Modern life requires constant tension from a person. There is no escape from this. When we go outside, we experience stress from sharp car beeps and other noises. Arriving at work, any of us needs to concentrate in order to manage to earn as much money as possible. There is no peace at home either. Aggressive news is constantly broadcast on TV. Where to go from such a negative?
One needs to do relaxation meditations. They will help restore peace of mind and thereby ease a difficult situation.
Stages
Specialists highlight three main stages meditation. We will consider them in more detail..
First step
The first stage is relaxation. Before entering a trance, it is necessary to relieve muscle tension in the shoulder girdle and neck. But what you can’t do is focus. Complete relaxation of the psyche requires a complete disconnection from the outside world. It is necessary to remove all irritants: noise, light, uncomfortable body posture.
You can practice while sitting in a chair or on the floor in a special pose. If you are not ready to take the Lotus pose, then sit on a comfortable sofa and place a pillow under your back. In no case should you take a lying position and start practicing on a full stomach. Why? Because you will fall asleep during a complete relaxation of the body.
And remember that when sitting, the posture should be straight.
Second phase
The second stage is concentration. Need to focus on any object and on its features. To do this, select a quiet place where no extraneous sounds are heard and animals are not present. So you can reduce the number of nerve stimuli and separate your consciousness from the outside world.Know that the left hemisphere is very difficult to completely disconnect from the usual mental activity. Despite the relaxation of the whole organism, it will still continue to function. Therefore you everything must be done so that this activity is minimized. Only in this way can you direct the work of consciousness in the right direction.
Your consciousness will be shocked by the fact that you will begin to manipulate it. It is possible that it will go on the offensive and try to win back its positions. Despite this, you should turn your attention to a neutral position. For this you can use breathing exercises or music. However, other methods have been devised that will allow you to quickly concentrate. A meditating person can take turns fingering the thumb, other fingers. You need to concentrate very much on this procedure. So you can easily tune in to practice. And, nevertheless, no matter how you try, different thoughts will swarm in your head all the time.
Do not try to fight them. Just humble yourself and breathe evenly. They will come and go, and you continue the work begun.
Third stage
The third stage is contemplation or meditative state. At this stage, the right hemisphere should suppress the left, and then an integral picture of being should be created. Thus, speculative activity stops, and consciousness is completely preserved, but moves to a new level. What do we get as a result? We turn off the system, which can process information from the outside. For example, in Zen practice, experts stop speculative activity and at the same time retain consciousness. A person as if plunges into a different state, and when he returns, he sees the world around him completely different.
All this happens because during a true trance, a person can experience such experiences that will change their worldview and the meaning of life. After leaving meditation, people begin to build new relationships, including with themselves. Meditation allows you to enter a state that helps you come to your "I", and from this comes awakening.
Technicians
When the nervous system does not work well, a person begins to experience various neuroses, depression, fatigue and depression. In this case, the cardiovascular system suffers. therefore You need to practice various soothing practices, such as relaxation meditation. It helps to enter a state of rest and improve the functioning of the nervous system.
Breathing
The most relaxing meditation is based on breathing. This ancient technique allows you to set your body for healing. It is useful both for calm and for the restoration of the psyche. The best mentors have come up with this method for a long time, and now contemporaries continue to use it.
- Choose a comfortable pose. The back should be even. Put your hands on your knees, and palms up. Eyes must be closed.
- Focus on inhaling and exhaling. Feel how your lungs are filled with air and even how this air, having saturated your brain with oxygen, slowly exits.
- Then you need to go to the exercise of holding your breath called 4x4x4. Inhale and count to 4, hold our breath and count to 4, exhale and count to 4.
After such manipulations, you can feel how all your troubles and anxieties go away. Enjoy a state of peace.
Audio
Listening to meditation is a pretty easy way to get into a trance.. Wear a pair of headphones so that nothing distracts you. In addition, meditations may contain specific frequencies. They are fully transmitted by the headphones. If it is not possible to use headphones, just turn on the audio recording at a volume that will be comfortable for your ears. Watch carefully while breathing while meditating. Inhale slowly and exhale slowly. If thoughts arise, do not be distracted, try not to notice them or skip them.The position of the body should be comfortable. If you can afford to be in the Lotus position, then so be it. Other, more sensitive people can be advised to accept a semi-recumbent state in a comfortable chair.
Lesson times can be selected as desired. However, experts argue that The best hours for meditation are morning or evening. Of course, you can engage in audio meditation while sitting in the vehicle, but you will not feel the effectiveness of such an activity. If you still want to practice everywhere and anytime, then listen to the sounds of nature. They are the best ways to relax the mind and body.
Visualization
To perform this kind of meditation, a person simply needs to have a good imagination. If imagination is not developed, then this technique is able to develop visual representations in the mindwhich are necessary for any sane person. What to do:
- Take a comfortable pose. Use a sofa for this. For those who want, you can sit on the floor and take the pose of the Lotus or the Half Moon.
- Close your eyes and imagine that you are on the seashore. You hear the waves beat against the shore. The sun's rays caress your skin. From this you warm up and glow from the inside.
- Mentally get up from the sand and walk along the coast. How beautiful it is here. Evergreen pines look at you from high mountains, and the sea beckons with its turquoise water.
- Feel how the wind caresses your face and you are happy that you are in such a beautiful and beautiful place.
- Immerse yourself in this oasis of happiness and peace.
This practice should be done every time you get tired. So you get rid of bad mood and inner dullness.
Basic techniques
There are techniques that gave rise to meditations of various kinds. So, consider them.
- For a deep understanding, also for the soul and body practice mett bhavan. With the help of fostering love first for oneself, and then for other people, a person becomes wiser and calmer. To complete the technique, you need to breathe deeply and say to yourself: "I am happy." Ultimately, you must wish the world around you happiness and prosperity. So you surround yourself with a positive.
- To relieve stress, to calm the nerves you need to spend meditation called vipassana. Keep your back straight and close your eyes. Breathe smoothly. Focus on the solar plexus. If bad thoughts conquer you, then drive them away or visually turn them into clouds that disappear. All the bad things have passed. The sun comes out. Feel the full relaxation from what you see.
- Vedanta Antistress Meditation. Feel yourself a particle of the universe. Close your eyes and imagine it firsthand. At the same time, breathe smoothly and relaxed. This technique must be done when you feel anxiety. Such manipulation can be carried out for relaxation.
- Complete relaxation can be meditation in motion. Also, relaxation in motion will help you from stress after a hard day. When you perform this technique while walking, take inspirations and exhalations. For example, while breathing in, one foot should move and take off the floor. When exhaling, lower the foot to the floor and lean on it with all the weight. The same thing needs to be done with the other foot.
Tips for Beginners
Before you start anything, you need to seek advice from those people who have a certain experience. So, You can use the following recommendations.
- Choose a place. It must be quiet. If you cannot find such a place, then ask your loved ones not to bother you for a while. The room should emit light and be well ventilated. Remember that you have to breathe deeply and it is advisable that you breathe clean air with your full chest.
- Also your clothes should be comfortable. Choose the time for the practice yourself, based on your personal interests.Remember, meditation can be practiced at any time of the day. But it is better that it be morning or evening.
- Choose a comfortable pose. If it’s hard for you to sit for a long time and focus on the legs and spine (as in the case of the Lotus or Half-pose), then use an armchair or sofa. You can put a soft pillow under your back.
There are also such poses.
- Turkish pose (Sukhasana pose) is performed sitting on a pillow. The back is held steady. The palms are up.
- The pose on the chair. It is advisable to sit on the edge of a chair that has a hard seat. Set your feet flat on the floor, and put your hands on your knees with your palms up.
Next, consider a simple technique that you can apply.
- Choose and take a comfortable pose.
- Focus on your feelings. If you feel uncomfortable, then eliminate it. For example, a spasm may suddenly seize your leg. Tolerate in this case is not worth it. You need to wait until the discomfort passes, and again proceed to action.
- Set an alarm for 15 minutes.
- Close your eyes and begin to breathe deeply for one, two, three. Do this exercise 5 times.
- Keep breathing and feeling your body. It should be relaxed, just like your thoughts.
- With each inhale and exhale, relax even more. Feel the body completely. Feel the pain go out of him. Your thoughts are freed from negativity.
- Keep yourself in that state. Soon you will feel how the heat spreads throughout the body, and your mind connects with the universe.
- After the alarm goes off and you open your eyes, feel your body again. What changes do you feel? Sit and think for a few more minutes about how you felt during your meditation.
It is human nature to make mistakes. To not commit them, read the following information.
- Do not be stressed during meditation. It aims to relax your body and mind.
- Do not try to turn off your mental activity. The more you do this, the stronger thoughts will “swarm” in your head. Watch them as if from the side, so to speak, abstract from them.
- Do not be biased towards the process of meditation. If you focus heavily and wait for something unusual from this stage, then you will not succeed. Let the situation develop in its natural course. You will soon feel the result.
- Meditation is not always obtained. If you are in a bad mood, you should still practice. Overpower yourself. Firstly, this way you can get rid of the negative, and secondly, overcome your "I".
Imagine how you will be pleased if you defeat yourself.