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Meditation Exercises

Posted on November 26, 2009

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The following exercises range from pretty simple to pretty complicated, but as you develop your abilities you'll eventually find that you can do them all at once and effortlessly. It can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few years to develop this ability, so remember what I said about expectations.

You'll eventually be able to remember how to do these exercises by memory, and then after that you'll get to the point where you just do them without having to think about them.

Grounding

Grounding will always be an important skill, no matter how advanced you become, so take the time to learn this now and to be able to do it effortlessly.

Stand in the "Standing Stake" pose described above. Go through the breathing and Full Body Awareness exercises. Visualize roots growing from your feet down through the core of the earth, just like a tree. In later meditations you can add some variety by seeing the roots flow down to a large crystal at the earth's core. Depending on the effect you want you can vary the crystals and access different energies, but that obviously beyond the scope of the exercise at this point.

As you inhale feel the energy of the earth being drawn up through your roots and up through your body and out through the top of your head. On your exhale, let that energy drop back down through your body and feel all the accumulated stress of your life flow out with it and back down through your roots and into the earth. Feel your muscles relax as the stress flows out. This is a good way to release all your stresses, fears, angers and feelings of inadequacy. Repeat this exercise for awhile, as many times as necessary to clean yourself out.

There's nothing wrong (and a lot of benefit) to stopping at this point and just doing these exercises that I've gone over up to this point, until they become completely effortless. Whenever you feel yourself becoming stressed or angry learn to take a moment and ground yourself and let those feelings just flow out.

Progressive Relaxation

Progressive Relaxation is easy to do and you can do it anywhere and anytime. Assume your meditation position of choice (I like the half-lotus on a zafu) and go through all the exercises I've covered up to this point. Just take a moment and feel the relaxed energy that you should have after grounding and releasing all your stress. Are you ready to get deeper into this feeling?

Feel the energy that flows up through your roots and into your feet. Make fists with your feet by curling your toes in as far as you can until it hurts, then relax. Let that relaxed feeling flow from your toes back over your feet and feel them relax. As you inhale draw that relaxed feeling up over your ankles and feel them relax completely. On the exhale let any residual stress flow back out and down through the earth.

On your next inhale draw that relaxed feeling back up over your calves, letting them relax after walking all day. Draw that relaxed energy up over your thighs with the next inhale. They're the biggest muscles in the body, so let them relax and rest now.

As you inhale feel that relaxed feeling flow up over your hips and buttocks. Feel the stress bleed away. We store a lost of stress here, so take a moment and let this area relax. Draw that relaxed feeling up over your stomach and lower back. Feel the muscles in your back relax and feel your stomach move with your inhale.

Bring the energy up over your chest and the middle of your back. Feel your heart area expand with the relaxed energy and feel all the accumulated stress in between your shoulder blades release and flow out and back down with your exhale.

Draw the feeling of relaxation up over your shoulders and neck. Feel any residual tension flow out with your exhale. Let that relaxed energy flow up and over your head. Let the muscles of your face and those at the base of your skull relax.

Just sit here and feel this relaxed body that you have. Remember this feeling as its how you should feel all the time. Tense muscles store energy, which means that your energy isn't flowing through you, but rather sticking in certain places in your body.

When your muscles are relaxed then your energy flows unimpeded and is continually renewed, leaving you feeling much lighter and more refreshed.

About the Author:

Basic Meditation Exercises is an excerpt from Robert Morgen's book Kundalini Awakening for Personal Mastery (ISBN: 0-9773801-0-6)

His new book Easy Meditation for Martial Artists (ISBN: 978-0-9773801-3-8 ) is also now available.

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Exercise Relieves Stress

Posted on August 24, 2009

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exercise relieves stress
What's a good exercises to relieve stress or tension in your neck and back? And what is a good exercises to

make you feel healthier day to day(no aches)? I am in my mid twenties, I don't drink pop, I have a healthy diet, I rarely eat sugar, and most of the time I feel physically weak, what can I do to feel healthier?

Are you getting enough protein? Your body also needs healthy sugars like those found in fruits.
For your neck you can lower your chin to your chest as far as you can, then go the opposite way (laying head back), then you can turn your head to each shoulder for 15 seconds to get that stretch.
Your back: you can get on hands and knees, hands apart and roll your back down while lifting your chin up, then arch your back up while bringing chin down. That might help.
I think for you to feel so weak you need more protein!
Good luck! :)

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Stress Management Exercise

Posted on April 5, 2009

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Lower Blood Pressure Naturally?

I've already started to exercise regularly (cardio and resistance training), I've started myself on stress management, I'm eating a healthy diet, I'm drinking 80 oz of water a day, and I am working on my weight. My question is what kind of food help lower blood pressure best? Is there anything that I can eat that will "wash out" my system?

Dogrose :) In other words, its a wild rose.

Buy the dry dogrose fruit, put it in a pot or a cup that has a lid, or a thermos. Then pour over hot boiling water and let stand for 2 hours. It tastes kinda like tea. I usually add sugar and lemon in it cuz i don't really like the taste it brings out.

I'm sick, and today my husband made me some of that and i drank it in the morning. It washes out the digestive system. And i had a doctors appoitment today at 10am. (I'm 20 weeks pregnant) I was surprised when my doctor told me i have low blood pressure! Which was wierd cuz i NEVER have low blood pressure. but with high blood pressure, this will be your saviour!!! I knew that it reduces blood pressure, but didn't know it'll have such a fast effect on it!!!

Wish you luck :) It's a totally safe thing to drink, :) It helps alot with diirea too. :)

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Exercise And Stress Relief

Posted on February 8, 2009

exercise and stress relief
exercise and stress relief
what can be reasons why i have hair loss right now? and how can i cure it?

im pretty sure its about stress cus.. im stressed about everything and im pissed all the time

or it also might be other reasons but ho do i cure it? should i do some stress relief exercise? or should i just solve my problem?

(i think i just lost 10-20 strands of hair while washing my hair)

Email me at joe_health@yahoo.com And ill help u as much as i can!

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Yoga Meditation

Posted on December 6, 2008

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