Things You'll Need:
- Music For Zen Meditation
- Soothing Music
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Step 1
Choose a tranquil location - one free from distractions.
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Step 2
Decide whether you'd like to have meditation music in the background.
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Step 3
Select a comfortable chair or place to sit, and assume a sitting position with your spine relatively straight.
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Step 4
Close your eyes.
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Step 5
Breathe in, allowing your rib cage and belly to expand as you inhale.
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Step 6
Exhale slowly.
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Step 7
Concentrate on your breathing. Be aware of each breath and the feelings of deeper relaxation.
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Step 8
Allow thoughts and feelings to enter your mind. Acknowledge them, allow them to pass, and refocus on your breathing.
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Step 9
Open your eyes after you feel more relaxed and centered.





















Comments
ratsack said
on 9/4/2009 spice it up with a dash of humor and add some anatomy/Chinese five element theory into the mix. Relax your face-cheeks, jaw, eyes, muscles around the eyes, neck and feel a genuine smiling feeling rise from within. Raise that smiling feeling up to the verge of laughter, hover around the verge of laughter during the entire process. Keep going back to make sure that happy smiling about to laugh vibe is there. Increase the letting go, the relaxation, the effortlessness. Let the smiling feeling flow outward and downward. Combine the relaxation with focused awareness. Feel your heart in your chest. Feel love, joy happiness as well as any impatience and hatred. Emphasize the positive and use the relaxation and mind to transform the positive into negative. Feel a red color get brighter and brighter. Feel any heavy negative discomfort or tension get lighter and looser and happier. Feel the el...
clicktomeditate said
on 7/10/2009 Free guided meditation with soothing music and calming instructions is available at:
http://www.clicktomeditate.com
It has lot of articles/research on meditation.
boatst said
on 4/20/2009 Comments are good. Article is cold.
topxgun91 said
on 4/6/2009 Aromatherapy is helpful too. Picking scents that compliment your serene place of thought helps relaxation as well, example: Oceanic scents such as sea breezes and tropical fruits may help your relaxation if your thoughts captivate you to a soothing calm beach.
topxgun91 said
on 4/6/2009 Aromatherapy is helpful too. Picking scents that compliment your serene place of thought helps relaxation as well, example: Oceanic scents such as sea breezes and tropical fruits may help your relaxation if your thoughts captivate you to a soothing calm beach.