Meditation - Easy Tools for Success
If you are reading this page, you probably already have read
my meditation article. If you'd like to jump straight to the
resources, they are at the bottom of this article.
Do you want to learn how to meditate?
Have you tried to meditate but you keep falling asleep?
Or you're not sure you are doing it right?
Do you keep thinking about other things while you are trying to
"clear your mind"?
First you need to decide what type of meditation you want to
do. There are basically two types of meditation - active and
passive. Passive meditation is clearing the mind of all
thoughts. You can then allow your "inner voice" or "minds eye"
to speak to you. Passive meditation is good for reducing
stress, increasing creativity, and just getting in some quiet
time.
Active meditation is when you keep your mind active by working
on a particular problem in your life or focusing on
accomplishing certain goals you have set. Using affirmations
while meditating are particularly helpful in this area.
There are many simple techniques to help you meditate. You may
have read about them already. They include breathing
techniques, repeating mantras, sitting up so you don't fall
asleep and visualizing certain objects. These are all good
techniques and will help you accomplish reaching that alpha
brain wave level necessary for meditation.
However, for a beginner, it can be frustrating, especially if
you are not sure that you are reaching the alpha level. There
are tools available that can help you. The easiest way to get
started is with guided meditation cds. These recordings may
have background music or binaural beats designed to help your
brain get to the alpha level. Most of them will have a
relaxation exercise. These are useful for passive
meditation.
A good free guided meditation comes with
the free email course from Silva Ultra Mind. You can burn this
guided meditation on a CD and listen to it anytime. Read my
review and get it here:
Silva Meditation
Another good resource is the downloads at eMusic. This site has a monthly
fee signup, but you get 50 free downloads and you can cancel
anytime within the first two weeks without paying anything.
Once there, check out these choices:
Adagio: Music for Meditation by Peter Davison
Journey Into the Land of Meditation by Christina Drogden -
(This has a couple of guided meditations as well as unguided
meditations.)
More advanced techniques for active meditation will have
subliminal messages and/or auditory affirmations depending upon
what goals you would like to accomplish. Some are called
self-hypnosis cds but they really are the same as guided
meditations. These are helpful in keeping you on track during
your meditation. It is very easy to lose your focus when you
meditate and have your thoughts drift off to other areas.
Concentrating on listening to the cds will help you maintain
your focus.
Here's a good meditation hypnosis cd - Master Meditation
A good source of hypnosis cds of all kinds is Hyptalk. They have a
wide array of CD's and DVD's.
If you are interested in high tech meditation, you'll want to
check out
The Holosync Solution.
And also:
Quantum Mind Power
A fun way to measure your meditation results is by playing
The Journey to Wild Divine. This
interactive game measures your meditation results by using
biofeedback sensors.
To read my reviews of these products:
Silva UltraMind
eMusic
Hyptalk Hypnosis
CDS
Quantum Mind
Power
The Holosync Solution
The Journey to Wild
Divine
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