The player is loading ...
Join our Meditation Life Skills Substack eMail List For the Latest podcast episodes, news, and events.
There is no doubt that stress is a huge issue for thousands of people today. In fact, stress is often referred to as the silent killer. It can creep up on you and take hold of your life in devastating ways.
There is no doubt that stress is a huge issue for thousands of people today. In fact, stress is often referred to as the silent killer. It can creep up on you and take hold of your life in devastating ways.
If you are dealing with stress in any way, it could be to your benefit to start incorporating some form of meditation into your daily routine.
One of the main benefits of meditation is that it can help calm your feelings. It can help both your physical health and your mental well-being.
While you may only spend 20 or 30 minutes actively meditating, the benefits of this session will stay with you all day long.
When it comes to dealing with stress you want to look at Mindfulness Meditation.
The Mindfulness Meditation Method helps you accept and deal with living in the present. These circumstances are often the root cause of your stress, so this should prove to be an effective way to manage your stress.
Stress often builds up because you just have too much to do or to think about. Your mind is full of things that you want to accomplish and you just feel overwhelmed with it all.
Meditating will help you diminish these thoughts by calming and soothing your mind. You will find it much easier to prioritize all your daily tasks and chores and you will be able to focus on what is important.
A key element to all of this is that meditation will help you learn the skills that you need to manage your stress level effectively.
Learning how to let go of the past and not dwell on it, is another important side effect of meditation. As well as stress, meditation seems to be showing positive results when it comes to other health issues.
People who are dealing with health problems such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep issues, and substance abuse have seen great results after meditating.
Your goal when meditating is to discover your inner peace. Everyone has this, it is just extremely well hidden in some. There are different ways to find your inner peace such as using a physical form of meditation as in yoga or Tai Chi. Repeating a calming phrase is yet another method.
It is important to choose a way to meditate that will work for you. You may find that you need to experiment with various methods, before finding the one that works the best for you.
Thank you for being a part of the Meditation Life Skills Podcast.
MeditationLifeSkillsPodcast.com strives to present meditation concepts that connect east and west, tradition and science in a non-sectarian way, from multiple traditions, without promoting any particular technique or method.
One important principle I try to accomplish is to take complex ideas about meditation and the not-so-well understood meditation principles and help you understand how they can fit into your life.
To your success in meditation!
Don Weyant/Founder
MeditationLifeSkillsPodcast.com
NOTE: Listen to these meditation episodes as much as you want in a comfortable position, whether sitting or lying down. For best results, we strongly suggest listening with headphones.
***This work is not meant to replace medical or counseling guidance from a qualified practitioner. Please get professional care if you suffer from a physical or mental disease.
