Over the last few months I have been a busy little bee working on a new Guided Meditation program called . Myself and Angela Artemis have developed this into a full blown program designed to help someone rid themselves of stress, anxiety and depression – bold claims I know, such is the belief we have in the program.
But I don’t want to tell you all about the program, rather I’d like to share with you the story of how it came about.
We all know the many benefits of meditation, there have literally been thousands of studies which show how beneficial meditation can be for physical, mental, and emotional health. However I realised pretty early on that there was something missing from my life and it couldn’t be categorised physically, mentally or emotionally.
I believe there is something that overrides all of these areas and it’s the spiritual nature in all of us. Now, when I say spiritual, I am in no way talking about a religious nature, this is not religious in any way shape or form, however you may interpret it that way. I believe the spiritual nature inherent in all of us, the part of us that is in touch with intuition, the part that has higher thinking capabilities, the part that overrides the logic, emotion and the physical. It’s a place I have glimpsed on so many occasions when I was younger but it was such a brief glimpse that it seemed unreal. I wanted to get more, longer lasting glimpses of this elusive higher nature we all have. So my quest began….
My quest took me on the path of meditation….
Now if you’ve ever looked into meditation you’ll know there are literally hundreds of ways of doing it: Mindfulness Meditation, Mantra Meditation, Transcendental Meditation, Breathe Meditation, Zen Meditation, Tai Chi Meditation, Kundalini Meditation, and hundreds more…
How on earth do you pick the one that’s right?
Well, as in any area of life, you pick one and try it out for size.
I decided for Transcendental Meditation. I went along to a meeting and met a strange woman who told me about her practice and how she would help me, and how I would be given a special mantra to say and how it would only cost me £640 ($1,100)…What! I decided to buy a book instead but it didn’t give me the techniques and the special mantra, it was all very secretive.
So I decided to try Breathe Meditation at home, really simple stuff, no special mantra, no cost, but after a few months I kept on asking myself Is this working? Am I sitting in the correct position, am I concentrating hard enough, I am concentrating too hard, do I pay attention to my thoughts or let them go…so many questions.
After a few months of trying various techniques and going to classes I came across something called Guided Meditations….Great, I could focus on someone’s voice and get the benefit of relaxing at the same time – which is what meditation is – focused attention whilst relaxing in the moment.
Okay you’ve read the story now it’s time to pick up the program.
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