| Meditation in essence is about helping you to develop | | | | meditation guide to help you, try to see if they will give |
| inner peace, calmness, a sense of tranquillity but also it | | | | you a free lesson. What I have found in the past is |
| is about helping you to grow as a person. Too often | | | | that every meditation practitioner is different and I have |
| people perceive meditation as a hippy thing, or | | | | even found the meditation practitioners from the one |
| something for those marijuana smoking duds but really | | | | meditation centre can vary dramatically in the guiding |
| what meditation is about is helping you with your mind | | | | process, so you need to find the guide who best |
| and the way your mind influences your life. Guided | | | | works for you. Let me give an example of what I |
| meditation really involves someone guiding you through | | | | mean. I am always on the lookout for new ideas and |
| the process of meditation and helping you to achieve | | | | thoughts when it comes to meditation and I recently |
| an outcome of some description. Most people | | | | purchased a Chakra meditation cd which included a |
| associate meditation with simply sitting on the floor with | | | | guided meditation program. I put the cdrom into my |
| your eyes closed going Ummm. Ummm. Which I can | | | | computer and within the first five minutes of listening to |
| certainly say is not the outcome we are looking for | | | | it, I burst out laughing simply because the voice was |
| and would in essence be totally useless. Meditation just | | | | digitally altered and was totally unreal. For me this |
| like anything you do must have a purpose. For | | | | guided meditation tool was never going to work as I |
| example, what is the purpose of getting a job? Well | | | | could not take it seriously. Now for some people this |
| essentially the purpose of getting a job is to help you | | | | particular meditation cd may have worked and they |
| gain money so that you can buy a house or car, get | | | | may think totally differently about the meditation cd. For |
| food to eat or go on a holiday. If you did not have a | | | | me it did not work. There are many different style of |
| purpose for a job, why would you work? You would | | | | guided meditation. If you goto your local bookstore or |
| not! Meditation is exactly the same. You need to have | | | | check out the internet you will find an abundance of |
| a purpose when you meditate. The purpose for | | | | guided meditation cd's, dvd's and videos. Before you |
| meditation can be varied for example you could | | | | rush out and buy them, I strongly encourage you to |
| meditate to - #1. Find Inner Peace #2. To Bring About | | | | see if there is sample of what they offer just to see if |
| Focus #3. To Relax #4. To Help You Change Your | | | | their guided meditation is what you are after. Any good |
| State of Mind #5. Improve Creativity and Learning #6. | | | | quality meditation programs, will offer you some sort of |
| Help Build Your Confidence and Self-Esteem #7. To | | | | limited look at their products so that you can see if |
| Focus on Self-Healing #8. To Help Control Internal and | | | | they will work for you. If you are going to a health |
| External Pain #9. Meditate to Overcome Your Fears | | | | retreat or meditation centre for a guided meditation |
| There really are unlimited reasons for why you would | | | | experience, find out if they offer a Free Introductory |
| want to meditate. The objective of guided meditation is | | | | CDROM of their program. Always try these out first |
| to help you take the right meditation path to achieve | | | | because there is nothing worse to go to a meditation |
| those objectives. Choosing a Meditation Guide is really | | | | retreat only to find out it does not suit you. One thing I |
| an important step you need to make. For example | | | | recommend to everyone is to try out meditation |
| different meditation experts and practitioners will have | | | | before you goto to any of these retreats even if you |
| different techniques and will guide you through different | | | | just try out the Deep Breathing Meditation exercises. |
| paths depending on what you are trying to achieve. | | | | Meditation does take practice and the more practice |
| The majority of meditation practitioners will teach you | | | | you do the better you will get at it. Some people when |
| deep breathing meditations when you first start | | | | they first go to guided meditation programs do not get |
| because if you do not know how to relax and maintain | | | | the outcomes they expect, not because the programs |
| focus, then the other meditation paths will certainly not | | | | do not work, but simply because they do not realise it |
| work. Remember one thing, every meditation guide will | | | | does take practice to master meditation. |
| be different and I recommend that before paying a | | | | |