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Crown Chakra Meditation Exercise

Crown Chakra Meditation Exercise
By Jessica Tanner

The Crown Chakra

The crown chakra is our seventh chakra in the kundalini system. This chakra is placed at the top of our head and is our connection to the Divine, our Higher Self and our intuition, and it is therefore the most spiritual connected chakra we have, compared to the root, which is mostly connected to the earth and nature. The colour that is connected with this area is either purple or a bright white light.

Crown chakra meditation can help you reconnect with your Higher Self and be able to receive guidance and ideas from a more spiritual side of your being.

Crown Chakra Meditation

Turn off all electronic gadgets and find a quiet place and time with absolutely no disturbing elements. Sit in a way that is comfortable for you. Maybe you want to sit in the lotus posture, but if your are not that flexible, you may want to do the Seiza posture instead which is a kneeling position and can therefore be a lot more comfortable than having to sit cross-legged. You can also lighten some candles to set the mood and make you more focused on your meditation.

Close your eyes and direct your focus to your crown chakra area at the top of your head. Take a deep breath, and imagine that the inhaling air is entering your body through your crown.

Visualize it as a bright beam of light coming down from your Higher Self above you and penetrate your chakra. Feel the energy of the light. Breathe in this glowing light and guide the light down into your body filling every part of you. Exhale normally through your mouth and visualize the air that leaves your mouth as a drained and colourless wind.

Take another deep inhalation and take in more of the powerful light from above. This energy source that you can just tap in to and fill your physical body with its great energy whenever you need it.

Allow yourself to reconnect to your spirituality and to your Higher Self and intuition. Open this connection between the two parts of you and allow messages and ideas to flow with this beam of light and into your head. This is a great way to practice your intuition, which can be a great guide in life if we know how to listen to it. We will be able to know when we are making the right decisions by the way that we feel because something in us knows, what the outcome will be.

Do this for 15 minutes and then return to your day. Start by visualizing your crown chakra closing gently so that you won’t be vulnerable to other types of energy out there. Open your eyes and take a moment to feel the effect of the meditation and the energy that you have absorbed from the universe.

If you are seeking meditation exercises that can help you restore your energy level, you may also want to try Solar Plexus meditation, as this chakra is the location for energy, as well as other closely related characteristics.

Jessica T.
I am no meditation or yoga expert but I am simply interested in these things and I am just sharing the knowledge that I have about meditation in hopes of helping you with your meditation practice.
At my website, Meditation for Beginners, you can find different meditation techniques that you may want to try.
Learn more at: How to be a Hypnotist

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What Is The Link Between Guided Imagery, Your Intellect, And Your Imagination?

 

What Is The Link Between Guided Imagery, Your Intellect, And Your Imagination?
By Max Highstein

Accessing the imagination is the key to creative problem solving, and it can also be very valuable in healing. The biggest limitation to using our imagination creatively is the intellect. Guided imagery helps us to slip past the intellect and use our imagination to solve problems, work creatively, and heal from within.

The intellect is something like a small computer. It can take the data it has been fed, and come up with various combinations of that data, and feed it back. It’s helpful for doing things like filling out forms, balancing a check book, and telemarketing. The intellect can only play a small part when it comes to real creativity, and tapping into the rich inner resources we all carry with us. For that, we need imagination, and the inspiration to use it.

Most adults have a complicated relationship to our imagination. We have fun using it on the rare occasions we allow ourselves to. But at some point during childhood or adolescence we figured out that with the possible exception of the theater, society tends to frown upon “make believe” as a way of being in the world.

That tends to be anathema for the imagination, so we stop using it. At that point, the imagination gets relegated to a backseat in our consciousness, and the intellect pretty much takes over. We actually begin to devote inner resources to keeping the imagination in check, so it doesn’t leak out at inappropriate times. The farther we get from the natural state in which the imagination is used on an ongoing basis (childhood) the harder it becomes to access.

But in order to come up with new solutions to new problems, and in order to shift our attitude inside to one that’s most conducive to healing, the imagination is required. Suddenly, we’re trying to use something we’ve told ourselves to avoid, and we’re stuck. In general the more intellect-focused a person is, the harder time they will have using their imagination.

Guided imagery is a workaround for the problem. A typical guided meditation asks us to relax – to set aside the intellect for a while. The soothing voice and soft music in the background tend to create a sense of safety that lets the intellect quiet down a bit. The images suggested in a guided meditation program (a gentle breeze, clouds, a mountain stream, etc.) tend to be triggers for our imagination to take off.

Max Highstein is the author of a wide variety of guided imagery recordings appreciated by folks the world over for over 25 years. To enjoy samples and free examples, visit his web site The Healing Waterfall at this link for a guided meditation.

 

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Role of Meditation in Relieving Stress

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Role of Meditation in Relieving Stress
By Chamunda Swami Ji

Stress has become an unavoidable aspect of our lives. In fact, we all experience stress at some or the other point of life. Stress takes its toll, physically, mentally and emotionally. Though a little amount of stress is beneficial, it becomes an affliction when it starts taking toll on our health. Since meditation provides both physical as well as mental relaxation, it’s a great way to relieve stress.

Meditation allows you to recharge, re-vitalize and re-energize your body mind and soul. In fact, meditation has an altogether opposite effect that stress does. Besides giving your mind a transparent outlook and a new viewpoint, meditation puts you in touch with the infinite power of the universe giving you access to everything you need.

While practicing meditation, your heart rate and breathing slows down, your blood pressure comes under control, and you make use of oxygen in a better way. Meditation allows you to focus silently so that your mind remains so busy concentrating on breathing and body form that you are left with no time to think about the factors that are causing you stress.

While meditating, you got to take care of certain things. The first thing you need to do is find a silent and peaceful space without any distractions, for meditating. Sit comfortably in an erect posture, with folded legs and closed eyes so that unwanted energy may leave through your feet and you remain undistracted.

Listen to your breath, imagine thoughts that would create rhythm with your breathing and console the mind.

Unlike other medical therapies, meditation offers no side effects. In fact, people with physical restrictions may find it easier to practice meditation for relieving stress instead of performing arduous physical exercise. Though a professional can guide you properly to learn the art of meditation, it could be learned by self- practice. However, it does take discipline and commitment.

Meditation takes you away from your busy life’s stresses and puts you in a quiet inner space of relief. Though some people may find it difficult to focus their attention regular practice will improve their abilities.

Do not expect instant results or any sort of miracles to happen. The benefits of meditation are wide-ranging and to reap the fruitful benefits of meditation one would require patience, determination as well as strong will power.

So, meditate regularly to reduce your stress level and keep your mind free from tension and worry.

Chamunda Swami Ji practicing spiritual healing in USA as well as in India. Swami Ji also conducts world tours of his spiritual seminar wherein he gives discourses on Meditation Techniques, Mantra and Tantra followed by a live question and answer session. – Indian Spiritual Healing

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