Mindfulness Meditation For Beginners

What this episode covers

Living life from within can change lives, as it allows us to live in the moments of each day, and Mindfulness Meditation can be seen as our number one tool to do this. This audio is best if you listen to to it through headphones, as when we get to the meditation it will have soft sounds in the background. What Is Mindfulness Meditation? First of all mindfulness meditation is not a deep meditation, it is not something we need to sit down and allow any time for, unlike purpose meditations ware we are seeking deep stillness. In our audio you are asked to close your eyes, but this is just for our audio purpose, you can do Mindfulness Meditation while walking down the street, even when talking to someone. In the Audio we only close our eyes because we are doing an exercises. Mindfulness Meditation is a method to stop and bring us into being, bring us into the moment and it is in this moment we are aware and connected to the oneness of our lives. The word "Mindful" is in one respect a contradiction! As what we are doing is stepping out of the mind and into being, so it should be called "Awareness" Meditation. How Powerful Is Mindfulness Meditation? Lets not look at the method for now or how we do Mindfulness Meditation, but look at the power of it in our day to day lives. You will start to look at other people not as separate beings, but connected, the wind, air, trees, everything as part of your being, you start to feel calmer, relaxed and clear, ideas come faster, many positive thing. Making A Focal Point Having a focal point helps, many use the breath. as you take a breath every day, well I hopes we do:) I like to use the feeling of the air as it enters the nose and exits the nose, this for me has not only become a focal point but a trigger, a reminder to me to come into awareness. Over time you will come to see the focal point as a trigger to your awareness, as it is not what we focus on that brings us into the awareness, it simply allows us to awaken. By having a trigger like this it saves us having to remember on purpose, as once it becomes a trigger, we will awaken and become aware almost automatically. The Basics Of Mindfulness Meditation. Lets use the air feeling in the nose as our focal point, try and use the same focal point all the time, then it will become our trigger later on. As you look at the feeling of the air, as it enters your nose, become aware of the space within you as the air flows down into your chest, start to feel your inner energy. By doing this you are bringing your self into the moment, and it is in this moment you are "YOU" lets not talk about how to use this moment but to simply be aware of it. We will talk about what we can do in the moment of awareness later, but for now just look at the feeling of the air and being aware of the space within and the energy. If your little Ego mind pops his ears up, just gently look at it, do not judge it or question it, and return to our focal point. Now we know how to come into the awareness and return to it if Ego mind pops up, keep this going for a bit longer and now, allow your self to hear the sounds around you as well as keeping your focus within. Hear and smell the Smells and sounds around you but do not think about them, simply be aware of them, notice how you can shift your awareness from one thing to the next. keep returning to your focal point. Awaken In One Breath So now we know about our focal point and how we can expand from the focal point into our awareness, from the first breath of air it can trigger our awakening from mind, this is a very powerful tool. I Recommend this book Mindfulness for Beginners [Audiobook] [Audio CD] Jon Kabat-Zinn if you want to learn more in dept and can not wait for my other posts:P Just A Note... I really do not like the term Mindfulness, I like to use the word Aware or Awaken as we are not our minds. Much light to you x