| AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MEDITATION
Meditation can allow you to cultivate a heightened sense of overall awareness. This awareness is an integral step in reducing stress and enlivening your natural
state of inner peace and joy. Holding a space for stillness and inner quiet allows the mind, body and spirit to come together as one. This sense of
wholeness creates a container for a wellspring of inner resources: enhanced sensations and pleasure, a greater ability to concentrate and focus, and a direct experience of transcendent states of interconnectedness.
Getting Started - Meditation Tips: Find a quiet, calm place and see aside a few minutes for yourself. 10-15 minutes is ideal, but meditating for even a minute has great benefits. Consistency is more important than length.
You can meditate silently, but many people use a focusing word that begins with an "oh" or "ah" sound and ends with an M or N sound-like amen, om, or shalom.
Close your eyes and take deep, slow, rhythmic breaths.
Allow your attention to reside along your central axis.
Breathe in & out through your nose, emphasizing a slow exhalation.
Keeping your eyes closed, repeat your word and emphasize the humming sound at the end. |
