Do you have problems with:
Sleeping? Finishing projects? Overheating or eating unhealthy foods? Worrying? Trying to get your “list” complete? Or ,................ All of these issues can be addressed and altered by meditating. How you ask? Or maybe you’re saying “ but I can’t meditate”. First, if you can breathe, then yes you can meditate - and having a teacher can help. Second, by learning to meditate you can actually re-wire your brain so that the stresses listed above (and others) will become manageable and not in control of your life. We all have cycles of thought that we can get caught up in. Thoughts which are usually related to what’s coming up or what we want to do in the future. But if we learn to take care of the now, this moment, the future will take care of itself. And we won’t be wasting our time on things we have no control over anyway. Another cycle we may struggle with is cravings. Let’s say you have a craving for brownies. So, you eat a brownie. Now that craving has been rewarded which reinforces the craving and you will continue to have more of these similar cravings. Then of course we fall into the pattern of self criticism because we gave in to our craving. It’s not a healthy cycle in any way. Yet we all continue to crave, worry, live in the future, cycle through our day when we could be sleeping, berate ourselves when we feel we are weak, and any number of negative thought patterns that we cycle on a regular basis. No wonder we are so stressed! My suggestion for you is to find a meditation or mindfulness teacher near you or online and learn how to meditate. When you have someone directing you, making suggestions for you, guiding you, supporting you, and answering your questions you will find that creating a daily practice isn’t a chore. It becomes a gift to look forward to each day and you may wonder why you didn’t do this sooner. Like anything else, meditation gets easier with practice and the benefits increase exponentially. You are welcome to join us Monday evenings at 7pm for an hour of meditation. No cost, donations are appreciated. *Joanie Lane is the Director and a Teacher at "A Positive Light" Center for Spiritual Awakening. For more information on Joanie and the center visit www.apositivelight.com
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