#82 - Time Out Thursday: Powerful Meditation for Stress Reduction

Welcome to "Time Out Thursday"  (#TimeOutThursday) where I guide you through a powerful meditation. 

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Often, many of us try to meditate with a misunderstanding of mediation which then leads to doubt or hesitation to meditate regularly.

Today I’ll start by briefly helping you understand what mediation is and then we’ll go straight into the experience of it.

Meditation is about moving into stillness. Our bodies may be in the noisy outside world but we are going inside with mediation. You can also think of it as allowing your mind and senses to stop working. Letting your mind rest. Your eyes rest from seeing – your ears and mouth rest from hearing and talking. Meditation is a way to slow all of this down – to give your mind a body the break they need. 

And when we can relax the mind and body, we can move beyond the mind itself – into a deep and silent space, what yogic philosophy refers to as the Self, or atman. Where we can touch the bliss that is inherently inside all of us.

Remember, mediation isn’t another test or challenge or something you have to put effort into. It’s about putting in NO effort – giving nothing - and completely letting go. 

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