I am not the first person in the wellness field to have meditation as a key tool used for healing. But I may a different perspective on it. I spent 20 years trying and failing and believing I was incapable of meditating. The ways in which it had been described to me left me feeling like something was the matter because I could not do it. My mind was a furiously racing beast that I could not control for most of my life. It was not possible, with the experiences I had up to about eight years ago, to quiet it. My mind was the master of me and I didn’t know any other way.
Then one morning in late spring, as I enjoyed the birds chirping from the comfort of my hammock, I realized that my mind was moving, and although I couldn’t shut it off entirely, I discovered I could keep it moving. I could stay in the moment not by shutting my brain down, but by letting it roam free. I changed my practice from the infuriating attempt to shut down the brain and honored its need to move, and in doing so, I unknowingly lost a lot of the resistance my mind had to meditation. I now practiced taking in every noise, smell, sight that my mind could create – but I kept it moving and refused to let it settle into any of the thoughts it created. This was difficult (at first), but it was infinitely easier that trying to fight my overactive mind.
I know some people are not going to like what I have to say here. I sure didn’t like it for YEARS. But meditation is one of the keys to healing. Meditation allows you to become the master of your own emotions and mind, and only when you are the master of these can you fully heal.
Guided meditation is a very popular solution for those who struggle to quiet the mind. It gives you somewhere to put your attention, making it easier to bring the parasympathetic nervous system online. This is the part of our nervous system we want activated during rest.
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