Meditation and breathwork
Most people believe that meditation means you must have a clear mind for it to be a successful meditation. This actually isn't the case. We are aiming to have a clear mind but our minds are designed to think, and think is what we do as busy human beings. Day after day we are bombarded by negative thoughts and worries. It is almost impossible to switch them off or block them. Switching off or blocking these thoughts is extremely difficult as most of you already know. If you try and block them, the energy surrounding these unwanted thoughts will grow stronger. Acknowledging these thoughts and holding gratitude for them is the first thing that I do as they have been generated by something deep inside you, a deep rooted fear, insecurity or even a scenario that keeps being played over and over again in your head because the guy down the road didn't agree with what you said, so you started making up different scenarios that you think should of happened instead. It doesn't matter what has created these thoughts, the bottom line is they mean something to you on some level, so accepting them for what they are and trying to understand them will move you closer to being able to release them. This takes consistent practice and focus.
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Breathwork is extremely effective when combined with the powers of meditation. Laying your complete focus on your breath is a great way to clear the mind. The more you meditate and focus on your breath the easier it will become to clearing your mind. This is essentially what we are aiming for when we meditate. When we meditate we are trying to create a calm and peaceful environment within ourselves. When we do this we can begin to bring about huge change.
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Applying focus to your breath also allows you to be consciously aware of the pure life force energy you are inhaling. Its not just the natural gases you are inhaling but pure energy. With a focused breath you can actively flood your body with this energy and restore vitality. If ever you feel a discomfort anywhere in your body try laying all of your focus on that point, accept it as energy and surrender to it. Breath into that point and fill it with love, you'll be surprised at how effective this can be with constant practice and focus.
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When we are in a deep meditative state, natural healing occurs because you are now focused within and not on your external noisy and chaotic environment. Being in deep meditation allows you to slow your brainwaves right down. The benefit of doing this is so that you can start to offer up new information to your sub conscious mind like the life you truly desire. When your brainwaves are slowed right down this is when you are more susceptible to new information.
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As a child up to the age of about 7, they are absorbing so much new information and forming their belief systems which they will carry through the rest of their lives. They are able to do this very effectively because their brainwave activity is a lot slower than an adults.​ This is the state we are trying to achieve when we meditate, so that we can start to reintroduce new information and essentially override all of the nonsense that we have built up over our lifetime.
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Take a look at the following links, these people have given me great inspiration:
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