Dayna Devon
Meditate Your Mind
Hello To All You Sexy Sprinklers!!!!
Can you believe it’s already February? I hope everyone reading this (all two of you…and my Mom) will focus as much love inwards this Valentine’s Day as you pour outwards. I also hope a lot of you will find yourselves slipping into some red slinky dresses and some HOT heels that make you feel really good about your new bodies and your weight loss accomplishments…AMEN!!
So I was thinking that I have been working hard on my health and body but I should also be working on my mind. One of my ill-fated New Year’s Resolutions was to try to meditate at least once a day. I haven’t done it once but I really do want to start trying. I have researched it…meditation has been around since the beginning of time. Different people try meditation with different goals in mind…like greater consciousness and self-awareness, greater creativity, focus, or even just a peaceful state of mind. I want all of the above!!! If anyone has read the book “Eat, Pray, Love” you will understand part of my quest to learn meditation.
Anyway, in the past I have struggled with the “white noise” in my mind. My brain does not want the volume turned down…it wants to form “to do” lists instead of becoming more self aware. But darn it! I am going to try again and anyone that would like to begin this journey too is welcome to come along with me. There are plenty of online articles about meditation for beginners, but this one sums it up nicely.
I will let you know how it goes…and anyone who has any tips to share or wants to try it with me let me know!
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!
Keep Sprinkling!!!
xxoo,
Dayna
February 11th, 2011 at 7:09 am
Hi Dayna! Like you I struggle to get the “white noise” turned down when I need to clear my mind. Since losing weight with SENSA and really stepping up an exercise routine, I have found that yoga helps me to at least find the volume nob on the clutter in my brain. I began yoga only as a form of stretching before workouts, but was surprised to find it also provided stress relief and is very calming. It might be an effective way to wind down before meditating, even if only for a short time. Good luck on your quest.
September 8th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
I absolutely love doing meditation! I never believed in it before I gave it a shot… I wish everybody would try it. In the beginning I just felt a bit more peaceful and was amazed that this peace stayed with me the whole time or at least a few days. Now it has become part of my life!