Meditate methods

Turn on some soothing sounds and lay on a heated massage mat.
The heat and massage will losen up tight muscles and joints and help you relax.
Listening to the sounds will help you to drift off and imagine you are in a happy place where you have no worries.
Imagine you are drifting on an air mattress on the water and no one is around to disturb you.
Let all your thoughts flow from your mind and repeat I AM HAPPY over and over. -- steve moore


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Be a tree.

Visualize yourself as a tree, with branches reaching up to the sky and roots extending into the earth.

On every other inhalation, draw air and sunlight in and exhale them down into your roots.

On the alternate inhalation, imagine gathering energy from the earth up through your roots and exhale this through your branches.



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By meditating on each of the four elements (earth, fire, water, air) within yourself, you can see the wholeness of the human body.

Start by meditating on one element per meditation session, and eventually you will incorporate all four elements into a single meditation session.



Begin with the element of earth. Focus on the solidity of your body as you sit, feeling yourself becoming heavy.

Next, move on to the feeling of warmth - the element of fire - pervading every part of your body, starting at your toes and moving upward.

then focus on your blood - the element of water - flowing through each vein and artery.

Finally, breathe deeply and feel the expansion of the abdomen and chest with the element of air.

Return to focusing on your boday. Extend your awareness so that it is united with the earth.

Feel warmth and feel connected with fire. Feel moisture or blood flow and feel at one with water. Feel your breath and feel a deep bond with air.