Meditation

Quieten your thoughts and raise your vibes.

Meditation is a gentle shift of attention towards your inner self while breathing consciously. With practice, it becomes easier to quieten thoughts and move into a neutral space where anything is possible.

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It is time to begin or resume a meditation practice, to quieten excessive noise and familiarize yourself with the pure you. When inundated with information, allowing it to settle elevates your vibration. This process brings forth information resonating with higher vibes, such as your authentic desires, into your awareness. Whatever doesn’t vibe or resonate will fall away from your awareness through lack of attention. Meditation is like closing apps and programs on a device or computer. It frees up space for new desires to enter your awareness.

All mediation teachings and philosophies offer great insights and techniques. There is no right or wrong way to meditate. Consider meditation a gentle shift of attention from the physical world into your inner world of dreams and possibilities while breathing fully and naturally. Over time, you will gain wisdom that encourages you to adjust and master thoughts, emotions, and vibrations. Your inner peace determines your outer experiences.

When meditating, there is no need to push thoughts away. Let them come and go. A cluster of thoughts turns into stories that will compete for your attention. Allow them to do their thing. To calm your thoughts, tell them you will tend to them after your meditation. If you wander into an idea or story, focus on your breath and silently repeat your manifestation name or a word that evokes calm to return to your heart center.

You can meditate immediately by directing your attention to the card’s taijitun (yinyang symbol), which will transport you to your heart center. Breathe naturally and soften your gaze. Your perception relaxes, and excessive noise in your mind is reduced. Now, you can bring to your mind something that brings you joy, such as having a massage, playing with your pets, spending time with children, or creating art. Let go and let be.

To cultivate a meditation practice, try out the exercises in the masterclass.

Conscious Creator Masterclass: Building a Meditation Practice

You must have an open heart and be present to receive your desires. This masterclass introduces meditation to focus on your heart center while balancing your thoughts, enabling you to match the vibration of your authentic self and desires.

A Foundation Meditation

I suggest you build up your meditation practice from one, to five, to twenty-four minutes a day – one minute for every hour in a day.

You will need:

*A quiet spot and time, where you won’t be disturbed

*A comfortable chair, meditation stool, or cushion (use whatever is most comfortable)

*A candle to light up your inner world

*Your manifestation name or a word that invokes a sense of calm, such as “calm”, “serene”, “bliss”, and “light”

Optional:

*Gentle music

*Burning incense or aromatherapy oils

*A time if you have limited time

Meditation apps and timers are great aids for beginners, however, I encourage you to explore your inner world without boundaries or outside influence. Trust your journey. As you practice, you will get to know your inner world through direct experience. Using incense, music, and other ceremonial tools can set a mood that your mind will recognize as a relaxing, safe time and be less likely to disturb the meditation.

The below meditation is a place to begin. You can record yourself on your phone and listen to it as a guided meditation. Be sure to pause where you know you’ll need time to follow the instructions. After a while, meditation will become second nature. When that happens, I urge you to explore other methods to expand your toolbox.

Sit comfortably in your quiet spot. Maintain a straight and relaxed back. You can sit cross-legged on the floor, on a meditation stool, or a cushion.

Close your eyes and bring to mind your manifestation name or word. Repeat it to yourself silently and slowly nine times. Through your nose, take five deep, long breaths in and out. You can use your mouth if your nose is blocked. Chant your manifestation name or word throughout the five breaths. Feel the breath go in and out. The breath of life nourishes your nervous system. With slow breathing, each cell can take what it needs from the air. Allow any thoughts to expand and contract, just like your breath. When you find your mind wandering, use your manifestation name or word and breathe it in five times. Repeat this anytime you feel your mind wandering.

Feel the rise and fall of your chest and stomach. After the five deep, long breaths, breathe naturally and allow a sense of quiet to flow through you. Stay here for as long as you like – at least a minute, building to 24 minutes.

When you are ready to finish, breathe your manifestation name or word into your whole body and mind. Fill yourself up with the breath of life. You are bringing your inner world experiences onto your physical world. Be present in your body. Open your eyes and welcome yourself back.

Practice every day. Every meditation, no matter how long or whether it be quiet or noisy, will build your self-worth and a resilient inner world.

Journal Work

Each time you meditate, write a sentence or do a small drawing about one thing you learned about yourself or what you want to manifest.

Reflections and Actions: Three Ways to Assess Your Meditation Practice Progress

Increased awareness about your mind and reactions

*Do you feel more relaxed and calmer throughout your waking hours?

*Have you discovered which areas of your body hold the most tension so you can deliberately relax them before too much stress builds up?

*Are you becoming more aware of your thoughts and are you able to have more control over them, rather than being controlled by them?

*Have you learned what things really distract you and therefore can look out for them and avoid getting too scattered?

Improved relationships

*Is your relationship with yourself improving? Are you less critical and kinder to yourself?

*Are your relationships with others improving?

*Are you less likely to be triggered by the actions or words of another?

*Have you softened your resistance to the most challenging people?

*Are you becoming an active listener?

*Have you developed insight to know when to make changes – i.e., when to set boundaries, or speak your truth and not your judgements, etc.?

Expansion of your consciousness

Inside all of us is a sea of consciousness that we dive into when meditating. Let’s define consciousness as the animating force inside us which helps us feel alive and gives us awareness. The size of your consciousness will dictate your view of the world and interactions with it. For instance, if you have an egg-sized consciousness, you will have an egg-sized comprehension when you watch a movie or read a book. Expanding your consciousness will give you more comprehensive access to more profound ideas and understanding.

I began meditation to destress my life but found a new way to live my life. I felt so liberated…like I had come home. I decided I wanted to always feel that way. That decision is still unfolding in my meditation practice.