| To be successful in life, you need an empowered mind. | | | | relaxed as possible. The recommended way is to start |
| You can spend money on health supplements or any | | | | at your feet and tense up your muscles as hard as |
| brain food that improve your brain and mind power, | | | | possible for several seconds, and then release them. |
| which may or may not be effective. However, the | | | | After your feet, move up to your legs, calf muscles, |
| best way to an empowered mind need not cost you | | | | and then your thighs, hips, abs, chest, and arms. |
| anything. It is free! It is achievable through meditation | | | | Eventually, you will reach your face and the top of |
| exercises. | | | | your head. At the end of this process, your entire body |
| Millions of people around the world have been | | | | will feel so relaxed that you lost the sense of your |
| practicing meditation, and have found meditation | | | | body weight. This process will feel lengthy when you |
| exercises to be an effective way to develop an | | | | first do it, but you will be able to find your rhythm after |
| empowered mind that is critical for achieving success | | | | a few practices. |
| in life. However, contrary to what it seems, mastering | | | | When you reached a state of deep relaxation in |
| the skill can be a challenging task for most people. | | | | every part of your body, the real meditation begins. |
| Many people who attempted meditation for the first | | | | Step 3: Use Different Meditation Exercises For |
| time discovers just how hard it can be if the | | | | Different Purpose |
| person’s mind is weak. The most critical tool you'll | | | | As you control your breathing and set your body into a |
| need to master this important life skill is your mind. Just | | | | state of total relaxation, you free yourself from any |
| like any worthwhile skills, it requires regular practice, | | | | mental focus and clarity and your mind starts coming |
| review and refinement to reap its best potential. | | | | into clarity. At this point, you can choose to practice the |
| Regular practice of meditation exercises can develop | | | | following basic meditation exercises: |
| an empowered mind in many ways, such as building | | | | Meditation Exercise No. 1 -Build Mental Clarity: |
| patience, relaxation, observation, perception, | | | | The purpose of this exercise is to clear the mind. A |
| concentration, and focus. Meditation can also help bring | | | | clear mind is an empowered mind. The way to |
| changes to your mind and body for the purpose of | | | | achieve this is to let your mind be still, and not think of |
| self-benefit, such as helping you to lose weight, quit | | | | anything. Sometime it is impossible not to think of |
| smoking, reduce stress and depression, healing, | | | | anything because the mind chatters when send |
| overcome pain, regulate your body temperature, and | | | | thoughts into your mind. When any thoughts come to |
| much more. | | | | your mind, don’t need to resist them, just know that |
| Beyond the physical health benefits, meditation can | | | | they are there, without making any judgments. |
| even make you more receptive and sensitive to | | | | Remember not to continue to indulge in the thoughts, |
| outside energy fields, improving your psychic intuition. | | | | just stay conscious and observe them like a |
| Meditation is truly a miraculous skill. Unfortunately, most | | | | non-concerned 3rd-party. The thoughts will go away. |
| people failed to realize its powerful benefits due to | | | | By doing this, you’ll not let the thoughts cloud your |
| incorrect way of practicing this exercise. | | | | clarity. As your mind achieves clarity, it builds will and |
| To most people, meditation is nothing more than sitting | | | | concentration. You’ll find this to be one of the most |
| cross-legged on the floor quietly with eyes closed and | | | | relaxing exercises when you mastered the skill. The |
| began the breathing exercise. The key point to | | | | challenge you’ll face initially is to overcome the |
| remember in performing the meditation exercises is to | | | | sense of boredom. Stay focus on you objective. It |
| feel comfortable. It does not matter whether you are | | | | does take some mind discipline. |
| sitting on the floor, lying on the bed, or sit on a chair, as | | | | Meditation Exercise No. 2 -Create Visualization: |
| long as it does not get too comfortable to the extent | | | | This exercise helps you build mental images much |
| that you may fall asleep. | | | | clearer without being interfered. The way to do this is |
| Step 1: Control Your Breathing As A Concentration | | | | by having a simple picture to focus in mind. It can be |
| Exercise | | | | anything; a personal symbol, a religious symbol, a |
| The first step to learning meditation is to learn how to | | | | person, etc. At first, it is best to keep the image simple |
| control your breathing. This may sound simple and | | | | and easy to picture. As you progressed, move on to |
| feels boring at times, but the key here is to prepare | | | | more complicated pictures. Make it as wide and clear |
| your physical and mental state by bringing them to the | | | | as possible. After some practice, you can try giving it |
| state of deep relaxation. One thing to caution is not to | | | | color. After that, animate it by making it rotate or move |
| control your breathing too consciously. As you move | | | | around. You can even visualize yourself touching the |
| into the deep meditative state, you want to turn your | | | | object with your hands and how it feels under your |
| focus from consciously breathing to deeply meditating. | | | | sense of touch. You will be very surprised to see how |
| Tools like soft music, candles, and incense can be used | | | | real it'll begin to feel after you've had some practice. |
| during meditation to increase its effect. However, using | | | | Remember to keep your mind on the task and not let |
| tools is not a must if you prefer a simple plain breathing | | | | it wander. |
| control exercise to bring you into the meditative state. | | | | Make Daily Meditation Part of Your Self-Development |
| When using music, you must pick something pleasing | | | | Journey |
| to the ears but not powerful music like heavy metal or | | | | Now you have grasped the idea of how meditation |
| rock. Also, the key point to remember is to choose | | | | exercises can change your life and how to practice |
| music that won't distract you. You should choose | | | | the basics. This exercise should be performed |
| music with only melody and not any lyrics. Incense is | | | | everyday if you are serious about seeing the results. |
| also helpful but takes some preparation on its own. | | | | The best time would be after you wake up in the |
| Incense helps you relax, but do make sure that | | | | morning, which allows you to prepare and empower |
| ventilation in the room is good. You don’t want to | | | | your mind before starting the day. You can also do the |
| get throat irritation during meditation as a result of | | | | meditation exercises before you go to bed at night, so |
| smoke building in the room. | | | | as to enhance the quality of your sleep. Do remember, |
| Step 2: Relaxation | | | | this wonderful skill don’t come easy. It takes a lot |
| Relaxation is the challenging part of meditation that is | | | | of dedication of time and effort before you see |
| often overlooked. Once you have assumed your | | | | results. However, when the results begin to show, |
| chosen position, prepared your tools, and begun | | | | you’ll realize how much your life will be improved |
| breathing, your goal now is to let your body relax | | | | with this life skill. |
| completely. Every muscle in your body should be as | | | | |