| In the previous article, you know that crystal | | | | You can opt to use the 4-2-4-2 whereby you |
| meditation begins with preparing you meditation | | | | take 4 counts of inhalation, hold your breath for 2 |
| space, dressing correctly and understanding the | | | | counts follow by 4 counts of exhalation, hold for |
| best time and duration for meditation. | | | | 2 counts again before repeating the cycle. |
| In this article, I continue with the remaining 4 | | | | 6) Getting Inside Your Head |
| things you must know to succeed with crystal | | | | This means managing your thoughts and staying |
| meditation. | | | | in the moment. And how should you do that? |
| 4) Meditation Postures | | | | Normally you will hear advise like bringing your |
| Regardless of which meditation postures you are | | | | attention to your breathe. Focus on the inhalation |
| adopting, make sure your spine is straight but not | | | | and exhalation. If your mind wonder off, simply |
| like a ramrod. This is important to allow your life | | | | bring it back to focus on the breathing again. |
| energy (chi) to rise from the base chakra, up the | | | | For crystal meditation, I recommend you to focus |
| spine, and towards the crown chakras. This also | | | | and visualize on what you wanted. You should |
| makes you stay alert during meditation. | | | | see, hear and feel what you want in your mind. |
| Check and correct your posture. Avoid the | | | | Let me elaborate this point with an example. |
| tendency to slump as you can drift off to | | | | Let say you hope to attract love into your life, |
| dreamland faster than you can imagine. You may | | | | you should then create a mental movie in your |
| want to use a mirror to help you with this task. | | | | mind's eye of yourself meeting and falling in love. |
| Depending on your preference, there are different | | | | Hear the other party whispering sweetness into |
| postures that you may like to consider. Very | | | | your ears. Allow yourself to immerse in the |
| quickly, you may want to consider any of the | | | | experience. |
| following postures during meditation. | | | | 7) Using Crystal as the Meditation Tool |
| - Sitting on the floor | | | | Closely linked to point 6 is the selection of crystal |
| - Sitting on the chair | | | | for meditation. The crystal is a tool and it should |
| - Sitting on your heels | | | | be an aid to you during meditation. The true |
| - Half lotus position | | | | secret to crystal meditation lies in harnessing the |
| - Full Lotus position | | | | power of the stone to steer you towards what |
| - Lying down | | | | you want. |
| 5) Meditation Breathing | | | | If you just want to improve your concentration, |
| In meditation, we want to achieve the state of | | | | you can meditate with clear quartz crystal ball, |
| deep but natural breathing. The diaphragm is the | | | | since clear quartz possesses the power to make |
| important muscle which you can exert a great | | | | you focus. |
| deal of conscious control with your shoulders | | | | Let's me illustrate this point with another example, |
| relaxed and still. The abdomen and stomach | | | | picking up from where we left in point 6. Let's |
| should move first from the compression and | | | | assume you want love in your life. Then you |
| expansion of the diaphragm. Next, note that the | | | | meditate with rose quartz crystal since rose |
| lower lung should fill up before the upper chest. | | | | quartz is a well known love attractor. Got it? |
| Once you are familiar with deep breathing, you | | | | Watch out for my future articles as I discuss how |
| can use it to clam yourself down following gentle | | | | you can make crystal meditation work for you. |
| rhythm of inhalation and exhalation. | | | | |