How Can You Connect with Who You Really Are?

by | Jul 25, 2016 | 0 comments

Meditation. What comes up for you when you hear that word?

Some people swear by it and would rather meditate than have their morning coffee. ‘What!?  Kinda out there!’, I thought when I heard people say that.

Why does it seem so difficult to mediate for some of us?

Have you tried mediating before? Did you find it hard to focus on clearing your mind? I know I did. My monkey mind was thinking all those random thoughts and kept interrupting me!

I tried the technique of letting your thoughts drift by like a cloud does in the sky, notice them and let them go.  They wouldn’t drift away though, they kept filling up my head and my eyes would water.  I would start yawning and then I would hear noise that would distract me even further! It was very frustrating and I felt like I could not focus on anything.

Needless to say, I was hesitant to try again because I would keep getting the same experiences and I felt like there was something wrong with me.

But I keep hearing how imperative daily meditation is to improving our life and connecting with our higher self, which is our internal compass, so I decided to look further into what are the benefits, how do you do it and is there a wrong way to do it?

I took the free Meditation course from OMHarmonics and this is what I learned.

There are many benefits to meditating and here are just some of them.

  • Improved productivity and focus throughout your dayMeditation
  • Less reactive and more responsive to everyday life stresses
  • Increased creativity and problem solving
  • Decreased worry, anxiety, doubts and fears
  • Boosts the immune system
  • Better sleep
  • Controls and reduces pain
  • Reduces blood pressure
  • Slows down aging
  • Increases libido

Also meditation increases our ability to practice mindfulness. What’s that?

Mindfulness is observing your own thoughts and feelings.  If a thought, fear or worry comes in your mind just observe it and stay in the moment.  It’s perfectly OK to keep thinking while mediating. Hallelujah! I wasn’t doing it wrong!

Eyes watering and yawning is OK too. It’s your body’s way of relaxing and moving energy.

The goal of mediation is to relax our mind. We are connected all the time with too much information to take in so giving our minds a regular break is very important and there are thousands of research studies proving this theory. Our brainwaves change as we relax. Brainwaves are your brain’s level of beating.

Here are the 4 types of brainwaves and some of what our brain can do during them.

  • Beta 14-21 Hz (Hz = cycles per second) – awakened state, working, talking with someone, where we spend most of our waking hours
  • Alpha 7-14 Hz– a more relaxed state, creative, healing level. This is where meditation takes you.
  • Theta 4-7 Hz – daydreaming, dream state, insight, inspiration. This is the deeper state of meditation that is not so easy for a beginner to get to but this is where you want to aim for to get those flashes of inspiration and insight, to come up with an awesome idea or finding the answer to the problem you have been struggling with.
  • Delta <3.5 Hz – this is when you are fast asleep

There is a faster more effective way to get to the Alpha and Theta states than just using our own mental control. When we listen to a certain frequency of sound called binaural beats we can reach the Alpha and Theta state and get the benefits of mediation in as little as 15 – 30 mins per day.

Most of us don’t have much mental control and it take a lot if time and discipline to get there on their own unless they have a lot of will power and persistence. The average person will give up like I almost did so I decided to invest in these binaural beats to test it out.

I will be meditating every day and paying close attention to any changes I have and I will share them in the next month or two.

From what I have learned, and already experienced in my first week of consistent meditation, I feel more connected with my higher self, the true me.  I also know when you can do that you will feel overall more peace and happiness in your life as well as being able to live your true purpose. This is what I want for my life so for 15-30 mins a day I can definitely spare that. It’s all part of self-love.

I’d love to know if you mediate or if you plan to start. If you do what’s your experience been?

 

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