Welcome to everyone that has taken the time to read my blog. I am new to the whole blogging thing so I hope to learn as we go along. The name I came up with is what exactly I need to do, I need to find some inner peace and serenity. I always have so much going on, I can manage it all not as well as I would like but yet I still do. However I do not feel that I have any calming down time. I do not have peace, I need an exercise that will allow me to sit and calm and destress.
The audio of Journey on was very relaxing and calming for me. I want to try and have this audio to keep for the future because I feel that it can be useful in calming my mind and body. I found it interesting how when you really sit down and listen and relax you find that it works. As I was listening to the audio I found that I was trying to lift my arm as he instructed and my arms did not want to, they actaully wanted to rest and stay right there.
What would some of you recommend to help with meditating? Any acitivitys to help relax my mind and body, I seem to always do one or the other. I think that I need to focus more on this for myself to reach a better me. A better me leads to a better mother, better girlfriend, better employee just a better me all the way around. In a way I feel that I have been selfish to myself and have not been tending to what I need.
Thanks for joining me, and I look forward to your feedback.
Jess
Hi Jess, I found the Journey into Relaxation a very unique meditation that I have never done before. If you are not use to meditating try just focusing on your breathing. When we are breathing properly from the diaphragm the stomach will rise just like inflating a balloon. Then as you exhale the balloon is deflated or in other words your stomach will fall. I find this exercise very helpful because for me it helped me to learn to quiet the mind chatter since I am focused in on my breathing. I hope this helps.
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Debbie,
DeleteThank you for your advice. I need to do something to find a sense of peace. I will have to practice focusing on my breathing. Is there a certain time to do the inflate and deflate? Like breath in for 5 seconds and then release for 5 seconds? Does it matter?
Jessica
Hi Jess...As you can tell I am also new at blogging. I received an error message when I posted my comment for the first time so now I have posted the same comment 2 times. Oops! lesson learned.
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I think this audio was extremely relaxing as well. It was very peaceful as I did not want it to end. What I found to be extremely pleasant about this exercise is that, even though I was extremely relaxed and in a position I would typically just fall asleep in, this feeling was so much different. My body was so relaxed, but my mind was so alert to everything that was going on.
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