Meditation is a wonderful practice we recommend to try to all our students. Being able to meditate regularly brings so many benefits to our lives.
Meditation will not only bring more awareness and mindfulness into your day, it will also help you react in a more positive manner to situations you encounter. Practicing meditation often results in being able to let go or feelings that don’t serve you. I am sure you experienced these benefits during and after meditation practice.
What do you need to meditate? A quiet place and your willingness to practice. Of course to be able to comfortably sit or lie down makes this an even more enjoyable experience.
What happens when you don’t have the luxury of quiet and peaceful space and a few minutes to sit or lie down? How can you still bring a moment of peace and letting go into your busy life? We recommend you practice mindfulness in such situations!
What is mindfulness? Simply being in the moment. Experiencing and appreciating that one moment that currently is.
Being mindful can be a challenge for you. You are not alone – this is a challenge for most of us.
When was the last time you consciously stopped and became aware of the current moment? Listening to the voices around you – without judging what they were saying? Smelling your coffee – without already getting anxious about the next thing on your to-do list? Looking at the sky – without listening to the chatter of your conscious mind urging you to go back to work? When was the last time you were just “being” and not busy with life?
Would you like to do something awesome for yourself today? Why don’t you try it now in this exact moment actually?
Close your eyes and focus on your breath. Nothing else matters…. Just the flow of your breath. Breathe in, fill your lungs and belly, feel the fresh energy being soaked up by your body. Breathe out – feeling old energies leaving your body. Don’t push yourself to breathe to a certain rhythm – just become aware of your breathing. Give yourself the precious time to pay attention to even only one breath or ten – it is up to you!
The best about this short mindfulness exercise is that you can do it anywhere. Feeling overwhelmed by your projects? Sitting in a traffic jam? Having difficulty falling asleep? You can take a few seconds to practice mindfulness in nearly every situation. (Obviously don’t do this exercise while driving, operating equipment or doing something that needs your undivided attention!)
A regular yoga practice is a great way to practice mindfulness and meditation. We would like to help you make a commitment this fall to bring all those benefits we discussed into your life. You still have a few days to get our “Back To Yoga” package that gives you unlimited access to all our classes at Clayton Yoga Studio till the end of 2014 for only $199. This is our most successful promotion this year with many fellow yoga enthusiast taking advantage of our offer.
The “Back To Yoga” package is available till the end September! You can purchase it easily by clicking through to our new shopping cart!
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Meditation is a great daily practice. Most of us don’t even take the time out of our busy days to sit down, calm the mind, breathe and reflect. It’s so important to be fully aware and the benefits are endless!
I participated in the Oprah and deepak meditation challenge three times. I experience the benefits every day. During the day I can actually hear myself say be quiet, breathe, and accept what is happening. Meditation works!
As of late I have found that group meditation helps my relationship grow stronger every day. After being put in a mode of stress from work, we both tend to snap on each other more than we should. Through meditation we are able to reach a level plane of mindfulness that helps our friendship, romantic life, and self peace so that we are balanced.
The more I meditate, I’ve realized the more self-aware I become. I am more conscious of what I think and how I am truly feeling. The clarity that comes with meditation and mindfulness is something every being should experience. Without such clarity, you become easily factored by different external factors around you that really do not matter in the whole scheme of things. Great article.