Quite often when people first start meditating it is because they are feeling stressed, tired or emotionally imbalanced. One of the most useful things that we can do to help to start to remedy the above issues is to learn to create a ''safe space''. This is an inner space where our mind can relax and heal, and where we are not adding any further burden upon ourself with a meditation technique that is over complicated. Creating a safe space needs the following conditions:
A placed where we can sit or lie down quietly (or appropriate environment for a meditative walk if so desired)
A decision to yourself that, for the time that you have allotted (10 minutes or whatever you have decided) you are in a safe space, and are going to not allow negative, stressful or fear based thoughts to attack you from within. It is a time that you have specifically set aside where the only agenda is to relax and enjoy a quiet, healing time in your own company.
Having created the above conditions, you then simply sit with your body and mind and allow them to catch up with themselves in an inwardly loving and compassionate environment.
You can click here to listen to a 15 minute guided ''safe space meditation'' (taken from a talk I did recently at NUS) that gives you a good idea how you can do this, and how useful it can be for our overall balance and inner peace.
To return to the first of this series of five articles on meditation definitions, please click HERE.
© Toby Ouvry 2009 Please do not reproduce without permission.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
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