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Ever Carried the Weight of the World on Your Shoulders?

One of the main reasons I became so passionate about Guided Meditation, is because I was getting amazing results in my massage treatments.

Now the immediate link may not be apparent, but think of sayings like… “Carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders”.

People who are overcome by burden, responsibility, pressure and stress, literally hunch over as their muscles become tighter. Their shoulders become rigid and their brow furrowed. Their life is hard work!

I would meet clients in this state, and believe me, no amount of rubbing would give lasting effect if the problem itself did not go away.

With problems caused by finance for example – massage was a temporary fix. They were still facing the same hardships when they got home.

:: So What Worked? ::

By talking with clients during the treatment, and getting them to change their focus from the dark to the light – and by looking at the positive factors in their life, I was getting more benefit than rubbing harder.

When they left my clinic it was with freshened perspective and a spring in their step. The same pressures were there, but now seen as a challenge or hurdle rather than an impassable mountain.

Helping one person at a time is rewarding, but helping many is even more so. I started to record dialogue, and began intense study into what works best in a Guided Meditation. Exploring the positive effects of Guided Meditation became my passion.

As well as sending clients home with stretching exercises, I also gave them meditation exercises. A common reaction was, ‘I’ve tried to meditate and I can’t do it.’ To which I would reply, ‘Well not with that attitude’.

We all start with training wheels when we learn to ride a bike. No one runs a marathon as soon as they decide to get fit. If you are chronically stressed, 10 minutes won’t fix you… but it will help.

This email is simply to give you encouragement with your practice. Don’t compare your effort or results with others… just look at the positives meditation has achieved for you.

If my world was perfect I would meditate for 30 minutes every day… but just because I don’t do that doesn’t mean I have failed. I celebrate every time I do get to meditate, not reprimand myself for every time I don’t.

You may be a beginner or experienced meditator, but either way, you have been subscribed to my newsletter for a while now. Just take a moment to reflect on how meditation is fitting into your life… and how you would like it to be. Then work with the positives you find.

:: The Sign Off ::

Meditation can be a spiritual experience, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a ’spiritual person’ to do it well. Business executives can meditate. Garbage cleaners can meditate. Children can meditate. It’s not something that you can or can’t do. It’s a personal journey… that can provide many rewards.

How does meditation fit into your life? What are the barriers you face? And how have you overcome them? What works for you… A weekly class, random times when you listen to MP3s? Do you meditate first thing or last thing in your day?

Share your thoughts below so that others may learn. It’s a personal journey – which we are all in together.

For now, for those of you who are interested in the physical effects of Meditation, I give you this link to an article I wrote recently called;

The Secret Health Benefits of Guided Meditation.

It explains how the 11 body systems are in continual change as they strive for internal balance, and what you can easily do to help this process

Meditation Video

This Guided Meditation Video has been designed as an introduction to guided meditation.

You will experience simple breathing, relaxation, and visualization techniques, to clear your mind of problems and your body of stress.

Mediation Video

This guided meditation video calls upon a divine white light for continual protection and healing for yourself and your loved ones.

By accepting the white light into your heart, your mind, and your understanding, you are connecting with the deep rich source of all life and all love. This love knows no boundaries, and protects all beings in a wonderful supportive way.

Meditation Video

This guided meditation video is for Awakening the Spirit, relaxing, and becoming one with yourself and your inner journey.

Sarah Neil leads this beautiful journey which allows you to cleanse the energies of the day and rejuvenates your sense of peace.

You ride a magnificent white horse to meet a wise being, who leads you into a clearing with a mirror like lake. You have a good look at your reflection, and where you are on your spiritual path.

If you are yet to subscribe to the Explore Meditation Newsletter, please do so here.

I have created the Explore Meditation website and newsletter as a resource to assist others on their spiritual path.

You can find detailed information on

• How to Meditate
• Meditation Techniques
• Guided Meditation MP3’s
• Meditation Videos
• And this Meditation Blog (Where you can discuss your views with other like minded people)

The newsletter covers Meditation and Spiritual growth topics – broken down in to bite-sized learning.

Content

All of the information on the website and newsletter is non-denominational. I don’t suppose that any one religion, spiritual practice, or meditation technique is better than another. I do aim to fuel your thoughts, make you question your existence, and give you the tools and techniques to assist your learning and spiritual growth.

Choose only to believe what resonates true with you. Direct your learning’s towards the areas that draw your interest. Discuss your thoughts on the blog.

There are already great websites that deal specifically with Buddhist Meditation, Vipassana Meditation and Transcendental Meditation. Wherever appropriate throughout my website, I’ll point you to these external sites for specific information. But what originally gave me the idea to create Explore Meditation, was the distinct lack of quality websites covering Guided Meditation.

Guided Meditation

I had played on YouTube and iTunes – but I quickly realized that I didn’t want to trust my spiritual well-being to an anonymous stranger with ‘half an idea’ and a microphone. I had several awkward moments where my intuitive mind pulled me out of these mediations; leaving me with the feeling something wasn’t right.

I have meditated for over 10 years in various circles and simply wished I could re-listen to my teachers and guides… the Guides I trusted.

And so, I hand picked these professional therapists, who earn their living as spiritual practitioners, and recorded some amazing guided meditations to assist us all walk further down our spiritual path. It gives me great satisfaction to share these tools with you.

Don’t get me wrong, there are some amazing products online… But I don’t want to pay $30 for a CD that I can’t even preview, and I don’t want to trawl through all the free stuff hoping for a gem.

I will introduce the Explore Meditation therapists in time, but know they are all exceptional Mediums, Clairvoyants, Hypnotherapists, NLP practitioners, Spiritual and Energetic healers. All are well qualified and have extensive experience in their chosen fields. People pay top dollar and travel from afar for time with them, but now you can access their expertise with just a few clicks. All of the Meditations have free previews as well, so you know what you are getting.

The Sign Off

So, Explore Meditation covers the theory of meditation (both spiritual and scientific) and the practical. Listen to the MP3’s or try the Meditation exercises you will find in time.

The feedback I have received from the visitors before you has been really amazing and encouraging. Many people have had real breakthroughs in intuition, insight and connection. Being able to help you walk your path is my service.

I am so very glad you are now part of this creation, and I’m looking forward to your further involvement.

So once again, thank you for joining the Explore Meditation community, It’s great to have you on board.

In Love and Light, We Explore!

Nigel Coates
info@ExploreMeditation.com

The Guided Meditation…

Meet Your Spirit Guide

Meeting your spirit guide can be a giant leap forward in your spiritual evolution. Your Guide can give you confidence, connection and direction. Of your guide you can ask questions, and get insightful answers that ring true, often clarifying a situation or concern that can change your life.

Wanda Shipton is an intuitive guide who leads you on this amazing journey. You enter a safe and sacred space within a circle of candles, and your guide steps forward. A being of light, made of the god / goddess energy of love. Your guide touches your third eye and awakens your soul.

The full meditation runs for 25 minutes… Click below for the Preview.

Meet Your Spirit Guide – by Wanda Shipton

You can purchase and download the Full Meditation by clicking Guided Meditation.

If you have listened to the preview… or purchased the Entire Meditation… please comment below to share your experience.

To explain Meditation we should start with the Definition.
But even that is not as easy as it sounds.
 
Because Meditation has been around for thousands of years, and is interwoven throughout the different cultures and religions of the world, one definition to keep everyone happy is a task indeed!
 
But we have to make a start, so; Meditation is ‘A mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond
the reflexive ‘thinking’ mind – into a deeper state of relaxation.’

The above statement is the desire – or process of Meditation.

The benefits have been ‘felt’ for thousands of years, but now science has evolved to ‘prove’ what is actually happening.

The Science of Meditation
It has long been known that meditation slows breathing, heart rate and blood pressure.

As a relaxation tool alone, meditation is a very effective method to combat stress.

But recent scientific breakthroughs have given a different insight.
 
Your brain, which is a continual hive of electrical signals, alternates between four different states.

The frequency of the electrical impulses are continually changing to match your worldly experience.

Think of the different intensities, or focus needed for driving in traffic or reading under a tree; taking a bath or having an arguement. Every sitution you encounter requires different brain function.
 
You experience Beta brain-wave patterns for engaging activities. Driving, working, planning…
The top end of this Beta range is reached during periods of stress or anxiety.

The chemicals released from the brain when in this state are necessary for us to function, but prolonged, repeated or continual
exposure has dire health effects. Beta is necessary – but small bursts are preffered.
 
Alpha brain wave patterns are produced when you are relaxed and your brain activity has slowed. You are most likely in an Alpha state when watching television, reading a book, or just before falling asleep.
 
Theta brain waves are most commonly encountered within dreams, but are also related to moments of deep insight or revelation.
 
The Delta state is the slowest brain wave pattern. It occurs in deep, or dreamless sleep. It is only in this state when the brain releases many beneficial hormones (such as Human Growth Hormone) which helps to heal the body.
 
Children spend more time than adults in this Delta State. It is necessary for their bodies to grow and to handle great physical changes.

As we age, we work longer, have more demands on our time, and usually sleep less.

The result is that we spend far less time in this Delta state.

Without reaching the Delta state, our body does not give itself the care it needs. This has the effect of speeding the aging process, and can lead to a decline in our health.
 
But as I said at the start – science has caught up. They realised that we also enter the Delta state while in Meditation.
 
All people who have meditated throughout history have ‘felt’ these benefits, but those of you currently meditating, or are about to try, be assured science also agrees that meditation is an excellent tool to tune your mind and body.

Independent of religion or belief, or even the method used to enter a meditative state; the benefits to the mind and body are universal.
 
But more than that; Meditation also provides an opportunity to connect with your true self, your spiritual purpose and what is known as the universal knowledge. It is common to experience great insights or think of a solution to a problem – without even trying.

So the benefits of Meditation are multi-pronged. It helps the Body, Mind, Emotion and Spirit.
 
Meditation is the act, or practice, of moving beyond conscious thought, into a greater state of relaxation.

Please leave a comment below – or email me directly.

To experience guided meditation, visit the Explore Meditation website.

Nigel Coates

The ‘Inner Child’ is a concept used in popular psychology and spiritual healing to denote the childlike aspect of a person’s psyche.

It is often viewed as an independent entity – so that it may be viewed subjectively.

Exploring the concept of your Inner Child can be useful to address the remaining effects of childhood experiences on your adult life. Traumatic events, habits and misconceived ideas from your childhood all stay with you.

Your current behaviors can be drawn from emotional memory and even the experiences stored in the brain below conscious thought.

Working on your Inner Child, by nurturing and healing any issues can have dramatic effects on your life. It is considered one of the essential stages in the 12-step programs geared for recovery from addiction, abuse, trauma, or post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Inner Child has also been called the ‘Divine Child,’ the ‘Wonder Child,’ the ‘Child Within,’ and some psychotherapists call it the ‘True Self’.

Trevor Good, an Australian Spiritual Practitioner has created a Guided Meditation to meet and spend time with your Inner Child.

This is a beautiful and gentle Guided Meditation where you venture into a magical rainforest and approach an old cottage. You walk onto the verandah and first meet your Higher Self. Your higher self gives reassurance, guidance, support and wisdom. Knowing you are safe and protected gives you the confidence to pass those gifts on to others.

You then meet your inner child. You hold them close.
As you give love to the child, you give love to yourself.
While nurturing them, you are nurturing your own true being.

While in a meditative state you spend a few minutes just sitting with your inner child. This time is different for everybody. Some children may cry and just wish to be hugged. Others may ask for clarification on events that once confused them. Others may simply need to play with a light heart and bask in the attention. This part of the meditation is unique to you, and will be exactly what you need.

You can listen to a free preview by clicking this Inner Child link.

This Inner Child Guided Meditation allows a special connection and bond to develop between your Higher-Self, Your-Self, and your Inner-Child. Although all are one, spending a few dedicated minutes connecting with these two entities is very important for inner balance and natural joy in your daily activities and attitude – and in the bigger picture, your spiritual growth. With the harmonious energies combined, you will have greater power.

Treat yourself to this magical journey, and connect with all levels of your being. Spend quality time with your Inner Child today.

Mozart wrote a Sonata when he was 4!

To conclude our exploration of Reincarnation, I present you with several interesting points.

Again these ideas are drawn from the eBook Reincarnation – The Vedanta Philosophy.

“An argument which the Vedantists advance in support of the theory of Reincarnation is that ‘Nothing is destroyed in the universe.’

Destruction in the sense of the annihilation of a thing is unknown to the Vedantic philosophers, just as it is unknown to the modern scientists.

They say ‘non-existence can never become existence and existence can never become non-existence.’ Or, in other words, that which did not exist can never exist, and conversely that which exists in any form can never become non-existent.

This is the law of nature.

Another consideration is that the beginning, ending and continuing are concepts of the human mind; their significance depends entirely upon our conception of time.

But we all know that time has no absolute existence. It is merely a form of our knowledge of our own existence in relation to nature.

The conception of time vanishes at the sleep of death; just as it does every night when we are in should sleep. Death resembles the state of our sound sleep.

The soul wakes up from the sleep of death just in the same manner as the insects awake in spring after sleeping the long and rigid winter-sleep, as a chrysalis in the bed of a cocoon spun by itself in autumn.

Nature teaches us the great lesson of rebirth.

And finally, the doctrine of Reincarnation alone can explain satisfactorily and rationally the diversities among children and the reason of the many instances of uncommon powers and genius displayed in childhood.

At twelve years old Pascal succeeded in discovering for himself the greater part of plane geometry.

The shepherd Mangiamelo at five years could calculate like an arithmetical machine.

Before Zerah Colburn was eight, he could solve the most tremendous mathematical problems instantly and without using figures. “In one instance he took the number 8 and raised it up progressively to the sixteenth power and instantly mentioned the result which contained 15 figures – 281,474,979,710,656.” Of course he was right in every figure.

Someone once asked him how many minutes there were in 48 years, he answered, 25,288,800.

Mozart, the great musician, wrote a sonata when he was four years old and an opera in his eight year.

There are many such instanced of wonderful powers exhibited by artists and painters when they were quite young.

Emerson says in his essay on Experience, “We wake and find ourselves on a stair. There are stairs below us which we seem to have ascended; there are stairs above us, many a one, which go upward and out of sight.”

It is an interesting image to hold in your mind, and one which compliments the statement that explains Reincarnation as a Law.
‘Birth must be followed by death and death must be followed by birth.’

If you would like to share your views on this article, please comment below.

To read more Reincarnation theory, I highly recommend the eBook Reincarnation – The Vedanta Philosophy.

To experience your Past Lives, try the Guided Meditation Past Life Regression – by Wanda Shipton. 

Reincarnation is a spiritual topic worthy of careful consideration. Developing strong beliefs in this area gives a solid foundation for your existence and spiritual growth.

In Love and Light, We Explore!