Lesson 6: Diving into Meditation

Diving into Meditation

Mindfulness meditation is a common meditation that has been proven to show fast and accurate results. This meditation's purpose is to assist you with your concentration on the present time, on what is happening at this moment. Doing this will involve you concentrating on your breath while also being aware of your surroundings.

Doing these meditations will not only help our mind relax, but it will also allow us to gain complete control over our feelings and emotions instead of the other way around. Doing this will allow us to make better decisions and relieve stress. When we are stressed, our bodies will send out signals, or symptoms, that show that we are stressed such as irritation, anxiousness, and heaviness. In result, it may cause our blood pressure to rise and anxiety to take over. Meditations will allow us to become more self-aware without body while attending to our health. It is like exercising the brain just like how lifting weights and doing push-ups exercises our physical body. Doing meditations and relaxing exercises can exercise our brain.

If you are just starting out, and never meditated before, here is a simple exercise that you can accomplish easily.

~ First, find a comfortable environment. Your room, outside, living room, whatever works for you. Once you found your area, find a chair, or couch, perhaps a wall, and sit up against it with your back straight. If you'd prefer, you can lay on the ground as well.

1. Start the meditation by relaxing your focus, keeping your eyes open.
   
2. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
   
3. When you breathe out, close your eyes and then resume normal breathing.
   
4. Feel the pressure with your back against the straight surface, whether you are on the floor or up against a wall, chair, or couch. Feel how your hands are laying beside you or how they are on your legs.
   
5. Now, bring your concentration back to your breathing. If, at any time, you notice that your concentration and focus are lingering somewhere else, gently bring it back to your breath. Then, move your concentration and focus back to your body and your surroundings. You may now open your eyes.
   

Now, just think about how you feel at this moment. This was a simple meditation exercise that I hope had a good impact on you. Keep practicing these exercises until you are confident enough to try some challenging ones which allow you to visualize more and use your concentration more.

Now, there are many reasons why some people may not want to meditate, these may be referred to as obstacles or barriers. Some may include doubting yourself and whether these meditations will even help you at all, being impatient because the results may not come as quickly as you would want them to, being tired or low on energy, you may feel restless, and discouragement. 

There are several ways of getting past these barriers. Of course, always thinking positive is a great way to start. Never doubt yourself or the meditating techniques. If you are just tired, then, perhaps laying down and going to sleep and possibly focussing on your breathing while doing so. If you are anxious to get results right this second, you may have to be a little patient. You need to relax, take some deep breathes, and concentrate. Patience is a skill that you may need to work on, and that is totally alright. Everyone can get a little impatience every now and then. Just take a deep breathe and do some small exercises. You will get there.

Edits subject to change by the instructor