Tips for Meditating Easily and Successfully
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by Lisa Guyman

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Taking time to meditate is one of the greatest investments you can make in yourself and in your life.  The instructions below apply to a classic ‘breath awareness meditation.’  You can learn much more about the tremendous benefits of meditation, including greater happiness, wellbeing and success by clicking on the links below.

1)      Set aside 20 minutes to meditate.  Free yourself from distractions.   Turn the phone off, Find a comfortable place to sit and close your eyes.

2)      Let your awareness settle on your breath.  For the next 20 minutes just observe your breath, don’t try to change it.  Just watch your breath observing how it naturally changes.

3)      You’ll notice your attention will get caught up in thoughts. That is O.K. When you notice you are thinking about other things just bring your attention gently back to your breath. 

4)      You will notice your attention get drawn to noises in the environment.  That is O.K.  Again, just gently shift your awareness back to watching the flow of your breath.

5)      It doesn’t matter how many times you find yourself distracted from your breath as long as you easily return your attention to it once you notice that you have drifted.

6)      Use a clock to check the time and when you finish meditating take a few minutes before opening your eyes again and resuming activity.  Even if you don’t think you were deep – still take a few minutes at the end of any meditation before engaging in activity.

7)      There are 3 correct experiences in meditation:  sleep, thoughts (including restlessness and boredom) and slipping into “the Gap”, (as Deepak Chopra calls it), a space of peace/quiet.  Know that lots of thoughts in meditation actually indicate the successful release of stress. 

8)      Do not judge the quality of your meditation by the experiences you have in meditation.  Instead, look for the effects and benefits of meditation in your daily life.

9)      If you are ‘trying’ to meditate, you’re not meditating.  Meditation is about letting go and surrender; it is not about effort.  With meditation we gently direct our attention to the breath (or mantra) but we are never forcing or concentrating or blocking out thoughts.  And remember thoughts indicate success in meditation and release of stress.

10)  If you are meditating consistently, you’ll get results!  But don’t expect them overnight.  Dedicate yourself to meditating regularly (ideally twice a day) for at least a month or two.  If you don’t notice any difference ask your friends and family if they notice a difference in you.

Know that it’s challenging to learn to meditate entirely effectively on your own.  To get maximum benefit from meditation you may want to take a complete course in meditation.

In Primordial Sound Meditation (a six-hour course), as introduced by Deepak Chopra, you receive a personal mantra (calculated by The Chopra Center according to your time and place of birth) to be used silently in meditation.  I personally believe that meditating silently with a personal mantra and receiving the complete instruction offered by this Chopra Center course is one of the most effective ways to learn and practice meditation.  In this course you learn about the origins of PSM, the practicalities of meditation, the benefits of meditation and higher states of consciousness.  And most importantly you get to experience the ease of meditation and get to practice Primordial Sound Meditation twice during the course.  Students of Primordial Sound Meditation have reported that meditation with a mantra is deeper, easier and faster. 

Lisa Guyman offers Primordial Sound Meditation workshops in Denver and can provide courses at your locale. Lisa is also a speaker, author, hypnotherapist, life coach and Reiki Master.   Visit her website www.inner-sanctum.com, to learn more and to sign-up for her free newsletter:  “Reach for the Stars:  Secrets for Your Mind, Body & Soul.”    ’Another way to get started is by utilizing guided meditations.  Lisa’s guided meditation CD, Journey into Meditation:  Guided Meditations for Healing, Insight and Manifestation can be ordered here and by phone by calling 303.861.2280).

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Course Information and Class Dates.

Questions and Answers on Primordial Sound Meditation
Benefits of Meditation
Corporate Instruction in Meditation and Stress Management
About Deepak Chopra and The Chopra Center
One-on-One Primordial Sound Meditation Instruction.
Find an instructor who is already in your area by visiting Chopra.com
Lisa's CD:  Journey into Meditation:  Guided Meditations for Healing, Insight and Manifestation.
Lisa's Book:  A Guide to Getting it:  Sacred Healing
The Chopra Center's January Newsletter, "Namaste" featuring Lisa Guyman
 

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