The Weight of the World

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!

The Physical Effects of Stress

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.

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 just take a moment now 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.

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.

I’ve also written an article on the different relaxation techniques people use for a variety of specific reasons, including; Anger management, Anxiety attacks, Cardiac health, Depression, General well-being, Headaches, High blood pressure, Immune system support, Insomnia, Pain and Stress management among others.

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Transmuting Fears Free Guided Meditation
You start walking down the corridor and are drawn to a door labeled FEAR. You know if you step inside, you are to face a fear that is holding you back … One that you are now ready to release.

Follow the Rainbow Free Guided Meditation
The rainbow contains the seven rays of light on the earth plane, that also relates to the seven chakras in the human body. And the story of finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow is symbolic of finding one’s spiritual treasures after integrating the seven rays.

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