Meditation Technique?

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One size fits all meditationPossibly and possibly not. It depends on who you ask is there a one size fits all meditation technique. There was an article in the Huffington Post that talks about the issue. It has some good points and there is another way to look at it also.

Is There A One Size Fits All Meditation Technique?

Researchers from the San Francisco State University Institute for Holistic Health Studies found that not all people prefer the same kind of meditation practices. The study suggests that the best way for someone to actually stick with a meditation practice might be to pick the kind that he or she feels most comfortable with, compared with the trendiest type of the moment.

“If someone is exposed to a particular technique through the media or a healthcare provider, they might assume because it’s popular it’s the best for everyone,” study researcher Adam Burke, professor of health education at SF State and the director of the Institute for Holistic Health Studies, said in a statement.

“But that’s like saying because a pink dress or a blue sport coat is popular this year, it’s going to look good on everybody,” he added. “In truth, different people like different things. One size does not fit all.”

The study, published in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing, included 247 people between ages 20 and 56 who were taught four kinds of meditations: Qigong Visualization, Mantra, Zen or Mindfulness. The study participants were taught the meditations over a six-week class, and were asked to try them out on their own and then report back which ones they liked best. Most of the participants didn’t really have any real experience meditating, and those who did reported that mindfulness was their main way of meditating.

By the end of the study period, the top two preferred meditation methods were Mantra and Mindfulness, with 31 percent of study participants reporting preference for each one. Twenty-two percent of people preferred Zen meditation and 14.8 percent of people preferred Qigong meditation.

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There is some very interesting stuff in the article and I got to thinking what if there was a on size fits all meditation technique what would be involved?

Well, people meditation for many different reasons so whatever we came up with would have to incorporate the reasons a person meditated. There are all kind of postures to walking meditations so what we come up with would also want to be able to incorporate any of them.

What’s the one thing in common all meditation techniques have?

Breathing and the breath!

So if we were gonna come up with a one size fits all meditation technique the one thing that all the different meditation forms have in common is the breath and breathing so it seems to make sense that the one size fits all form of meditation would be focus on your breath to the inclusion of all else. Allow your attention to be with the breath in and breath out and keep bring your attention to that.

It would seem from there you are in the present as you don’t breath in the past or the future, only the here and now. And in most sacred text the word for Spirit or Divinity and the word for breath are one and the same.

Breathing is one thing that you do consciously and unconsciously. So bring your focus of attention to your breath connects those two aspects up.

So if we were gonna develop a one size fits all meditation technique it would be nice to be able to do it anywhere and anytime, which you can do with focusing on your breathing.

So do me and you a favor and like, share and tweet this on the in breath and Pin and link  this on the out breath :)

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Meditation Can Improve Your Teenager

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meditation can improve your teenagerEverything about a teenager is changing, physically, mentally and emotionally. Meditation can improve your teenager in this time of rapid change giving the mind something to productive to focus on can benefit all the changes on all levels. Giving children and teens tools that give control over their thinking and feeling can have a very positive effect on their development.

Ann Douglas wrote over at thestar.com about mindfulness meditation and teenagers…

Meditation Can Improve Your Teenager

Here’s some good news about that much talked about teenage brain. Teenagers who practice mindfulness — a technique that involves focusing on what is happening in the moment and being aware of and accepting of emotions — benefit from increased self-control, healthier relationships, and improved overall well-being.

Psychologists at Australia’s University of Wollongong and George Mason University in Washington, DC, studied mindfulness in 776 Grade 10 students over a one-year period. The results of their research were published in the August 2011 issue of the Journal of Adolescence.

Mindfulness is a useful strategy for teenagers because it allows them to think through their emotions as opposed to reacting impulsively — something their brains are primed to do during the teen years.

“The teen brain is still undergoing a period of active construction,” explains Dr. Jean Clinton, an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience atMcMaster University, division of Child Psychiatry. “And, during this time, teenagers are more reactive. Mindfulness allows them to pay attention to their feelings rather than being their feelings.”

Mindfulness also involves accepting what you are feeling and understanding that an emotion is just an emotion: it doesn’t control you, explains Shelley Hermer, a social worker based in Peterborough, Ontario. “Feelings come and feelings go. And there’s no such thing as a bad feeling. Being angry is just as valid as being excited.”

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Yes meditation is a useful tool for children, teenagers and adults and getting into that meditative state quickly can make all the difference in the world. There is a great tool that produces mindfulness and personal power and spiritual awareness all in this one unique tool. http://docloves.me/heartspace

Please share, like and send this to as many people as possible because you know we are watching you. :)

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Meditation Techniques – Zen In 30 Seconds

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meditation techniquesAs December of 2012 draws nearer and nearer more and more people feel attracted to the mystical, spiritual side of thing so meditation techniques - zen in 30 seconds fits right in with what people are wanting either consciously or unconsciously. Wendy Leung wrote in The Globe and Mail about how she does zen in 30 seconds or less and you may be able to take advantage of it as well. Learning the process of getting in that calm zen mind frame can be very valuable.

Meditation Techniques – Zen In 30 Seconds

Sitting behind the wheel on a busy highway is an unlikely place to find inner peace.

But far from closing her eyes and zoning out, Janet Martin, an Oakville, Ont., executive coach and counsellor, uses her commute to Toronto to do a quick, micro-meditation.

As the CN Tower comes into view, she takes a few measured breaths to get rid of busy thoughts and refocuses her attention. “When I see that CN Tower, it’s just a reminder to me to come back to the present, to the traffic, to the sounds, to what’s happening around me,” Ms. Martin says. The mini-meditation not only helps reduce overall stress, it makes her a more attentive driver, she says.

She peppers her days with similar brief meditations to relax and attain clarity of mind. “People say crazy, cliché things like ‘it’s changed my life,’ but it does change your life over time.”

In recent years, research has revealed that meditation can actually rewire the brain and generally improve health, increasing one’s mental acuity, reducing blood pressure and even improving the immune system. However, science has yet to determine how much meditation is optimal, and what length and frequency of practice is required to achieve results.

Zoran Josipovic, a neuroscientist at New York University, studies the brains of Buddhist monks, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology to explore how meditation changes the brain’s networks. His subjects have anywhere between eight and 30 years of experience, meditating between half an hour to three hours a day, and going to annual retreats where they practise up to 12 hours daily. Micro-meditation, seized here and there amid the frenzy of modern life, seems paltry in comparison.

Dr. Josipovic says micro-meditation is likely more effective if you already know how to meditate.

There are multiple ways to do meditation techniques and if you have practiced it you should be able to do it most everywhere. One of the best ways to learn fast quick easy meditation is through learning HeartSpace™.  You can learn it from watching our free videos over at an article entitled The Characteristics of Head Space or HeartSpace™ . Or to really get it done, get our HeartSpace™ training set that gives you three different ways to use HeartSpace™ personally, with others and for spiritual awakening.

Like and share this with everyone you know because however you do it, it will be to your advantage to learn how to get Zen in 30 seconds or less.

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