| In this article I'd like to talk about some easy | | | | You will find after a few minutes of feeling |
| meditation techniques that work really well. If you | | | | silly....that your attention will subtly shift to |
| are like so many of the people I speak to | | | | NOTHING outside of the numbers, and the |
| regularly, you probably are SO stressed at your | | | | sensations of the breath leaving and entering our |
| everyday life that you don't expect ANY | | | | body. Congratulations - You are meditating! |
| meditation technique will work for you, right? The | | | | Using a Mantra for Meditation |
| truth is....you're WRONG! Everyone can learn to | | | | Again, very easy for beginners. (and is the central |
| meditate, and in my view, life without meditation | | | | part of Transcendental Meditation which is |
| is like being a fish out of water. Our TRUE home | | | | practiced by millions!) Simply say, and repeat a |
| is in fact the spiritual freedom that ONLY arises in | | | | phrase over and over again...until EVERYTHING |
| moments of quiet contemplation and blissful | | | | becomes blocked out other than the mantra. |
| awareness. Read on..:-) | | | | Again, using a word or phrase allows the mind to |
| A Beginners Meditation Technique | | | | hone in and focus ferociously on ONE simple |
| Simply count your breath. Breathe in and out and | | | | object to the exclusion of everything else...and |
| simply pay acute attention to the sensation of | | | | over a few minutes of focused effort, you will |
| your breath coming in, and going out of your | | | | find yourself melting into the mystery of a |
| nostrils. Keep your eyes lightly closed....and pay | | | | magnificent meditation as well! Very cool, fun and |
| attention to the number of in breaths, and out. | | | | easy stuff indeed! |