Stress is part of our lives, as long as we’re still alive and kicking, we’ll encounter with stress at one time or another. Nobody can eliminate stress totally. What we can do, however, is to learn how to manage and control our stress.

Prayer and meditation can be the channel to the source of calm and peace. When you’re under stress, remember to pray and meditate, they can help you to stay calm.

In this modern day, many of us are overwhelmed by responsibilities. Pressure from works and family are perhaps two of the most stressful things in the modern days. Prayer and meditation can help getting your inner self into focus, calm the mind and organize your thoughts.

When you pray, you’re communicating with your Creator and building up your faith. Expressing and sharing your thoughts, feelings and fears in your prayer can help to put things into better perspective.

Meditation allows you to feel your inner self, listen to the inner voice of peace and promote calmness. It keeps you away from fear and negative thoughts. It enlarges your inner peace.

When you meditate, pay attention and focus on your breathing. Try to breathe in slowly with your nose and breathe out from your mouth. Shadow your mind with positive things like, love and peace. The more you meditate about goodness, the more it becomes a part of you.

You can learn more about meditation techniques here.

Prayer and meditation have many positive benefits and should be part of your stress management strategy.

Here’s a great tool that can help you achieve meditation state easily and quickly….. Alpha Music Meditation.

In the last post, we talked about some of the many benefits of meditation. In this article, we will talk about a popular type of meditation called mindfulness meditation. What is it and how do you go about practising it.

Mindfulness meditation – as opposed to concentrative meditation where you focus your mind on a single thing – involves focusing your mind on the present moment. To elaborate further, it means being fully aware of your thoughts, your actions and everything around you at present, without judging anything.

Mindfulness meditation is very effective in helping those to forget their painful or unhappy past. It encourages you to live and focus on the present moment, without judging or punishing yourself from the past mistakes or expecting anything from the future.

How do you practice mindfulness meditation?

1. Find a quiet place where you can sit comfortably.

2. Place a meditation cushion or pillow on the floor sit on it.

3. Sit with your head, neck and back straight. Relax all the muscles.

4. Close your eyes.

5. Try not to think about the past or future. Stay in the present by becoming aware of your breathing. Feel the air as it’s moving in and out of your body. Feel your belly rise as you inhale and fall as you exhale. Just focus your attention on each breath you take.

6. When a thought comes up, don’t try to ignore or suppress it. Simply note it and stay calm by focusing on your breath. The idea here is to become an observer of your mind. Just watch every thought as it comes and goes, whether it’s a sad or happy thought. Just observe, do not try to interpret or judge it.

Practice mindfullness meditation daily for 20 minutes and you will find yourself become more forgiving, calm, less stressful and more happy. You will start to direct your energy and focus on the present instead of wasting it on thinking about the past or worrying about the future. That’s the benefits you will get from practicing meditation. Believe me, it works!

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In the fast-paced world we’re living in today, meditation is one of the most sought after techniques for stress relief. It’s also highly recommended by doctors. Many studies have shown that by just meditating for a few minutes each day can greatly reduce your stress level.

Here are some more benefits you can experience through meditation:

• Meditation allows your mind to relax, it can help you to focus better. Being able to focus will help you perform your works better, communicate better, make better decisions, and handle problems more effectively.
• Meditation allows you to put your past mistakes on the back burner. You will be able to direct your energy for more positive things instead of wasting it by clinging on the past.
• Meditation can improve your physical as well as mental health. You are less likely to contract serious health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, etc.
• You will be able to control anger and negative emotions better. You will find yourself connect more easily with your loved ones, family members and friends. People will feel more comfortable to be around you, this allows you to be more happy in life.
• Meditation allows you to become the real you, the one that you want to be, rather than the person that is held captive by the world around them. It allows you to be in touch with your inner power or the natural state of your being.

There are many more benefits of meditation. The experience is going to be unique for each individual. If you want to take advantage of all the greatness of meditation, you should learn how to meditate. Here is a great tool that can help you reach meditative state quickly…. Alpha Music Meditation.

Meditation – once considered as something that was mysterious – is now taking a center stage in our lives. The reason why it has become so prevalent is because it gives positive effects to both our mind and body. Meditation, if practiced on a regular basis, can give you peace of mind and healthy body.

Meditation is not rocket science, in fact it’s something quite easy to do; with some practices, everyone can do it and enjoy its greatness. There are many meditation techniques exist but the ultimate purpose of meditation is to ‘quiet the mind’.

What do I mean by ‘quiet the mind’? Well, it simply means empty your mind; give your mind a break or make your mind free from any thought pattern. In other words, you are trying to stay in the present moment rather than thinking about the past or the future.

This leads to the next question… How do you do that?

Here are some easy meditation techniques you can follow and apply…

First, you need to find a place where you can sit comfortably without being disturbed by others. Close your eyes. Now, focus or give full attention to YOURSELF. Then, try to quiet your mind. At first, you’ll find it’s a bit difficult to quiet your mind as thoughts will soon creep in.

One technique you need to learn is make yourself become an observer of your thoughts, just listen to what the narrative voice in your head says without engage it. And then calmly remind yourself to focus on the present moment and try to quiet your mind again. With some practice, you’ll soon find it easy to make your mind still, stopping it to drift into the next thought.

If you find the above meditation technique (quiet or empty the mind) difficult, you can practice another technique called ‘Focused Meditation’. With this technique, you’re actually focusing intently on something… a music (sound of ocean waves), your own breathing, a liberty statue or a metronome. The idea is to focus on something that is repetitive and monotone.

Some people find this technique easier than focusing on nothing or trying to empty the mind. But, the basic idea is the same… trying to stay in the present moment and prevent the mind to slip into a normal thought pattern.

If you practice meditation using the above techniques on a regular basis, you will find your concentration improved
substantially. You’ll have a sharper mind and be able to focus on your daily activities better.

Give it a try! It’s good for your mind & body.

P.S. Here is a tool that can help you reach a meditative state within minutes. This tool is known as Meditation Binaural Beats.

In today’s hustle and bustle world, many of us often feel stressed out. Well, who doesn’t? We rarely give ourselves the time to relax and recharge. Our minds and emotions are always running in high gear, there is no time for us to give ‘inner-peace’ to our mind and body.

It doesn’t have to be like that. In this article, I will share with you some simple tips to practice basic meditation. There are many ways to meditate, but at moment I don’t yet have the time to explore and practice them. However, I do manage to give myself time to practice the most basic of meditation. It’s easy to do and doesn’t take much time.

Meditation can give you many health benefits. It’s a great way to empty and organize your clustered mind, not to mention it helps to relieve stress as well.

Here are the steps to practice basic meditation…

1. Find a quiet place where you can sit still for at least 20 minutes without being disturbed.

2. Find a place where you can sit comfortably. For example, you can sit on a meditation cushion with your leg crossed.

3. Ready? Then, close your eyes.

4. Try to clear your mind. The idea here is trying to achieve a ‘no-mind’ state, meaning that you’re trying to get yourself unattached from your thinking mind. At first, this is not easy to accomplish but with some practice, you can. Try to rise above your mind and just watch over it. If noises in your mind get into your way, gently observe and silence it.

Remember that you’re NOT your mind. That’s why you need to rise above your mind and seize control, you’re the master of your mind. Only then you can silence the noises and achieve inner peace.

That’s it. That’s the most basic of meditation. Just practice to keep letting go any noise that may pop into your mind. The objective is to achieve and prolong the quiet state in your mind. The more frequent you give your mind some empty spaces, the more relaxed it will become.

Again, please remember that meditation needs practice. Don’t expect to do it perfectly as this will give you more stress instead. If you’re new to meditation, start with a shorter session (like 10 minutes) and work your way up to longer session. Just keep on practicing the steps outlined above to clear your mind.

Hope you find this article useful.