Simple Meditations

 

 

The following short meditations can easily be done by anyone who is interested in enjoying greater balance, peace, clarity of mind and happiness. These simple meditations give you the power to profoundly affect your mental and physical state directly and quickly - leading to mastery of your self.

All meditations can be done for 5 minutes, or as long as you wish...

Balancing Nostril Breathing

  • Sitting in a comfortable position on a cushion or in a chair, take a few gentle deep breaths to allow your body to become more relaxed. Now, using the finger and thumb of one hand we are going to alternate the breath through each nostril.
  • Close your right nostril with your thumb and take a gentle deep breath through your left. Now change and, closing the left nostril with your forefinger, breathe out through the right,
  • Keeping the same nostril closed, breathe in gently again through the right and then change to breathe out through the left. Continue with this pattern for as long as you wish.

This meditation is a very direct way of bringing yourself back to a balanced state. If your mind is busy and overactive, or if your body is feeling tired and sluggish this meditation will quickly bring you back to a state of calm alertness; a balanced centre point between activity and rest.

Glandular meditation

This simple yet powerful meditation is in three stages, and affects the pituitary, thyroid, and thymus glands respectively.

  • Again sitting comfortably on a chair or on a cushion, take a few gentle deep breaths to relax your body. Now allow your upper body to slowly begin swaying in a clockwise direction, whilst simultaneously pressing the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth. Do this for 2 or 3 minutes. This stimulates the pituitary gland.
  • Next, whilst still sitting upright, slowly tip your head forward until your chin is nearly touching your chest. Hold this position for a few seconds and then begin moving your head backwards, as far as is comfortable, so you are looking up at the sky and hold this position for a few seconds. Next, bring your head back to an upright position and slowly tip your head sideways as far as is comfortable, first to the left and then the right, holding for a few seconds in each position. Repeat this pattern once more. This stimulates the thyroid gland in the throat area.
  • Finally, begin to gently tap the area in the centre of your chest, 2 inches above where the centre of the rib cage ends. Do this for 1 or 2 minutes. This stimulates the thymus gland.

This meditation encourages the activity of these three crucial glands in our body which release the hormones that control:  happiness, metabolism and growth, and the immune system.

The Infinity Spiral

This powerful sacred symbol is a gift and can be printed out or copied by hand. This specially energized symbol is to assist you in transforming the energies which are always surrounding you. You can use it with food, by printing out the image and placing it under your bowl, place it under your pillow or on your wall in your room or office, or even tuck it in the sun-visor of your car.

The spiral is the cosmic symbol for the natural form of growth; a symbol of eternal life, reminding us of the flow and movement of the cosmos. The passages between the spirals symbolize the divisions between life, death, and rebirth. (Click on the image above for the printable version.)