03-19-2009, 12:13 PM
Meditation for the novice begins by being comfortable-- don't eat a lot of food or drink too much caffeine (soda, colas, coffee, tea, rockstar drinks etc) if at all possible do not drink any caffeine 1 hour before meditating. Go to the LOO (not LOO HAHA) and find a comfortable position to sit in.
Take a deep breathe and hold it for a count of 3 (count in your mind1..2..3..) then exhale. Do this another 7 times. You will start to feel your body relaxing.
If extraneous energies are an issue; sit in a circle of 12 rose quartz rocks (can get these at any metaphysical store, natural history museum, or emporium ) I like to use ones that fit neatly in the palm of my hand that are not tumbled (made smooth by human means)
Place stones in a circle around you while sitting in the middle of the circle before beginning. Try to make them as equal distance apart as possible.
Then begin your breathing. Meditation all begins with the breathe. Breathing in and out naturally filling your lungs and exhaling completely is where this begins... Imagine your belly filling with air as you breathe in your belly will slowly fill with air... Breathing out your belly empties and becomes flat again.
Then after breathing, say an intention.. Such as I Am that I AM. Thoughts will come up. Allow them to flow over you as if you are sitting in the middle of stream of water... the water flows over and around you... it does not flow into you unless you lean down and open your mouth (hahahha!).
Continue holding this intention in your mind... Say it aloud with your breathe. Breath In (hold for a count of 1..2...3..) exhale. continue doing this until your 5 minutes is up
Do this for 5 minutes from start to finish until you start to feel like you would like to expand your meditation time...expand by 1 minute each day until you reach a place where you feel like this is a good place to work for a while and continue adding time as you feel it is right to do so.
Eventually, your breathe will feel natural. and when you sit to meditate you will begin with your intention and then have moments of silence where you are in the Now and not moving forward or backward. IT is in the stillness that all becomes clear.
Stillness is a learned skill. Begin gently and small and expand slowly.
This is a good way to start... I am sure others will have suggestions as well. This is the method I use to teach children to meditate that are Indigos and high energy.
fairyfarmgirl
Take a deep breathe and hold it for a count of 3 (count in your mind1..2..3..) then exhale. Do this another 7 times. You will start to feel your body relaxing.
If extraneous energies are an issue; sit in a circle of 12 rose quartz rocks (can get these at any metaphysical store, natural history museum, or emporium ) I like to use ones that fit neatly in the palm of my hand that are not tumbled (made smooth by human means)
Place stones in a circle around you while sitting in the middle of the circle before beginning. Try to make them as equal distance apart as possible.
Then begin your breathing. Meditation all begins with the breathe. Breathing in and out naturally filling your lungs and exhaling completely is where this begins... Imagine your belly filling with air as you breathe in your belly will slowly fill with air... Breathing out your belly empties and becomes flat again.
Then after breathing, say an intention.. Such as I Am that I AM. Thoughts will come up. Allow them to flow over you as if you are sitting in the middle of stream of water... the water flows over and around you... it does not flow into you unless you lean down and open your mouth (hahahha!).
Continue holding this intention in your mind... Say it aloud with your breathe. Breath In (hold for a count of 1..2...3..) exhale. continue doing this until your 5 minutes is up
Do this for 5 minutes from start to finish until you start to feel like you would like to expand your meditation time...expand by 1 minute each day until you reach a place where you feel like this is a good place to work for a while and continue adding time as you feel it is right to do so.
Eventually, your breathe will feel natural. and when you sit to meditate you will begin with your intention and then have moments of silence where you are in the Now and not moving forward or backward. IT is in the stillness that all becomes clear.
Stillness is a learned skill. Begin gently and small and expand slowly.
This is a good way to start... I am sure others will have suggestions as well. This is the method I use to teach children to meditate that are Indigos and high energy.
fairyfarmgirl