The Benefits of Guided Meditation
In our frantic modern world, meditation is becoming more and more popular as people search for ways to relax, de-stress, accelerate their spiritual development and enhance their quality of life. It's really no surprise that meditation is becoming so common nowdays, as it has so many positive benefits to offer. One of the best ways to experience the overall benefits of meditation is to listen to a guided meditation. In this article, I will focus specifically on the benefits that guided meditation can bring to you.
It's Effortless!Meditation is an incredibly enjoyable, healthy and inspiring way to achieve inner peace, and guided meditations are, quite simply, the easiest way to meditate. Can you think of anything more effortless and relaxing than listening to tranquil music while you are guided into a state of deep meditation?
Guided meditation is not only easy, it is also a very powerful tool for personal development.
Meditation plus visualization:
The awesome power behind guided meditationsWhere guided meditations get really interesting is in the way that they utilize the power of your imagination and the power of visualization to effect positive personal changes. This is one of the main benefits of guided meditation, and in this regard, guided meditations are even more powerful than traditional, passive meditation. Visualization, or creative visualization as it is sometimes referred to, is the use of mental imagery to effect positive changes in your life. Visualization techniques are now widely employed in many fields such as the arts, sports, business, alternative medicine, religious practices, psychotherapy and self-improvement. As Denis Waitley, coach to both Olympic champions and Apollo astronauts once said: “The mind cannot tell the difference
between an actual,‘real-life’ event
and a vividly imagined one.”
Guided meditations help you to vividly imagine positive experiences that represent, either directly or symbolically, whatever changes you wish to express in your life. During a guided meditation you are in such a deep state of relaxation that the imagery you are guided to visualize becomes very vivid indeed. Immersing yourself in a guided meditation while listening to positive suggestions is a blissful experience that results in real and immediate benefits. You’ll feel better; physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Of course, different people have different goals and needs in life, and with that in mind, guided meditations can be tailored to achieve specific outcomes such as: • Improving clarity in life
• Spiritual development
• Experiencing elation, freedom and expanded awareness
• Emotional and physical healing
• Enhancing creativity
• Profoundly deep relaxation
• Increasing confidence and personal empowerment
• Opening the heart and healing relationships
• Curing negativity or self defeating behaviours
• Improving performance in business or sports
• Resolving psychological difficulties
A well crafted guided meditation includes positive suggestions and positive visualizations that cause you to have an inner experience of the changes you are seeking to realize in your outer life. Why is this so important? Let’s allow The Buddha to answer that question for us:
“The mind is everything.
What you think you become.”
Guided meditations help you to achieve a state of deep inner stillness, so that your mind can be cleared of clutter and unwanted thoughts, and then filled with vivid visualization experiences that effect positive personal changes. Particularly well crafted guided meditations may also make use of symbolic imagery, so as to connect with the deeper, more abstract levels of your mind in an effort to encourage profound healing and personal development breakthroughs.
The secret of the best guided meditationsObviously, the more vivid your guided meditation is, the more effective it will be. So how does one create a guided meditation that really immerses your sense in the experience? Here’s how I do it...
First of all I make sure that the guided meditation includes original music. Obviously this will be very soothing music, but it must also suit the theme of the meditation, and it must be loosely synchronized with the guided visualizations so as to add emphasis and depth to each moment. If the guided meditation also includes nature sounds, as is often the case, I make sure that the nature sounds are synchronized with the guided visualizations. For example, if you are guided to visualize yourself standing in a forest, then you should hear the sounds of the forest. If you approach a waterfall, then the sound of that waterfall should gradually become apparent. In this way, I am able to create guided meditations that vividly engage your senses, so that you become deeply immersed in the guided mediation journey.
Would you like know what a truly complete guided meditation recording sounds like? Click on the image below to download a free guided meditation and experience it for yourself...
Wrapping Up...Guided meditations are more than just a healthy way of dealing with stress; they can be used to enhance your quality of life in many ways. When combined with original meditation music and synchronized environmental sounds, a guided meditation becomes an immersive experience that can transport you into a vivid inner dimension of freedom, inspiration, healing and joy.
"You can bring into your life more power,
more wealth, more health, more happiness, and
more joy by learning to contact and release
the hidden power of your subconscious mind."
- Dr. Joseph Murphy
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