Handbell Rehearsal Notes – Cathy Moklebust – Meditation on “Beautiful Savior”
At , we regularly educate our clients on the importance of being healthy in both mind and body. There is an abundance of research to suggest that emotional stress can cause as much harm to our body’s biomechanics as physical stresses can. In keeping with our to health and wellness, we provide an insight into and how it may benefit your health.
Do thoughts whirl through your mind during the day – or even in the middle of the night – making you feel stressed, anxious or ready to explode?
Are you always thinking ahead about what you need to do, rather than enjoying the present moment?
Then discover the wonder of meditation…
What is meditation?
is a simple tool for maintaining mental and emotional health. It involves shifting the focus of your mind from your thoughts to your senses. When focusing on your senses, you reconnect with your body and come into the present moment. This brings your mind, body, and emotions into alignment so you feel calm and balanced. Better still, these feelings can last through your busiest day.
What does meditation involve?
What happens in your mind affects your physical health. Conversely, how you treat your body has a powerful effect on how you think and feel.
- Relaxing your body,
- Calming your mind,
- Remaining alert,
- Using your senses, and
- Being the observer to your thoughts, feelings, actions, and emotions.
The are well documented in research, and from the clinical experiences of medical and health professionals.
Meditating regularly can:
- Reduce anxiety and stress,
- Increase energy and stamina,
- Ease insomnia, pain, migraines, and high blood pressure,
- Improve concentration and memory,
- Enhance creativity, and
- Promote feelings of calmness and happiness.
In the workplace such benefits translate over to:
- Skillful and effective decisions and actions,
- Handling stressful situations more effectively,
- Staying focused in challenging situations, and
Meditate, and you’ll also look younger
Research has shown that meditating has the potential to make you look five to 12 years younger than your chronological age. According to the ancient spiritual masters, when your mind is at rest during meditation, your body’s vital energies (also known as “chi”) pass through the cells and tissues of your skin, enveloping them with vitality and life essence. From this spiritual perspective, it is believed that meditating regularly assists in cleansing and rejuvenating your skin.
How does meditation work?
The mind-body connection is well established. What happens in your mind affects your physical health. Conversely, how you treat your body has a powerful effect on how you think and feel.
Consider today’s pace of life, where you encounter many stressful situations. Your response will be reflected in your body by physical symptoms, like , digestive problems, muscle tension and headaches. It only takes a minute to turn on the relaxation response – breathe slowly and deeply, and then become aware of tension starting to ease from your body.
However, time spent meditating promotes a deeper feeling of rest that lasts much longer throughout the day. also teaches you to act rather than react when faced with challenging situations. And that’s a wonderful way to go through life.
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