7UN2YAKF767ZWhy Meditate?
Something that my wife and I try to practice everyday is meditation. I believe it is an important part of a balanced lifestyle and I have definitely reaped the benefits. I find many people unsure about meditation. Meditation does not necessarily have to be linked to religion. It is used in many religious practices but all for similar purposes, to connect with your own spiritual side. My spiritual side is not tied in with a specific religion but it is extremely important to me. Listed below are the reasons why I consider meditation an important asset to a balanced lifestyle.
Why Meditate?
1) It will help you become centered. If you lead a lifestyle that takes your mind in many different directions at once (kids, work, home, weightloss…) it will provide a medium to center your body and step away from the anxiety that is your life.
2) The first point leads to the second. It reduces stress…It does. Taking time for yourself to just be you and to think about how you can grow and develop will dramatically reduce your stress. All mediation techniques focus around being quiet and letting everything around you go. It is know to reduce blood pressure and heart rate.
3) Meditation has helped me figure out who I really am. It is the best time to ask yourself honest questions. Who am I? Who do I want to be? What qualities would I like to have more of? These questions help you determine your REAL path in life. There isn’t much more valuable than this.
4) Meditation helps to direct focus. During this 15-20 minutes per day you can take your focus from an invaluable place to a valuable one. This quiet time will help you control your focus and direct it in ways that will be beneficial in your life.
Notes:
These four points are very simple ways meditation has helped me in my life and I believe are enough to convince someone to begin to practice meditation. As these are very beginner reasons to adopt a meditative practice below I have listed five ultimate goals of meditation. These are what you can expect as a general rule…
– achieve a higher state of consciousness
– increased compassion and living-kindness
– greater focus
– creativity/self-awareness
– peaceful frame of mind
There is something about meditation that really gets me excited. Just writing this post makes be want to get out my pillow and Wayne Dyer tape! I hope this post has you interested. I will outline a beginner meditation technique in a later post.
Dave
www.damyhealth.com
