Guided Meditation Techniques

Use Guided Meditation For Physical and Mental Health

There are so many benefits to guided meditation. The health benefits are worth every moment you allocate to meditating. You may already practice the art of meditation or you may be you are a beginner wanting to learn this alternative therapy.

It can help you in so many areas of your life, especially for relieving anxiety and stress.

Guided meditation is basically the use of objects or visual representations to derive positive thoughts and emotions. This is the best form of meditation for people who have never done any meditating before and who may have a difficult time achieving full focus using just the images in their own mind.

Coming home from work feeling extremely tired and mentally stressed out every single day is not fun at all. If this is what you had been going through the past few weeks, months or years, then it’s about time you learned some guided meditation techniques that can help you unwind.

In addition to eliminating mental stress and anxiety, using guided meditation techniques can also bring positive changes to your physical health.

Some of the improvements you can enjoy are lower blood pressure, reduced cholesterol levels, cessation of insomnia and other sleeping problems and reduced chronic pain.

Furthermore, the right guided meditation techniques can also increase your IQ by as much as 10 points, as well as boost your awareness and ability to concentrate. Many claim that they can even encourage healthy weight loss.

Choose An Image For Meditating

Before you can put any guided meditation techniques into practice, it can help if you choose an object to meditate upon. This can be any object that you can find around your home, such as a vase, a clock or a wall ornament, but most meditation experts prefer to use natural objects like plants or a bowl of fruit.

Upon choosing an object, you can now begin by closing your eyes and clearing your mind of all thoughts. Once you have emptied your mind as much as you possibly can, you can open your eyes and focus on your chosen object.

Let your thoughts flow naturally but stay concentrated on the object at all times. There may be occasions that you feel you are starting to drift and in these cases, draw your attention gently back towards the object you are meditating on. Return your mind even if drifts. Don’t punish yourself if you do find your mind wandering.

You can make the most of guided meditation techniques if you are completely relaxed during the process. It may not be as easy as you think to achieve total relaxation, especially if you have become so used to a stressful and hectic lifestyle. The best way to do it is to find a comfortable position, breathe deeply through your nose and stay as still as you possibly can throughout the meditation session.

Don’t let lack of time be your enemy. Make the time to meditate and you will find you have more time than ever before. That is because your mind will be learn how to focus when it needs to.

Let me know if you enjoy your guided meditation sessions in the comments below.