Relaxation and Meditation Exercises

After a day’s hectic schedule of meeting deadlines, attending meetings, preparing different documents, and so on, you will always be looking forward to going home and relaxing. There are many ways to relax, and one method that is quite effective is meditation.

How will you do it? Perhaps you’ve already heard other people talking about meditation. It’s not as hard as you think. The idea revolves around focusing your thoughts to a certain relaxing thing over a sustained time. This way, your mind is able to rest, and your thoughts about stressful things are diverted elsewhere. Your body can recuperate and relax through meditation; toxin build ups are also cleared away.

You will notice that while you’re meditating your breathing slows, your blood pressure is reduced, the muscles relax, anxiety and irritability are reduced, stressful thoughts and lactic acid are eliminated, clears your way of thinking, headaches and stress are also lessened, and you can now concentrate and focus fully.

Focusing on just a single thing is the true essence of such activity. This is an active process unlike that of hypnosis. All your mental faculties should be concentrated on the meditation’s subject. Meditation is usually done for about 30 minutes, so be sure that you’re in a comfortable position. You can lie on your bed, sit on your favorite couch, or choose any position that you’re really comfortable with.

You can focus on different things when you’re meditating like breathing, an object, a sound, or even imagery. Whichever you choose, it is very important to remain focused. If you experience any distractions and external thoughts, recognize them and let them drift them out. This is natural when you’re just a beginner; you will always find your thoughts wandering but as you continue practicing meditation, you will soon improve.

Here are a few examples of mediations that may help you get started:

1. Ideal Relaxation – close your eyes and try to create an ideal relaxation spot inside your mind. Choose any place whether it’s imagined or real and furnish the place according to your own preference and style. Wear comfortable clothes and imagine that you’re going to that place. Feel mellow and at ease in your imagined and ideal relaxation place. Enjoy that special moment for about a minute.

2. White Light – White light and color meditations can be very healing. Close your eyes and take deep relaxing breaths. As you inhale imagine the brightest white light coming in and bringing warmth and healing to every cell of your body. As you exhale imagine the stress, negative thoughts and energies being released from your spirit. Enjoy the white light as it cleanses you; and accept the feeling of being renewed as you let go of negative emotions and thoughts.

3. Word Meditation – Words are very powerful and in understanding their power you can use them to create the reality you need. For example, if you feel that you are all over the place, unfocused and can’t seem to pull yourself together then you may need to ground. One way to do this is to use the word grounding to call forth what you need in the physical. So as you relax, get focused on your breath and think of the one thing that you need. As you breathe in slowly say in your mind “I AAAMMMM” and as you exhale slowly say “GRROOUNNDDED”. We have the power to call what we need into existence. You can use this mediation to bring forth anything into your life; love, peace, patience, healing, calm, etc…

These are just simple relaxation and meditation exercises that you can do. If you’re feeling stressed and tensed, do these exercises. Do what works best for you and have fun