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Harmony Garden Meditation

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25.01.2022 Concentration is key to performance excellence--and meditation is one of the best ways to improve your concentration. meditators'; brain waves, when measured by an EEG, rank higher on the Brain Integration Scale than those of non-meditators'. A study presented at the 2007 Conference of the American Psychological association showed that thirty-three Norwegian gold medalists scored higher on the Brain Integration Scale than comparable athletes who did not finish in the top ten.

21.01.2022 PURSUE YOUR GOALS ONE STEP AT A TIME An eight-week study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania in 2007 determined that meditation improved participants' ability to prioritise and manage their tasks and goals. As Richard J. Davidson, PhD, a researcher and neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin who has been studying meditation's effects for two decades, explains, "Meditation can help you train your mind in the same way exercise can train your body." This waking med...itation draws upon a saying "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" (attributed both to Taoist sage Lao Tsu and to Confucius). Use it to help you reach your goals. --------- 1) Take a walk to a destination you have predetermined. Ideally, your destination should be one you are confident reaching, but the walk should offer a few challenges (hills, for instance). 2) Begin walking at a comfortable pace. Hold your goal or objective in your mind as you walk. Pay attention to each step you take. Feel the path beneath your feet. Sense the sun on your shoulders, the breeze on your face. Notice your body's motions, how your muscles work together to take you to where you want to go. With each step, see or sense yourself moving closer to your goal. 3) As you approach hills or other places along your walk that challenges you, equate them with challenges you face in pursuing your goal. You know you can master these challenges, just as you know, without a doubt, you can walk to the top of the hills. Each time you crest a hill (or other challenge), feel a growing sense of strength and confidence. 4) Release any uncertainty or anxiety about achieving your goal. Just as you are confident about reaching your destination on this walk, know that you will reach your life goal you set for yourself. 5) Don't rush or push yourself too hard. As you continue steadily putting one foot in front of the other, know that you can reach your goal in life by taking it one step at a time. Stay present as you walk. Even though you are headed toward a specific destination, enjoy the sights, sounds, smells, and other experiences along the way. 6) Continue walking until you reach your destination. When you arrive at your journey's end, acknowledge your success in achieving this aim. Feel a sense of accomplishment and pleasure at having reached your destination. 7) Connect your present feeling of accomplishment with what it will feel like when you achieve your life goal you set for yourself. Now step into that feeling fully and live as if you have already achieved this goal and the action to attain it will follow. Repeat this waking meditation whenever you wish to reinforce your determination or confidence.

16.01.2022 TURN OFF OTHER PEOPLE'S JUDGMENTS Our success-or lack of it-may be linked to the judgments other people made about us when we were too young to assess those judgments. If people we respect criticize us, put us down, or are unsupportive of us, their influence may limit what we accomplish in life. If they encourage us, however, we're more likely to succeed. According to a study released by the cooperative Institutional Research Program at UCLA in 2007, nearly half of fir...st generation college students said parental encouragement was the main reason they went on to pursue higher education. Another study of black students, published in the Canadian Journal of Education in 2007, found that students who received support and encouragement from their parents achieved academic success, despite adversity in other areas of their life. The following meditation helps you to detach from the limitations of someone else's judgment. 1) Sit or lie comfortably, with your eyes closed. Relax using whichever method you prefer. After you are somewhat relaxed mentally, count down from seven to one, relaxing more deeply with each count. When you are ready, imagine you are sitting in a comfortable chair, across from a television set. 2) Pick up the remote control and turn on the tv set. On the screen you see a person who discouraged, criticized, or belittled you in the past. Observe this person as he or she says negative things about you. Notice that he/she keeps saying the same things over and over, like a rerun you've seen many times before. 3) Simply observe the person on the Tv screen. Don't let your mind form other images or scenarios that "change " the subject of his or her commentary. You realize this person can do nothing to harm you -he/she is merely a two-dimensional image on the tv. He/she has no power over you. You feel no reaction to the person's incessant monologue. You understand that he/she is expressing his/her opinions, nothing more. He/she could be talking about anyone- you remain completely detached. 4) Use the remote control to turn the volume down until you can only see the person's lips moving soundlessly. 5) When you grow tired of watching this person, pick-up the remote control and press the OFF button. 6) When the screen goes blank, mentally count from one to five. 7) Open your eyes on the count of five. When you feel you've freed yourself from the negative opinions of one person, do they same meditation with someone else who also disparaged you.

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08.01.2022 IMPROVE FOCUS, PERSISTENCE, AND FOLLOW-THROUGH A 2007 study conducted at University of Pennsylvania examined students over an eight week period to determine how meditation might impact their cognitive abilities. At the end of the study, participants took computerized tests. The students who meditated demonstrated greater focus and accuracy and the ability to manage tasks and prioritize goals better than the control group. Meditation shifts your focus to the here and now..., it can help you stick with a task and see it through to completion. This has positive implications for job satisfaction and performance-whether you're doing repetitious, routine tasks or making executive decisions-and for producing outcomes as well. The following meditation uses a Zen technique of emphasizing the process instead of the goal. By keeping your attention on the task at hand, the meditation strengthens your focus, patience, and persistence. 1) Get a piece of rope, cord, string, or lacing at least 61cm in length. Sit in a quiet place where you feel comfortable. Near one end of the rope, tie a loose knot. Focus your attention completely on the process of tying the knot. When you've finished, tie another loose knot about 5 cm further up from the first knot. Then tie another. 2) Work slowly and methodically, keeping your attention on your task. 3) if your mind starts to wander or you catch yourself becoming bored, take a deep breath and exhale. Then bring yourself back to the details of your task at hand. 4) Appreciate your dexterity with which your fingers function. Notice the numerous movements you must make to create each knot. 5) Continue the process until you've tried as many knots as possible. 6) Now, reverse the process and begin to untie the knots one at a time. 7) Work slowly and methodically, keeping your attention on what you are doing. 8 ) When you have untied all the knots repeat the process. Continue in this manner for as long as you like, but at least two repetitions (tie and untie all the knots twice). The practice will also help ground you in the moment and increase your attention span. If you prefer, you can substitute another task that emphasizes the process instead of the outcome. For example, collect small stones and pile them one by one into a mound then move them to form another mound. Rake sand on the beach, then let the waves wash away the marks; use a cup to transfer water from one container to another and back again. Maybe create a Zen sand painting. The purpose is to strengthen your ability to focus your attention by learning to stay in the moment, rather than thinking about the future.

08.01.2022 IMPROVE YOUR ATHLETIC ABILITY "Training is about strengthening the mind-body connection," explains Kirsten Peterson, sports psychologist for the US Olympic Committee. "Athletes need to train their minds with the same discipline that they train their bodies." Many world-class athletes meditate, including Kibe Byrant, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods. PHIL Jackson, head coach of the LA Lakers, meditates regularly and has encouraged members of his team to follow suit. The followi...ng meditation helps you improve your game by training your mind. --------------- 1). Sit quietly in a comfortable place and close your eyes. Take a deep breath and exhale. Repeat two more times. 2) Imagine yourself getting ready to play your favourite sport. See or sense yourself stepping up to the plate, walking out onto the tennis court, or taking the position on the tee, etc. 3) feel yourself go through the motions you normally engage in when you play your sport-but do it very slowly, paying careful attention to each movement. If you are playing tennis, for instance, watch the ball come over the net toward you at a much reduced speed. Feel your body move toward it with agility and strength. Sense yourself swinging the racquet and smacking the ball, sending it flying back to your opponet's side of the court. 4) See or sense yourself hit the ball again and again, scoring point after point, getting better and better-you never miss a shot. Bring all your senses into the experience. Make the scenario as vivid as possible. Feel your body and mind working together in complete harmony. Notice how calm, centred, and confident you are. 5) Experience the joy of playing your sport-have fun. 6) Play the game in your mind for as long as you like. 7) When you feel ready open your eyes.

07.01.2022 RELEASE PERFORMANCE ANXIETY Does your heart beat faster, your hands sweat, your mouth go dry, or your stomach tie itself in knots when you are in the spotlight? If so, you are not alone. Approximately 75 percent of us experience some type of performance anxiety. Even accomplished professionals experience stage fright. An eight week study of musicians, published in 'Psychology of Music in 2008', found that Meditation improved participants performance anxiety as well as their p...erformance quality. Whether you have stage fright, interview anxiety, first date jitters, or any type of performance anxiety, the following meditation will help you feel grounded, protected, and confident. ---------- 1) Sit quietly in a place where you feel comfortable and close your eyes. 2) Imagine a shaft of light, like a laser beam, descending from above you. Sense it entering the crown of your head and travelling down through the centre of your body. 3) Feel the light move through each chakra and then exit your tailbone region (this experience may give you quite a rush). Imagine the shaft of light continuing its descent, all the way down to the very centre of the Earth. See or sense the beam grounding you as it anchors you to the Earth. 4) Now, imagine a sphere of luminescent light forming around you, like a cocoon. This sphere shields you and provides a sense of security. 5) From your place within the sphere, ask your Higher Self to remove the anxiety you are experiencing. 6) Feel the sphere drawing the anxiety and tension out of you and away from you. 7) Remain in the meditation for as long as you like. When you feel ready, open your eyes. Freed of the anxiety and tension, you can now enjoy your performance, the date, the interview. Periodically notice that the shaft of light is still anchoring you and the luminescent sphere is still shielding you.

07.01.2022 Stress can adversely impact our relationships with the people in our lives, so it's no surprise that meditation, reduces stress which in turn helps us get along better with loved ones coworkers and friends. A study of employees in both large and small companies, published in the journal, Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, found that meditation improved employees relationships at home as well as on the job.

06.01.2022 GAIN APPRECIATION FOR OTHERS THROUGH CULTIVATING LOVING-KINDNESS Buddhist tradition teaches an ancient concept known as "loving-kindness", which involves compassion and appreciation for all living creatures. As the Dalai Lama explains, "My religion is kindness". Buddhists say that through cultivating the practice of loving-kindness, known as the Metta Bhavana, we can solve the barriers between us that perpetuate fear and suffering in the world. The loving-kindness medit...Continue reading

06.01.2022 CHOOSE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR THE FUTURE The future may be a crapshoot, but you can always load the dice. Although you never know what lies ahead, you can exercise the power of choice to ensure a more favourable outcome. Nothing is etched in stone until you chisel it there. No medical diagnosis is a death sentence until you sign it. And no outcome is certain until you choose it. The Ohio Longtudinal Study of Aging and Retirement, which involved 1157 people, who were fift...Continue reading

05.01.2022 TRANSFORM INADEQUACY INTO EXCELLENCE Feelings of inadequacy often stand in the way of our success. Discouraging words, as researchers at North Carolina State University discovered, can also adversely effect our ability to perform. In a study of 153 people aged sixty to eighty-two, published in Experimental Aging Research in 2009, subjects performed more poorly of memory tests when printed with words such as confused, feeble, and senile then they did with words such as accompl...ished, dignified, and distinguished. Lead researcher Dr. Thomas Hess told BBC News, "It may be that if people can suppress these negative thoughts then they will do much better, and that a positive attitude can promote effective functioning." The following meditation uses words to let you replace negative thinking patterns with positive ones, in order to improve your performance in any area of your life. 1.). Sit or lie comfortably, with your eyes closed. Take a deep breath and exhale. Do this two more times. Relax using whichever method you prefer. 2.). Bring to mind a word that stirs up a feeling of inadequacy for you, such as cowardice. Now think of a word that expresses the opposite, such as courage. 3.). As you inhale breathe courage into yourself. With every in breath you are becoming courageous. Allow the word courage to resonate in your mind as it fills your mind and body. As you exhale, think the word cowardice and let cowardice go from yourself. Feel the unwanted conditioning dismiss as you release it with your out breath. 4.). Think of another word that brings up inadequacy for you, such as clumsiness. Now use grace as the opposite of clumsiness. As you inhale breathe grace into your body and mind. Exhaling and letting go of clumsiness. With every in breath you feel more gracefull and every out breath you eliminate clumsiness from your being. 5.) Feel the unwanted conditioning releasing as you let it go with your out breath. 6.). Continue in this manner, choosing up to 10 words that represent negative qualities you wish to transform into positive ones. Inhale the positive quality and exhale the negative one. 7.). When you have finished working through your list. Sit still and focus on your breathing. Feeling the effects of these positives words resonating in and through your body. When you are ready slowly open your eyes. *. Prepare your negative and positive words before meditation begins.

01.01.2022 EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN TO IMPROVE FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION 1) Sit or lie comfortably, with your eyes closed. Take a deep breath and exhale. do this two more times. relax using whichever method you prefer. 2) After you are relaxed, mentally count down from seven to one, relaxing more deeply with each count. On the count of one, imagine yourself sitting in a comfortable chair in a darkened room.... 3) Imagine a three-dimensional sphere of white light, about the size of a bowling ball, approximately 2 to 2.5 metres away from you. Imagine the sphere becoming bigger, then smaller. Keep alternating between bigger and smaller, smaller and bigger. Start slow, then gradually increase the speed. Keep this going until the shifting becomes so fast that it looks like the sphere is vibrating. After about a minute of this, stop and hold the sphere stationary in front of you. 4) Now, imagine the sphere moving from right to left. Keep alternating the movement from right to left, left to right. Start slowly, and then gradually increase speed. Keep this going until the alternating becomes so fast that it looks like a flat, horizontal white line. After about a minute of this, stop and hold the sphere stationary in front of you. If this seems difficult at any stage, don't force it . Just do what you can do. It will improve with practice. 5) Now, imagine the sphere moving from front to back. Keep alternating the movement from front to back, back to front. Start slowly, and then gradually increase speed. Keep this going until the alternating becomes so fast that the sphere looks like it's pulsating. After about a minute of this, stop and hold the sphere stationary in front of you. 6) Now, imagine the sphere moving up and down. Keep alternating the movement up and down, down and up. Start slowly, and then gradually alternating becomes so fast that it looks like a flat vertical white line. After about a minute of this stop and hold the sphere stationary in front of you. 7) Now, imagine the sphere changing from white to red, then red to orange, orange to yellow, yellow to green, green to blue, blue to indigo, indigo to violet, and finally from violet back to white. Keep alternating the colours from white through red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, and back to white again. do this for about a minute. When you are done, hold the white sphere in your awareness for a couple of seconds, and then see it fade away. 8) Close your mental eyes and sit quietly for about a minute. When you are ready, mentally count from one to five. On the count of five, open your physical eyes and return. Do this meditation for a few minutes each day. You will soon notice the changes in your mental functioning.