Unlocking Inner Peace through Meditation
- bonniejoseph
- Apr 7, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: May 4
Meditation is a practice that involves focusing the mind and eliminating distractions to achieve a state of mental clarity, emotional calmness, and heightened awareness. It typically involves techniques such as mindfulness, concentration, or visualization.
Some benefits of meditation include:
Reduce stress level and enhance better sleep by promoting relaxation.
Improve concentration by training the mind to focus on the present moment.
Cultivate positive emotions such as happiness, gratitude and compassion, enhance self-awareness by developing deeper understanding of ourselves, our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Meditation can be a powerful tool for promoting mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
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Meditation is a practice that involves focusing the mind and eliminating distractions to achieve a state of mental clarity, emotional calmness, and heightened awareness; it typically involves techniques such as mindfulness, concentration, or visualization. Some benefits of meditation include reduced stress and enhanced sleep by promoting relaxation, improve concentration, by training the mind to focus on the present moment, cultivate positive emotions such as happiness, gratitude and compassion, and also enhance self awareness by developing a deeper understanding of ourselves, to our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. So in this video, let's practice meditation first, let's go ahead and take a deep breath in and out.
Now, let's relax our body by moving our neck clockwise five times,
releasing the tension in our neck,
breathing in and out , now let's go ahead and do the opposite side counterclockwise motion five times,
relaxing our neck, releasing the tightness
and let's do one more.
Let's move our shoulder backward, releasing the tightness in our shoulder blade , three more times.
and forward five times while breathing in and out, and one more, take a deep breath
and out. Let's do a 5-5-5, breathing technique, inhaling deeply for five seconds, holding it in while tensing your body for five and breathing out slowly for five seconds. Let's do it five times, inhale for five
hold and tense for five seconds,
and breathe out slowly for five seconds.
Let's do four more times, inhale,
hold and tense and breathe out for five seconds.
Inhale, and tense and breathe out slowly.
Let's do two more times, inhale, hold, and tense and breathe
last one. Inhale for five seconds. Hold in tension
and breathe out slowly for five,
feeling relaxed, let's go ahead and gently close our eyes
and visualize a white light coming from source or universe flowing on the top of our head
and going down to our face, our throat, through our chest, feeling our heart, Our lungs with
white light and love and moving down below the rib, feeling our liver, gallbladder, stomach, spleen, with divine
white Light and Love, breathing in and out, allowing the white light and love to move down to our navel area,
illuminating, activating our energy centers and down below the navel and back to the lower back, feeling our kidneys and adrenals with white light and love,
breathing in and out, allowing the white Light and Love to go down to our pubic region,
down to the upper legs, knees, lower legs, down to our feet,
breathing In and out slowly,
allowing the energy of white light and love to flow down below our feet, down to the ground,
the center of Mother Earth,
grounding, anchoring the energy, breathing in and out.
Now, let's go ahead and breathe in deeply and out five times, allowing the white light the
love, flow and expand all around us, breathing in and out. And let's do it five times,
feeling every cells and organs of our body with Divine Light and Love,
illuminating, expanding the Divine Light And love all around us, breathing in and out.
Give yourself a permission to receive the Divine Light and Love,
allowing our body to relax, letting go of any thoughts, emotions, any distractions,
allowing ourselves to be present, just to be,
when a thought comes in, allow the thoughts to
flow and just go back to breathing In and Out, bringing our awareness to our breathing and
and let's go ahead and do it for five more minutes.
Our body relaxed, our mind calm.
Let's go deeper and deeper, breathing in and out.
While we are meditating, getting deeper and deeper into our heart center, breathing in and out
Allowing to receive the Divine Light, Divine Love,
feeling it in every cells and organs of our Body,
the Divine Light and Love,
divine joy, divine Peace,
going deeper and deeper,
breathing In and out
feel the oneness with nature,
our heart beating us One.
feeling the oneness of all there is
just go ahead and do affirmation repeat after me Three times,
Every cells and organs of my body, mind, and spirit are Now filled the Divine Light, Divine Love, divine joy
every cells and organs of my body, mind and spirit, are now filled with divine light, Divine
Love, divine joy.
And lastly, every cells and organs of my body, mind
and spirit are now filled with Divine Light, Divine Love, and Divine Joy,
blessed. I am blessed. I am blessed. I am
and whenever you're ready,
gently open your eyes.
Wiggle your hands, your toes. Take a deep breath and
breathe out slowly,
allowing the energy to flow down to our feet below our feet, down the ground, and back to
the core and center of Mother Earth, grounding us. Give yourself a big hug. We did it!
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Here are some practical steps to ground yourself after meditation:
Take deep, slow breaths and wiggle your fingers and toes to become fully present.
Physically touch the ground or walk barefoot on grass, soil, or natural surfaces to reconnect with the earth's energy.
Visualize roots growing from the bottom of your feet deep into the earth's core, anchoring your energy.
Drink water to help integrate the meditation experience and rehydrate.
Eat a light, healthy snack like fruits or nuts to help bring your awareness back to your physical body.
Spend a few moments journaling about your meditation experience or feelings.
Do gentle stretching or light movement to transition back to your normal state.
If possible, spend time in nature, such as sitting in a garden or park, to maintain the grounding connection.
These steps will help you smoothly transition from the meditative state and maintain the calm and centeredness you cultivated during the session.
Here are practical ways to incorporate the 5-5-5 breathing technique in daily life:
Morning Routine
Practice right after waking up to set a calm tone for the day
Do before starting work or during your morning coffee
Stress Management
Use during high-stress moments at work or in challenging situations
Quick technique to reset your nervous system during tense meetings
Helps reduce anxiety before important presentations or interviews
Transition Periods
Between work tasks to reset mental focus
Before and after commuting
During lunch breaks, to re-center yourself
Evening Wind-Down
Practice before bedtime to promote relaxation
Help transition from work mode to rest mode
Improve sleep quality
Physical Activity Preparation
Before exercise to calm your mind
After intense workouts to regulate breathing
During stretching or cool-down periods
Specific Trigger Moments
When feeling overwhelmed
Before making important decisions
During emotional conversations
Remember the technique:
Inhale deeply for 5 seconds
Hold breath and tense your whole body for 5 seconds
Exhale slowly for 5 seconds
Repeat 5 times
Consistency is key to making this a helpful daily practice.
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