Guided meditation provides a fast, simple and effective way of uniting with your inner source of wisdom and well-being.
Your mind and body are wise and capable of getting exactly what you need at any given time.
Guided meditation often integrates powerful visualization, progressive relaxation and reflection techniques to help you achieve increased feelings of calm, peace, balance and profound relaxation.
Guided meditation helps you relax and replenish through: 1.
Bringing your attention to your breath - this helps engage your parasympathetic nervous system which helps you relax.
As you inhale and exhale with awareness your mind and body start to relax.
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Focusing on this one moment - with guided meditation you are brought more fully into this one moment, allowing you to arrive fully in the NOW, with less pull to the past or the future.
Healing happens in the present.
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Minimizing external distractions - since you seek a quiet place to listen to your guided meditation, you tend to minimize external distractions which supports you to focus within.
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Dedicating the time to your self-care - the act of intentionally listening to a guided meditation is in itself the claiming of time to nurture and care for yourself.
This act creates a positive message that says "I am worthy of this time, I deserve to replenish".
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Engaging the relaxation response - guided meditations are designed to engage the relaxation response in mind and body through the use of progressive relaxation and visualization techniques.
You can create your own guided meditations through recording scripts you can find in books.
Or you can purchase recordings that also have the added benefit of a skilled guided meditation facilitator combined with calming music.
It can be fun and transformational to add guided meditation to your self-care and personal wellness toolkit.