Finally took the plunge
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Shepard
, Jun 01 2006 05:13 PM
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#1
Posted 01 June 2006 - 05:13 PM
Well, considering my schedule has been pretty harsh for the last month, and doesn't look to be getting much better for a while (tons of reading/writing with classes, various home projects with time limitations, band gigs every weekend, etc.) I decided that I might need to go after some stress management before it really got to me physically/mentally/emotionally. So, I finally started the only real suggested lifestyle factor that I haven't included: meditation. I'm only doing it a little every morning (7-10 minutes or so).
I'm going off suggestions from the 8 Minute Meditation book that I found, but it's pretty much the same thing I've read before.
I'm hoping to notice some things. I get a weird mental "feeling" while I'm doing it (only for 3 days or so, at this point) that I can't really articulate. Or, I might finally be going crazy.
Anyway, I'll try to remember to update this thread in a couple of weeks and see what type of progress I've made.
I'm going off suggestions from the 8 Minute Meditation book that I found, but it's pretty much the same thing I've read before.
I'm hoping to notice some things. I get a weird mental "feeling" while I'm doing it (only for 3 days or so, at this point) that I can't really articulate. Or, I might finally be going crazy.
Anyway, I'll try to remember to update this thread in a couple of weeks and see what type of progress I've made.
#2
Posted 01 June 2006 - 05:17 PM
what type of meditation are you doing?
real meditation should produce some pretty profound results if done properly, and consistantly...
real meditation = cessation of thought fluctuations and dropping the brainwaves into alpha and below... visualisations & whatnot will only really allow you to get to the very 1st levels of what can really be accomplished
real meditation should produce some pretty profound results if done properly, and consistantly...
real meditation = cessation of thought fluctuations and dropping the brainwaves into alpha and below... visualisations & whatnot will only really allow you to get to the very 1st levels of what can really be accomplished
#3
Posted 01 June 2006 - 05:21 PM
Right now it's just focusing on breathing and trying to keep from letting your mind wander, I'm not sure what category that falls under. This book details 8 different styles, but it seems to be kind of superficial....Westernized, is probably a good description.
#4
Posted 01 June 2006 - 06:15 PM
real meditation should produce some pretty profound results if done properly, and consistantly...
real meditation = cessation of thought fluctuations and dropping the brainwaves into alpha and below... visualisations & whatnot will only really allow you to get to the very 1st levels of what can really be accomplished
Whilst I understand where you are coming from ajnast4r, meditation is a fairly indivudual and personal journey. Asking what sort of meditation someone is doing and then slapping a definition of what you believe real meditation is on them is pretty hardcore.
Shepard, don't push yourself matey. 7-8 minutes is great for a beginner
#5
Posted 01 June 2006 - 06:24 PM
Shepard: your 8 minute meditation is for little girls! Your meditation doesn't belong in the same room as mine. Bow down before the glory of my One True Meditation! [lol]
#6
Posted 01 June 2006 - 06:49 PM
Funk I'm guessing your form of meditation is "smiling laughing ooohhh I'm on top of the world and so happy to be alive" mediation. Seriously, you are a walking stick of pethadine.
I gotta meet you some day. Me and you in the same room...............people will have to leave or they'll explode with laughter
I gotta meet you some day. Me and you in the same room...............people will have to leave or they'll explode with laughter
#7
Posted 01 June 2006 - 08:32 PM
Meditation is very good for handling stress. I would include a body relaxation to start off your meditation. Just go through each part of the body and tell it to relax. Each time you let out a breath, you are letting out stress and tension never to return. Rhodiola rosea is an excellent stress reducer. I don't want to sound like one of those pill popper couch potatoes but it absolutely helps you deal with stress. I take around 200mg per day and the effect is quite noticeable. It does not seem to depress the nervous system but lives up to it's rep as an adaptogen.
#8
Posted 01 June 2006 - 08:40 PM
Actually, I do the same thing Shepard described, for about 8-10 minutes. [lol]Funk I'm guessing your form of meditation is "smiling laughing ooohhh I'm on top of the world and so happy to be alive" mediation. Seriously, you are a walking stick of pethadine.
Definitely. Australia is on my list of places-I-must-travel... It will happen eventually (if you don't visit the States first). [thumb]I gotta meet you some day. Me and you in the same room...............people will have to leave or they'll explode with laughter
#9
Posted 08 June 2006 - 12:43 AM
Update on this: I'm really liking this stuff. General mood has improved. Stress has dropped significantly. However, my class load has unexpectantly dropped, as well...which has cut probably 30% of the writing that I had been doing and thought that I would continue doing. That has given me more free time everyday, which has had a significant effect, too.
I'm going to continue with the meditation, anyway. Now that I've gotten in the habit of it, combined with all the positive data I've seen on it, I think the current and potential benefits demand that I keep going for a while.
I'm going to continue with the meditation, anyway. Now that I've gotten in the habit of it, combined with all the positive data I've seen on it, I think the current and potential benefits demand that I keep going for a while.
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