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Guided Meditations rock! It is so nice to turn my busy brain over to listening to a CD that talks me through the process. Lauren McCall (of IntegratedAnimal) offers a guided meditation CD called Journey to the Heart as an aid to Animal Communication. Softly spoken instructions, peaceful water and quiet instrumentals, all contribute to make the journey to total relaxation easy, or at least easier. Intuitive communication requires creating a receptively quiet heart space. So today I remembered that I had the CD and since I have been having a spot of trouble with the needing to quiet my brain to be able to focus business, I decided it was high time to listen to it.
I settled in on the couch and here is what transpired for the next half hour or so: "Okay, I am laying down. The CD seems a bit too loud, should I get back up to adjust the volume? That's better, back to laying down. What should I do with my hands? My feet are touching the end of the couch. What is Zoey (the cat) doing perched above my head? I wonder if she has poop under her tail? Why did I not close the window? I can hear THINGS going on outside. Maybe I should move to the bed. Guess I will restart the CD, yes this is better, breathe breathe, why did I not use my eye mask? The sun too bright. Oh well, get up, pause the CD and grap the eye mask. The lavender smells so nice. No Kona you can not jump on the bed. Quiet place here I come! Damn the phone, why didn't I silence it? Maybe I should answer the call. I will restart the CD see how it goes..."
No WONDER I could not even begin to relax enough to find my peaceful heart space!
I was finally able to allow the guided meditation to do what it's intention was to do. If I ever record one, I would start it off by seriously reminding the participant to figure out what they need to do BEFORE starting the meditation because they were not to get up until I said when!
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Journey to the Heart asks the participant to picture themselves in a place that brings creates an atmoshere of quiet, reflective feelings of peace (your heart space). I have two such places that I like to visit. One is inside a cathedral, with Gregorian chants softly echoing and the earthy smell of incense and old limestone to calm my senses. The other space is a grassy beach with the salty smell of ocean air and a warm breeze to caress my face.
Once I am able to visit either space I find myself so relaxed that I have to remind myself why I went there in the first place! That is when listening to the guided meditation comes in handy, or I possibly would forget whom I was trying to "ring up".
If learning to communicate with animals is not on your agenda, then, at the very least allow yourself to use a guided meditation to get to a place of relaxation bliss. It alone is well worth the journey!
Curious if guided meditation works? Try it! You deserve ten minutes of calm!
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