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Guided Meditations - the best kind !Here we will be talking about Guided Meditations, which are almost certainly the most effective way how to meditate. In fact many people prefer to use this method all the time, as for virtually everyone it works the best.
So what are they exactly ? Basically they are a form of meditation where someone else is giving the meditation instructions to you verbally, so that all you have to do is listen to the voice of the person and the effects of the meditation happen automatically. There are two ways that you can do this...the first one is by having someone read the pre-written instructions to you slowly -and you just concentrate on what they are saying - and try to ignore everything else. The second way is very much better...this is by listening to a Pre-Recorded guided meditation, made by someone who is a meditation expert or teacher. I think that you can probably see the advantages of the second method - they are;- 1. Normally people will listen to the pre-recorded meditation using headphones or earphones...either of which will block out a lot of the distracting 'outside' noise, and allow the meditation to be more effective. 2. Using headphones or earphones means that the words are directed at - and heard by - you only, and therefore there is no chance of disturbing other people. 3. You do not have to go to the trouble of trying to find a trusted friend who will read the guided meditation to you, on a regular daily basis, at a time that is convenient for both of you (also - even the best of friends get bored by this after only a short period of time !). 4. You choose the time and place and frequency of when you meditate, without having to be dependent on someone else to read the meditation to you. 5. The pre-recorded guided meditation is done by someone who is an expert and has a better idea of how fast - or how slow - to speak the meditation instructions, whereas a friend might read them too fast or too slow for your comfort....and that can make a big difference.
What I am doing on this Website is to offer both methods...both written simple guided meditation instructions for someone to read to you; and pre-recorded ones done by me, especially for the more difficult or powerful meditations - these are on the page called CDs and MP3 downloads. The written ones are entirely free, and if it is possible, the best thing to do is to get a printed copy of the one(s) that you are interested in, rather than your friend reading them directly off of the computer screen ....it also means that you have your own copies that you can use anytime or anywhere, even if a computer is not available. (It is also really nice to do them out in the countryside - away from the 'hustle and bustle.') How I am going to do this - is by having sub-pages to this general page - and each sub-page will be one meditation. When you get to the bottom of the page you will understand what I mean....each meditation will have its own description, and a clickable link to get to it ( and also clickable links between all of the different ones). It is of utmost importance that these written Guided Meditation Scripts are read out SLOWLY, with several seconds pause between each sentence - otherwise it does not give your mind enough time to react in the relaxing way that it should. Two other things that would be useful for you in order to keep in touch with all my additions are - firstly - to sign up for my Ezine type newsletter, that I will send to you about once a month and let you know about new developments about this Website. (Please sign-up by clicking on the link here MeditatEzine - and then you will be able to decide what new pages will be particularly interesting for you). - and the second way would be to subscribe to my RSS feed. (If you do not know what this is - then there is a "What's an RSS feed" link on each page under the XML/RSS orange tag on the left, under the list of contents).
With all of the Guided Meditations, the general meditation instructions for you are the same as I detailed in the second half of the Types of Meditation page, and to get the best benefit of each meditation it is important to follow these instructions - it might be a good idea to get a copy printed of that part. (If you click HERE it will take you back to that page) So let's have a look at some of these Online Classes !
To go to any of the FREE Guided Meditation scripts below - just click on the name of the one you want below.Click to go to the Relaxation page This is the first one in this series, so I have started off with an easy meditation, that focuses on relaxation. So if you feel at all uptight - this is a good one to help. Click to go to the Pain page All of us feel pains from time to time - headaches, backaches and so on. These can usually be helped quite effectively by using meditation of this kind - it is also a unique way of approaching pain - as you will see. (Of course if you have severe and longstanding pain, then you should have it checked out by your Physician.) Click to go to the Color page Colors are an important part of the lives of all of us. Because colors play such an important role, using color as an introduction to meditation, and as an actual "color meditation," is always enjoyable and effective. Try this one - I am sure that you will like it very much ! Click to go to the Insomnia page Most of us have suffered from Insomnia at some time in our lives. This meditation can be a useful cure for this condition -without having to resort to taking drugs of one kind or another. Click to go to the Circle page An interesting meditation - using three things at once - the visualization of a circle, a Mantra meditation, and a breathing meditation - all at the same time. This makes this one quite powerful - try it and you will understand. Click to go to the Stress page Another very powerful,interesting and yet unusual meditation - that uses not only meditation, but also adds benefits from 4 other useful systems - Autogenic Training, Coueism, Ericksonian Therapy and NLP. If you do not know what these are - or if you get problems from stress - then this one is well worth checking out.
Each is like an "out-of-body" experience - taking you on a sort of virtual adventure. They are made possible by recent discoveries in Entrainment science - I explain how on the page. Amazing and extraordinary !
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