| Meditation is exercises for your mind. It helps build | | | | and fast five minutes of freedom. Now its time |
| your mental muscles by increasing mental | | | | for your meditation instructions. |
| reflexes and speeding up your mental processes. | | | | 1. Take a deep breath and then hold it for just a |
| Meditation is highly motivational, it raises | | | | second. During that second think of all your |
| awareness, and lowers stress levels. These are | | | | worries, hopes and thoughts that are occupying |
| important benefits that everyone should want to | | | | your mind at this time. When you breath out, |
| add to their lives. So why to we always shrug it | | | | allow and imagine them to go out with your |
| off? | | | | breath. Then start your timer. |
| There are always excuses to put off meditation. | | | | 2. Breath in and out slower than normal. Keep a |
| If you could experience the results of properly | | | | balanced amount of breath in and out. Try to |
| meditating on a regular basis; my bet is you would | | | | make it as part of a rhythm. Focus your thoughts |
| no longer procrastinate. Meditation can be a hard | | | | on this rhythm and on keeping it. |
| and fast five minutes of freedom in an otherwise | | | | 3. Once your breathing rhythm is down pat to |
| chaotic life locked up by time restrictions. | | | | where you really do not have to focus on it to |
| It can be a lot like exercising. Everyone knows | | | | keep it in time, just allow your mind freedom to |
| that they need to start an exercise routine or | | | | what ever comes up. |
| workout schedule, but they always find ways to | | | | 4. Just allow what is happening in your mind to |
| put it off until tomorrow. Everyone knows all the | | | | happen. Now if your mind is bringing things up that |
| benefits of a good exercise regimen. What they | | | | you are not wanting to think about write it down |
| might not know is that getting started is really the | | | | after the timer goes off. Then try to write down |
| only hard part. | | | | what you think brought it up. That is it your done. |
| Once you get into a routine keeping up becomes | | | | Too simple right? Keeping things simple is |
| easy. It will help you feel better as a result and | | | | important you only have five minutes but if you |
| drastically Increases your energy and motivation. | | | | can do this every day then it will slowly begin |
| Most people who finally begin doing what they | | | | being your favorite five minutes. It will hopefully |
| know they should be doing start to feel much | | | | become the five minutes of freedom that you will |
| better and always say the same things. | | | | be looking forward to in your day. After a time |
| "Wow! If I knew that it would make me feel this | | | | you can increase it to maybe 8-10 minutes. |
| good I would have started doing this ages ago." | | | | But keep in mind that you are going to want to |
| Yet experience is so much more powerful than | | | | take a few moments afterward to write down |
| even the best of explanations, advice, or how to | | | | what comes up and your thoughts and feelings |
| tips. So here is a very fast meditation that you | | | | about them. Meditation is a motivational tool and in |
| can begin doing today, in fact right now. Its only | | | | many ways can help you to find solutions to |
| around five minutes and it will produce results. | | | | problems that are completely unrelated. They will |
| Here are your requirements for a successful five | | | | just 'come' to you a lot more often when you |
| minute meditation. | | | | meditate regularly |
| - You will need a quiet, comfortable place with no | | | | Meditation is time for Yourself. It is a way to |
| distractions along with a timer. | | | | ground who you are on the inside. it will help you |
| - You will need a small cushion or a pillow to either | | | | to get in touch with your centered self. That is |
| rest your head or to sit on. | | | | why I refer to it as a hard and fast five minutes |
| - A small notepad and pen for taking small notes | | | | of freedom. Freedom begins with discipline and |
| about certain sensations that you experience.And | | | | when you discipline yourself to meditate every |
| that is it. Now you are ready to begin your hard | | | | day you get better acquainted with yourself. |