Just seen this on Amazon.........

......... and wanted to share it with you!

Guided Meditations for busy people.  A great Cd which has mini power meditations between 3 and 9 minutes in length!  Great idea if you really cant find the time to meditate for longer.

Power meditations are fantastic to help keep calm in stressful situations!  Give it a try.

Click on the link to be taken to the CD

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guided-Meditations-Busy-People-Bodhipaksa/dp/0972441433/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1289491021&sr=8-2

Healing the Heart Pt.2

Continuing with our theme of Abundant meditations, we take another look at the heart, and the abundance of unconditional love which surrounds us and is ours for the taking!  You deserve to feel this unconditional love, it is yours.

Time to meditate:

Go to your meditation space, light your candles

play your relaxing music

take a nice cleansing deep breath

Focus on your breathing right now

don't change your breathing, just breath

focus and relax

Bring your attention now to your heart chakra

focus on this area and feel the lotus flower of your heart

opening up from a tight bud

into full green and pink bloom

As your heart centre opens

feel the beam of energy from the universe

the energy of unconditional love

filling your heart chakra

Sit in this energy beam for as long as you need
enjoy the energy of unconditional love

When it is time to return to the present

visualise your heart chakra closing

from a bright lotus flower

back to a tight bud

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Heart Chakra Meditation pt. 1

Today we tackle the Heart Chakra in out series of abundance meditations.  The Heart Chakra is an important energy centre when we open our lives to abundance as it is through the Heart that we can tune in to the energies of unconditional and universal love.

Each of us is loved by the universe, though there may be times when it feels like life is a struggle, we are alone, we are sad, there is a whole "team" of energies which pour down their love to us.  Sometimes we need to heal our heart before we can feel this love, which is how our meditation today is going to help us.

This meditation has been designed as a reading meditation.  As you read through the meditation, allow the pictures to form in your mind.  If you practice this meditation enough you will be able to remember it and meditate in the normal way of sitting in a relaxed comfortable position with your eyes closed, but for now, just read through the words, allow the healing into your heart.

Time to meditate!

Go sit in your meditation space

take a nice long deep breath, light your candles and put on your music

In your mind imagine that you are walking along a pathway
The path is a deep red stone colour

Though it is made of small pebbles and rocks it is smooth to walk on

As you continue to walk, you pass by a beach on your lefthand side

the pathway changes to a mixture of orange sandstone

and yellow sand

You can feel the warmth of the pathway on the soles of your feet

this warmth spreads up through your entire body

relaxing and calming you

You realise that now, there is a small incline in the pathway

it changes colour once again to a soft pink

either side of you are deep green lush trees

you can hear the breeze in the leaves

You are now walking up quite a large hill

this is easy for you

and there is a feeling of anticipation in the air

At the top of the hill you see a large castle

it has huge windows, turrets and a large wooden door

as you approach the castle you see the brcks are the

softest pink colour

As you approach the door

it opens for you and you step into the large entrance hall

the hall is empty apart from a plinth

on this plinth sits your heart

As you approach your heart, take a good long look at it

notice if it is looking healthy

notice its colour

do not judge what you see, or any emotions you feel

Place your hands over you heart, and feel healing energies

flooding out of your palms

into your heart

flowing to the areas of your heart that need healing

do this for as long as is needed

When you are finished your heart is filled and full of healing

it is rich and bright in colour

it is healthy

As you turn to leave

your heart is reabsorbed into you

you feel your Heart Chakra full of healing

in the centre of your chest

now is the time

to take

a deep breath, a sip of water, and return to the present time.

Don't forget to write down your emotions, feelings and thoughts in your meditation journal.  There will be a time when we revisit this meditation and it will be important for you to track how the meditation has changed for you!

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A Meditation Journal

Today, pick your favourite meditation from the 10 we have posted on here.  Sometimes it nice to revisit the past journeys and take them again.  Things change, the healing that took place on our previous meditations has changed your energies. 

By revisiting a meditation, you can allow your subconscious or your higher self to take this healing further.  You can see the next stages of your journey, you can heal at a deeper level!

Keeping a journal of your meditations, your thoughts, feelings, emotions that have come to the surface is a great way chart your healing journey.  At the end of every meditation, make a short note.  Be honest with your writing, take note of exactly how you are feeling.

Then, every few weeks or months, look back, read through your journal, identify the most powerful meditations for you, give yourself permission for healing to take place.

Enjoy!

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Entering Into Silence

Today we are going for a slightly harder meditation, its not guided, there are no words or real instructions to follow.  Don't worry if you are new to meditation and find you can't keep in meditation for a long time, for just a few moments of this powerful meditation can produce wonderful healing.

We are going to be entering into silence.  Before we do this, have a think about what noises you can hear right now.  Is the TV on in the background?  Are you listening to music?  Can you hear noises outside in the street?

Our lives are now filled with a constant noise.  Music playing in shops, traffic, people, everywhere we go there is almost a constant backing track!  Today, even if just for a few moments we are going to try and enter into our own personal silence.  By doing this we will be getting in touch with our inner being, listening not to outside noise, but to our bodies, energy system and possibly our higher self.

To do this meditation:

Take yourself into your meditation space

light a candle, but do not play your usual relaxing music

make yourself comfortable

breathe

Take 5 long deep breaths

now breathe normally

at first you will notice every single noise

your mind will whirl, random thoughts will appear

Take 5 further long deep breaths

every time you notice a noise

imagine you are turning down the volume

see yourself turning down the volume

Do this for all thoughts, for all noises

Enter into the silence

Try and keep in your own personal silence for as long as you can.  If you only manage 1 minute, accept that this is how long you needed.  You can always try again tomorrow.  Do not judge how long you were in the silence for, just accept.

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Clearing the Space, Clearing the Mind!

Sometimes in life, we become cluttered.  Today we look at de-cluttering, not only physically, but emotionally as well.  Through life, we gather.  We gather people, we gather items, we also gather emotions and energies.  Look around where you are sitting right now, see what you have gathered just in one room alone.  Ask yourself this one question:

Do I really need everything I can see?

Now please do not get us wrong, we are not suggesting for a spiritual life, or an understanding of our spiritual self we have to give up all our belongings, far from it.  Surrounding ourselves with items gives us a sense of belonging and identity, however, do we really need ALL that we have?

Maybe it's not what is in this room you are in, but somewhere else in your home!  Is there a drawer, cupboard or box which is filled with items?  We all have one, it can be called our "messy drawer" you know the one, its the one you go to when you are looking for something, its the one that you put in all the little bits and pieces which may just come in handy in the future!

For today's meditation, we are not going to sit in contemplation or connect with our higher self or subconscious, we are going to do something much more physical. 

Go find your messy drawer, cupboard, space

or discover the place in your home which you know needs clearing out

but haven't quite had the chance to do so yet

Be prepared, with a refuse sack, bin bag or old cardboard box

but also be prepared to face some tough decisions!

Now item by item, go through your cupboard, drawer or space

hold each item, remember where this item came from

does it have memories

or is it just something which you have gained?

Do you even recognise what it is you are holding?

Do you really know what you use it for?

Time to start clearing!

Everything that does not hold sentimental value, everything that falls into the "maybe useful one day" category needs to go.

When we declutter our physical space, we also declutter our mind making further meditation easier.  By looking at each object, remembering where it came from, then making a conscious decision to remove it from our life, helps our minds to "file" away these memories in the right place, thus enabling us to think clearer.

Enjoy your de-clutter!!

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Taking time for YOU!

Often, when looking after others, we forget to look after the most important person.  YOU!  Taking time for yourself is not selfish or self indulgent, after all if you do not invest in some self care, you will be in no fit state to look after others. 

You really can only give to others what you have learnt to receive yourself.  Self care is not a waste of time or money and is certainly something that you should never feel guilty about.  Think about Your time as an investment you are making on behalf of your friends and family.  When you are relaxed and happy, they can be relaxed and happy in your presence.

Self care has many aspects.  You can invest in a Massage or Reiki treatment, take time out for some Meditation (hopefully if you are a regular reader of this blog you will be spending at least 10 minutes each day, reading the meditations and using them for you!) take a long walk in nature, taking a long hot bath with bubbles and candles, or even just as simple as switching off your PC, taking the phone off the hook and enjoying a nice cup if tea.

If we do not look after ourselves we will find we start running low on energy, eventually we will need to stop, as there will be no more energy!  Fill your cup first, make yourself strong, for that WILL allow you to be strong for others!

Now let's meditate!

Take a deep breath counting to 4, hold your breath for a count of 5
Breathe out to the count of 6

Imagine yourself to be a vessel such as a measuring jug or cup

and see your seven chakras in a line within that cup or jug and

ask your higher self to show you how full of energy you are

How far up your chakra's is your personal reserve of energy?

Now let's go a little deeper

Take a look at your base chakra

see and feel your base and look at the energies

within that chakra

If the chakra is looking empty or the energy is not spinning smoothly

visualise pure clear energies flooding into that chakra

now repeat this for all your other 6 chakras

Once again, ask to see how high up your personal energy level is

Now, take a deep breathe, a sip of water and return

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