Learn to Meditate

Meditation has been practiced for centuries as a path to spiritual growth and as a method to relax and rejuvenate mind, body, and spirit. When we still the mind to a state of inner awareness and intentional detachment from random thoughts and images, we are meditating.

Benefits include: enhanced well-being, decreased stress and anxiety, lower blood pressure, and improved creativity. A practice that anyone can learn, meditation can provide deeper spirituality with a sanctuary within making life more serene and rewarding.

Yoga classes at the Mindful Yoga Studio are based on Raja Yoga and include a meditative style.  A large component of practice is learning to still your mind with the use of the breath giving you a better sense of well-being.  Check the schedule for classes 

STILL YOUR MIND TO MEDITATE: A 5-STEP APPROACH

Follow these 5 steps and allow yourself to fall into a deep meditative state that will reveal a closer connection to the present and help calm you when you’re upset.

1. Breathe

Focusing on your breathing is an essential practice that draws your awareness inward and helps you experience the presence and flow of energy.

2. Relax
The more you relax, the more you deepen awareness of sensation.

3. Feel
Let your sense of feeling move beyond physical sensation. Acknowledge who you are as a being of energy.

4. Watch
Sense who you are as a witness; be a scientist observing phenomena arising in and around you.
5. Allow
Sense who you are with no preferences. Be present to the process of your life unfolding moment by moment.

WHAT IS REQUIRED TO LEARN MEDITATION
1. To relax the body
2. To sit in a comfortable and steady position
3. To make your breathing process serene
4. To calmly witness the objects traveling in the train of your mind
5. To inspect the quality of your thought and learn to promote those which are positive and          helpful to your growth
6. To remain centered and undisturbed in any situation