| Tweaking your health doesn't need to be expensive, | | | | you are a person who seems to have a lot of chatter |
| difficult or time consuming. It doesn't require a | | | | in your mind, meditation can help you to think about |
| commitment of money like a gym fee. There are so | | | | fewer things at one time. This won't slow you down, |
| many different things that we can all do to help | | | | but it will allow you to focus and perhaps complete |
| ourselves reach a better degree of health. One of | | | | more tasks. |
| those things is meditation. The cost to learn and | | | | Start by putting on a `sound' cd, such as sounds from |
| practice meditation is free. | | | | nature or Tibetan bowl music. Sit straight up in a chair |
| Meditation can improve your health mentally, physically, | | | | or on the floor. Now closing your eyes and listening to |
| emotionally and spiritually. Many people struggle with | | | | the cd, breathe from your belly and begin to count |
| the idea of learning meditation simply because they | | | | your "out" breaths. When you realize your mind has |
| don't have 30 minutes to dedicate each day to | | | | wondered, begin counting your breaths again. Don't |
| understanding and practicing the process. | | | | worry about where you left off in your count, it isn't |
| Know that you can learn to meditate with no goal in | | | | important. Including the time that you struggled with |
| mind. In other words, if you are not a spiritual person, | | | | your thoughts, meditate for about 3 minutes. As you |
| spirituality doesn't need to be a part of your meditation. | | | | take this time to meditate you will find that it becomes |
| Learn to "take" what your meditation "gives" you. So | | | | a little easier. When you feel that you are meditating |
| what does that mean? For some people meditation | | | | more then struggling with your thoughts, increase the |
| gives them 3 minutes of time for themselves, while | | | | time by another minute or so. This really does get |
| another person might find that meditation gives them 3 | | | | easier and is really worth working on. In time you will |
| minutes of not thinking about work. Someone else may | | | | notice that you are not counting your breaths. It is in |
| benefit by practicing visualization. | | | | this stillness that you can really listen to your higher self, |
| Meditation isn't about perfecting clearing all thoughts | | | | improve your intuition and relax your mind and body. |
| from your mind. Rather it is about focusing on less. If | | | | |