Rhythmic Breathing Meditation of Relaxation and Affirmations of Love

Rhythmic Breathing Meditation 

This is a simple meditation that can be used to de-stress your body when you only have a few minutes to work in, or it can be done for longer periods of time when you have more. At the end of this mediation there will be some variations you can use to allow this to help other things in your life.

Start of meditation: Sit quietly, with your back as straight as possible and breath in slowly to a count of 4, hold it for a count of 4, then release to a count of 4 and wait at the end of your exhalation for a count of 4. Then repeat as many times as you have time for. Your goal here is to keep the 4 counts rhythmic so that each count of 4 takes the same amount of time. Concentrate just on the breath, on getting the timing of each breath correct. If you have a hard time working with a count of 4, it is fine to change to a count of 3 or even 2 if it works better for you. Just don't breath too fast or you could hyperventilate. If stray thoughts start to enter your mind, gently push them to the side, allowing them to float away and return your mind to your breathing. Once you master this breathing technique, you can add a form of chanting to it. As you breathe in, say, "I Am," in a drawn out way that takes the entire 4 count of breath. As you hold it to the count of 4, say, "love," also taking the entire 4 count. Repeat as you breath out so it becomes a rhythmic, "I Am love," along with the rhythm of your breath. If you are having problems with any other aspect of your life, you can adapt the chant as needed. For instance, a person having health problems may say, "I Am healthy," or a person working on strengthening their body could say, "I Am strong." Almost any positive affirmation can be said during the breathing exercise to give it more strength. When designing a positive affirmation, the main rule to follow is to word it as if what you want to happen is a reality. Don't say, "I am getting healthy," because that implies you are not already healthy and your subconscious mind gives you what you are thinking about. You could literally end up sick. Always stick to the "I am _____" format and you will be fine.

Try this meditation for ten minutes and at the end of the ten minutes give the following powerful affirmation. "I Am Love. Love I Am." Say this nine times. Then say, "Love is more, More Love I Am." Twenty two times.

Establishing White Light Protection

White Light Meditation 

Begin by relaxing yourself and preparing to meditate. Take several long, deep breathes to prepare yourself and clear your mind of all distractions. When you are ready, visualize a stream of brilliant white light coming from the universe and entering into the top of your head. As the light enters your head, visualize it filling your head. See your head start to glow from within as the light continues to fill it. When your head is full of light, visualize the light moving further down within your body and allow it to fill your entire body. In your minds eye, see your body glowing from within. Feel the warmth of the light as it glows within you. Continue to allow the light to fill every single inch of your body. Once your body is completely full of the white light, see the light starting to extend beyond the edges of your body and glow around you. Feel its warmth on your skin. You may feel a slight tingling, almost like a small amount of electricity. Enjoy the feeling and watch as the light becomes stronger and stronger as more and more light enters into the top of your head. For personal protection, visualize the white light surrounding your entire body to about 5 to 6 feet around you in all directions.

For family protection, you can visualize building your protection, then see an arm of light move from you to where ever your loved one is, and allow it to surround them in a ball of light such as yours. To protect your home, car and property, see the light grow larger and larger until all of these items are within its protective sphere. When you first start setting up a protective shield such as this, it may take a little longer to set up. After you have been doing it for a while, you can almost instantly see everything and everyone you want to protect, within the sphere of light. It will not take nearly as long to set up and strengthen the protection when you reach this point. Getting to the point of almost instant results should be your goal. If at any time you feel as if you are in an unsafe area, whether it is unsafe because of a risk of physical attack or from psychic attack, you can put up this shield of white light for protection. It will also protect you from any type of intentional or unintentional psychic attack that someone may throw your way. Doing this daily creates a shield that gets strong as time goes on. The shield never ceases to exist, though some of its energy dissipates and moves on for other uses. However, building it daily can result in an extremely strong shield.

Relaxing Meditations To Relieve Stress and Increase Happiness

This mediation is designed to remove stress form your body and mind.

It is very good at what it was designed for and you may have t o work on staying awake long enough to get through it. If you have problems going to sleep during this meditation, make sure you are comfortable, but sitting up before you begin. If that doesn't prevent you from falling sleep, you will have to split your focus be tween the mediation and staying awake.

 Breathing

Beginning of meditation: Close your eyes and take a long, slow, deep breath in. Hold it for a few seconds, and then slowly release the breath. As you exhale, feel all the tension in your body leaving with the air as it is expelled from your body. Inhale again, slowly and deeply and then hold it for a few seconds, before gently releasing the breath and feeling tension leaving your body. Inhale once more, slowly and deeply, filling your lungs completely. Hold it for a few seconds, and then gently release it, feeling the tension leaving your body. Breathe normally now. You are safe and secure and at peace. Every breath you take, a little more tension leaves your body, quietly and slowly, in no hurry, just in relaxing and peaceful.

Visualize

In your minds eye, see yourself walking toward a stand of trees in the distance. They are beautiful trees, full of life to the point you can almost see a healthy aura glowing around this stand of trees. Keep walking towards the trees and every step you take, you leave behind another little piece of the tension and stress of t he world and allow it to simply float away so it can cause you no harm. Enjoy yourself, feel the sun warming your body. Hear the birds singing their sweet songs and taste the freshness of the air around you. This is a special place... a safe place... a relaxing place... As you get closer to the trees, see the birds flying from tree to tree, playing in the warmth of the sun. Hear their sweet song as it floats on the mild breeze blowing through the trees. And you are relaxed and at peace , happy as a lark as you walk even closer to the trees. When you arrive at the trees, walk among them. Feel the difference in the air temperature from stepping out of the hot sun light and into the cool deepness of the forest. Do you hear that sound? It's the sound of a stream flowing easily across the land. Gurgling as it flows over the rock s. Walk toward the sound of the stream. Move slowly an d calmly, deeply relaxed and at peace in this wondrous place of natural beauty. When you arrive at the stream, you notice that it i s not very deep and on the other side you see an outcropping of rock that look s almost like it was placed there specifically for people to sit and enjoy the peaceful flow of the water. Step into the stream. The water is cool and delicious on your bare feet. Now walk across to the outcropping and sit on the edge, allowing your feet to dangle in the water. Sit for a few moments simply looking deeply into the water in front of you. Watching it slowly gurgle by. After a few moments, you notice a pale blue light within the water. It seems almost like a cloud that has managed to become one with the water. This cloud slowly moves toward you and a feeling of wondrous peace washes over you. The cloud touches your feet and slowly starts to rise out of the water, moving up your legs, to your hips, then your tummy, all the while filling you with complete and total relaxation and peace. Allow the cloud to move upward, through your chest, down your arms, all the way to your fingers and up through your head. It feels so wonderful you decide to simply lay back and relax, with your feet still dangling in the water. After a while, you turn your head to face down stream and you see a line of little black pebbles floating from your feet and flowing down stream with the water and you realize that the black pebbles are all the tens ion and pain and negativity that has been tied up in your body for so long. Just allow it to continue for a while as you grow more peaceful. All the tension is leaving your body. All the pent up frustrations of everyday life is being washed away. Enjoy it.

Coming Back

Lay there for a while and just relax and when you feel like you are 100% at peace and you are ready, sit up slowly. Allowing yourself to simply enjoy the way you feel. When you are ready, slowly stand up and begin to walk back across the stream and back up to the trees, going back the way you came. Walk through the trees in a completely relaxed state. Enjoying every step, being thankful for the peace, quiet, happiness and love you are experiencing. Walk all the way through the trees and back into the sun light and slowly make your way back home, taking the peace and relaxation with you. When you are ready, you can open your eyes and return to the world around you.