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How A Guided Meditation Can Reduce Your Stress

March 28, 2021 //  by RelaxationMoments//  Leave a Comment

What Is A Stress Response?

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Stress is an emergency response system that evolved to allow our ancestors to thwart attacks on their life, like attacks from a wild animal or other situations encountered when living in the wild unknown. The stress system response evolved in order to allow the body excess adrenaline and cortisol, which are hormones that are initiated during the fight or flight response. When this state is activated, blood and other nutrients are diverted from the organs and the immune system is lowered in order to conserve energy for the fight or flight.

This means, either fighting a wild animal or running from it to try to reach safety. Yet, in modern times, we are typically not chased by wild animals in our everyday lives. Instead, we are attacked by modern pressures of work and life and other responsibilities.

We may feel like we are under immense pressure all the time and therefore cannot get out of the fight or flight mode. When this happens, we often refer to the issue vaguely as “stress.” Stress means that rather than the body being in a mode to rest and digest, it is pumped up and ready to run. Because the situation of stress is chronic for most people in modern times, this can begin to cause negative effects on the mind and body.

Chronic exposure to stress can weaken the immune system and can even change the DNA and may cause early aging and health decline. Long-term stress can also lead to inflammation and other symptoms like depression, anxiety, autoimmune disease, hypertension, headaches, and other issues.

Sometimes it is obvious that chronic stress is the culprit, and other times, when someone has been living with high stress levels for a long time, they may begin to see this as their normal functioning and not even notice how affected they are or which symptoms are related.

Mindfulness and attention to our health and wellness through guided meditation can allow us to make new connections about our health and can introduce a framework for making new and healthier choices in everyday life, leading to lower stress levels and greater fulfillment.

How to Manage Stress Levels with Guided Meditation

Guided meditation is a listening meditation that involves a short, guided session that takes us through a series of imaginative scenarios to help us see clearly the past and create a new vision for the future.

Topics vary for guided mediation and can involve self-confidence, health and reducing stress levels and reducing anxiety. Stress is not something that is out of control, but rather it is something that with attention and patience can become a motivating factor for change in our lives. When we experience high stress or even extreme mental breakdown, we are experiencing a mirror for our actions and our lifestyle. These high stress times allow us to see where we are pushing our limits and how we can best reel back out energies and actions to something that is more manageable and makes us happy.

Instead of always striving to do more and be better, we can see where we have gone too far and pushed ourselves too hard. We can see where we made compromises and didn’t stay true to our values. Guided meditation allows us to recognize these instances and take note of them without condemning ourselves or wishing for a different outcome.

Instead we can reflect through guided meditation and create a new understanding of our story and how we came to be in our current situation. Only when we see this clearly can we take insightful action towards a new reality. Practicing guided meditation daily allows for the consistency of change to manifest in our lives throughout the seasons.

Category: Mind RelaxationTag: guided meditation

The Guided Meditation: Perfect For Beginners To Meditating

March 7, 2021 //  by RelaxationMoments//  Leave a Comment

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According to the Chopra Center, “Navigating the depths of consciousness on your own can be tough, especially for beginners. Guided meditations provide the assistance of a teacher or guide to walk you through the process and help you find a calm and peaceful state – one step at a time.”

Many people have heard of meditation and the benefits of the practice and wonder how to get started meditating. Engaging in meditation is a great way to lower stress levels and relax the mind and body. People who experience chronic stress, anxiety, depression, and other symptoms can benefit from the practice of meditation.

What Is Guided Meditation

Guided meditation is a meditation practice led by an experienced teacher, either in person, via a live broadcast, or by means of pre-recorded audio or video. Though guided meditation can be used by anyone, it is more frequently used by those new to meditation, as the added assistance and support of a teacher can be helpful when first embarking upon the practice.

Guided meditations generally teach participants the basics of meditation techniques as well as offering instruction and insight into how the mind and thoughts work, how to better understand and relate to your thoughts and emotions, how to use meditation techniques in daily life, and how to settle the mind and body for meditation.

In modern times, meditation is a great practice that should be on everyone’s mind. Engaging in meditation each day can retrain the mind at the conscious and subconscious levels and can begin to shift the outlook. Starting a meditation practice is easy, and only requires setting aside a few minutes each day to sit in silence and notice one’s thoughts. Some people have a lot of trouble sitting still and therefore need a more engaging practice of meditation.

Guided meditations are recorded meditations that lead the listener through a series of visualizations to create a new reality. Listening to guided meditations each day can be an easy way to get started with meditation.

How To Start Meditating

When beginning a meditation practice, many people prefer to begin with a short sequence around 5 minutes. Adding a 5-minute meditation once or twice per day can be completely transformative. After five minutes of meditation becomes easy to accomplish, add five minutes to your meditation time.

Many people meditate for 20-30 minutes each day, and some people engaged in spiritual practice traditionally meditate for 2 hours each morning. Yet, meditation is a practice that is accessible for everyone who wants to improve their life experience and lower their stress levels.

Many styles of meditation can be done throughout the day, like mantra, affirmation, and loving-kindness. Yet, when engaged in guided meditation, it is important to give attention to the practice by sitting or lying quietly where there is little distraction and noise.

Now, find a guided meditation that is the proper length for your practice.

A guided meditation may be five minutes long and can range in content from positive affirmations to guided imagery to color visualization therapy. There is much variety in the topics and ideas to choose from.

A simple online search should reveal plenty of options for recorded meditations. Try to choose a guided meditation by a teacher or professional you trust and can connect with. Set the intention to heal and for beneficial outcomes for all.

Many guided meditations are available for online streaming for free or can be downloaded to your device for easier access. It is also possible to have a personalized guided meditation made by a teacher or other professional. It is possible to find guided meditations for self-empowerment, health and wellness, manifestation, and other lifestyle improvement topics.

Many guided meditations invoke elements of nature, animals, plants, colors, and other visualizations to engage the mind and body and create a new vibration of energy within the system.

Why Guided Meditation?

In guided meditation, the teacher leads the listener through a series of visualizations or journeys to engage the mind and body and establish relaxation and the space for insight. Listening to a guided meditation each day helps to reprogram the conscious and subconscious mind.

When the audio and visualization is done day after day, it is possible to create a new reality and a new experience of the world. Meditation is a practice in becoming aware of our ideas about life. So, when we meditate, we are reflecting on our experiences and allowing a different understanding of how we choose to let events affect us.

Committing to listening to guided meditation every day creates a regularity of practice that is dependable. This practice can lower stress levels and can also allow space for long-term change in lifestyle.

Category: MeditationTag: guided meditation

Guided Meditation For Stress Relief

January 17, 2021 //  by RelaxationMoments//  Leave a Comment

When we are stressed, worried, anxious, or upset, it can be a great option to implement guided mediation into our life. Time spent in meditation restores peace and calm and can bring a sense of restoration to the mind. Meditation is a great practice because it can be done anywhere.

Guided meditations are led by a recording or video and can be done when rest is available, sitting with eyes closed or laying down and resting. Guided meditations can be downloaded or streamed online and will lead a person through a series of auditory and visual practices to create a peaceful and calm state.

The practice of meditation has been an important part of various religions and belief systems for many years.

  • Mindset and meditation can benefit anyone without adherence to particular beliefs.

  • Anyone can meditate. Practice is key, as the more it is done, the better you get at and the greater the benefit.
  • Meditation is a technique that helps all different types of people relax and relieve stress.
  • Meditation allows the thoughts to slow and streamline and stops the stressful mind from moving too fast.
  • Ideally, meditation bring about a feeling of wellness.

Meditation brings wellbeing and peace and it can help people manage emotions.

Many people have experienced emotional benefits from meditation including:

  • Imported self-awareness
  • Present moment awareness
  • Improve imagination
  • Stress building skills

Meditation is a process of focusing and calming the mind so we can experience a break in mental activity and get rest from our judgements, ideas, beliefs, and expectations.

When we rest the mind through meditation, we create space for new ideas and opportunities to access our minds.

Meditation allows us to access a relaxed mental state. Using guided meditation, we can listen and visualize our experiences, making mental images in the mind of places that bring a sense of calm.

Guided meditation is also called guided imagery or visualization. This style of meditation includes the senses experiencing sight, smells, sounds, and textures.

Guided meditations are often led by a guide or coach or teacher. Many visualizations also use music or nature sounds to bring about a sense of calm. Guided meditations lead the listener through a story or series of opportunities for visualization.

While participating in guided meditation it is important to focus the attention on the experience and allow your mind to be free of other distractions or ideas that are stressful.

Instead it is important to experience an open mind and quiet mentality. Another important part of meditation is to breathe consciously. Deep breathing expands the lungs and allows the intake of more oxygen which creates a sense of calm in the body.

Participating in guided meditation in a calm setting can reduce distractions.

Some people like to use headphones or play background music. After some time, it may be easy to meditate anywhere, but in the beginning it is great to set aside some time to yourself to meditate.

A guided meditation that is 5-10 minutes is a great length to start with.

Some people prefer to do guided meditations at night while others do them in the morning. It’s even possible to do them during the day. Anytime is a great time to meditate. Morning meditations allow people to visualize their day and night meditation allows reflection on the day and gratitude for what happened. Many guided meditations are available with a simple online search.

Meditation can be a lifelong practice.

Sometimes a guided meditation is the best option if a person prefers to be led through a series of visualizations in an attempt to form a new idea and allow creativity.

Meditation allows relaxation and can lead us through a series of exercises that bring peace and calm and a new outlook on life.

Category: MeditationTag: guided meditation, stress

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