Make a Wish, Make it Happen!

When you first begin to meditate, you will find that you suffer from “monkey mind”! Your mind is jumping from one thing to another- who you have to call, what appointment you need to reschedule, what the title of your next emal campaign should be…

When that happens- focus on your breath- only your breath. Count if you need to as you inhale deeply- hold at the top- and exhale. This will work for a minute until your brain goes- “Wait! I’m not thinking!” Then just recognize it and return to your breath! It takes a couple weeks of doing this- just 7-10 minutes a day- to get your brain used to the idea of “not thinking”. If you want an amzing soundtrack to listen to you to help you get there- try the Holosynch program- from Centerpointe Research- that is what I use.

Here is to a clear and powerful mind!

This morning I went running and trained with Liz Rosenbaum for a bit and when I returned my house was silent with kids asleep and initially I thought, “seize the moment!” go check email and get going on that newsletter for Thurs., but literally as I headed down the stairs I could almost feel a hand stopping me and say, “meditate!! If the house is silent… do it now, you’ll be glad you did!” So I listened and sat down and did some deep breathing and repeated my Wayne Dyer mantra (I am perfect and complete and “x” is on the way…) I couldn’t think of anything I needed really so I just claimed, love, joy, gratitude, health… it was incredibly invigorating and then once I was in this peaceful moment I felt cleansed and reconnected to my Spirit and God once again. I also refrained when I was done from working and read scriptures for awhile. Thank you to the angel who stopped me from working this morning and made me slow down!

I digress…A few weeks ago I got out of the house while my husband was home and got a pedicure. It was so fantastic that I felt good and refreshed and ready to be home and “working” again. The drive home itself was very productive and i was able to work through some of my work goals and get some ideas I desperately needed. Perhaps when we take that extra minute for ourselves in pampering and showing that we care about the “me” that is often last on the list, we free our minds and make it easier to meditate. Hard to ask for help when we don’t take the time to get to the place where we can hear what God has to say!

I’m not saying that it’s always a pedicure or a massage (wouldn’t that be great!?) but a walk or turning everything off and just sitting for a moment prepares us for that daily ritual.

Thank you for reminding me how important this is, I needed this post.

BTW, today I meditated for about 15 min with just the phrase (thank you Wayne Dyer), “I am perfect and complete and “x” is on its way” and I’d insert “joy”, “peace”, “love”, etc. into the “x” as I felt. I was so still, so at one with my Spirit, it was very very pleasant and a refreshing way to start the day at 6:30am! We’ll see how it goes tomorrow. I was also very conscious of my space, my breath, my body, “sit bones”, and posture…