Mind-Body Connections During Meditation Far from being isolated, disparate entities, our minds and bodies work together in a relationship of mutual dependency, each drawing support from the other. Only when both are fully nourished can we live balanced and harmonious lives. Meditation can help us to achieve this balance. The way we think and feel [...]

Mind And Body in Meditation To be healthy human beings and to function at the peak of our potential, we need to achieve a balance of mind and body. If we serve our outer needs without allowing ourselves time for the person within, and especially if we ignore the inner voice that tells us to [...]

Meeting Your Mind In Meditation The mind constantly plays tricks on us and has many strategies for distracting our attention, setting us on the wrong path, deceiving us and leading us astray especially when we try to practise meditation. This trickster may appear in the form of negative thoughts that try to prevent us from achieving [...]

Discovering Your Imagination During Meditation In this exercise a box is used as a focus for your meditation. As you visualize the box, let your imagination take over. Allow items in the box to “appear”, these represent your thoughts and feelings. 1) It may help to place an empty box in front of you and [...]

Developing focus during meditation The underlying key to meditation is learning how to “centre” ourselves, how to still our bodies and focus our minds so that we are able to enter a state of total absorption and concentration. Try putting your personal preoccupations on hold and direct your awareness to whatever item you may want [...]

Centre Yourself During Meditation This exercise shows you how to develop a still, quiet mind and a firm, steady body, both of which are important prerequisites for effective meditation. 1) Start your meditation by sitting  in a comfortable position with your back straight but not tense. Roll your shoulders back to broaden your chest. Place [...]

Candle Meditation This is a very simple technique which will help to settle your mind and provide a good focus for meditation. 1) Begin by sitting in a comfortable meditation posture with a lighted candle in front of you. Breathe evenly and a little more deeply than normal. Then concentrate your attention on each part of [...]

Breath And Meditation Most of us are not conscious of how our breathing affects our physical and mental states, but in meditation observing the breath and the way in which we breathe are crucial. On a purely practical level, if we absorb oxygen and expel waste gases freely, our metabolic system functions efficiently, this, in [...]