Do you ever feel overwhelmed throughout the day? Wake up fatigued? Have a hard time remembering things or staying organized?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, you might really benefit from meditation.
Bad diet, over working yourself, saying yes to too many things, excessive stress are all things that can lead to a foggy, forgetful mind.
But if we can learn to lift the fog and feel in control, life would be that much better.
I ride horses. I love doing it. Its a way I relieve stress and release endorphins. But little over a year ago, riding started doing just the opposite. Instead of relaxing me, it was tensing me. Every time I’d get on a horse, something bad would happen. Bolting off, bucking at other horses, mis-behaving and testing me.. whatever; the horse would just react. My trainer told me I needed to leave the chaos at home or bad things would just keep happening. For fear of not dying, I really pushed myself to control the chaos. And the best way I knew to do this was meditation.
I can personally attest that daily meditation has saved my life both physically and emotionally.
Most people argue that they cant meditate because they cant shut their thoughts off.
But meditation is not for stopping the mind, it’s for controlling the mind.
Here’s my favorite guided meditation that can be done in as little as 6 minutes and provide AMAZING benefits:
Get yourself in a comfortable position, and run through the following sequence of thoughts ↓
1. Surround yourself with love
It could be the face of a person or even an animal. See them smiling at you. Out of you emanates a white light. Watch this light grow and fill up the room you’re in, touching everything in it. Then watch it fill up your house, town, country, and eventually, earth. As the white light stretches across the borders everything in it is touched by love.
2. Gratitude
Say 3 things you’re grateful for right now, 3 things you’re grateful for about your job, and 3 things you love about yourself.
3. Forgiveness
Find that anger thats blocking you wether to someone who wronged you or to yourself. Feel that pain of hurt inside you, hold it for a brief moment, and then let it go. Forgive them into love.
4. The dream
Take yourself on a walkthrough of the future life of your wildest dream. What does your career look like? Your love life? Family? House? Philanthropy? Adventures with your friends? Walk yourself through a day in the life of the new you and feel all the emotions that come with it.
5. The perfect day
Now take yourself to the present moment and visualize how you want your day to look. What do you want to accomplish? How will you treat other people? Deal with stressful situations? What can you do for yourself today that can help you achieve your goals of tomorrow?
6. The blessing
Connecting to a higher power. You don’t have to be religious, this is about connecting to something bigger than yourself. Have faith in the universe thats working in your favor. Be grateful for IT choosing YOU for the life you get to live.
Walk yourself through these 6 steps as you breathe deep and release the tension in your body.
This 6 phase meditation was created by Vishen Lakhiani that I learnt about in his book “The Code of the Extraordinary Mind.” (Note: according to that book, every 6 months he revises and improves it)
Stay present. Sending vibrations of reinvention your way <3
xO
Ariana
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