1. Stop the World, I Want to get On
When work, relationships and everyday life come at you so fast that you feel like you are spinning out of control, taking a break and collecting your thoughts can bring you back to a peaceful place of mind. Meditation is meant to tap into your spirituality through a self-awareness that is in the moment. Meditation and yoga practices require stopping the frenzy and getting quiet. Type A personalities and active people who go all the time can really get a boost from stopping occasionally.
2. Breath Like You Mean it
Breathing is an autonomic activity that you rarely give any thought to. Breathing exercises that focus on the ingoing and outgoing process of breathing are a great way to achieve a state of peace and quiet. Just watching the process of breathing is hypnotic. Successful meditation must include purposeful activity, not just resting. Breathing is a self-awareness technique that's been practiced by yogis and meditation practitioners for thousands of years.
3. Say it Again
Repeating a mantra, positive affirmation or soothing sounds over and over will help you focus and quiet the mind. Thoughts come and go like a flight of locusts in the average human brain. One purpose of yoga and meditation is to stop the swarm of thoughts from taking over your thought processes. By focusing on simple words, spoken aloud over and over, your brain stops and the calm has time to settle in its rightful place. Choose words that other people offer or make up your own; it doesn't really matter what you say as long as it is calming and peaceful to you.
4. Assume the Position
Many yoga teachers will want you to get in a lotus position or ask you to sit on a hard surface with your arms outstretched. While many of these postures can be helpful in a growing meditation practice, a meditative place can be achieved in any comfortable position. The main requirement in meditation is to be comfortable and upright so that your breath flows freely and fully. If the lotus works for you, then go for it. Others prefer walking meditations or sitting upright in a chair with their feet flat on the floor.
5. Spirituality is not Just for Church
Whether you believe in a higher power or not, by practicing yoga meditations, you will find a connection to powers outside of the physical realm of being. This kind of spiritual connection can be used for both physical and emotional healing. As calmer, more loving person, you can enjoy life more fully and take pleasure in all your activities. Meditation is another avenue to refreshing the mind and the body and creating that spiritual connection that makes it all run smoothly.
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