Hi Everyone ,
Welcome to the 2nd Stress Meditation newsletter. It's focus is on the body and contains 5 parts:
1-HUMOUR:
Doggy Wisdom:
"No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout….."
"When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body."
Audio Humour:
Please Click> Bells and Bears (Please, turn on your computers speakers)
2- BENEFITS of MEDITATION:
Quote:
"We use meditative techniques to enhance immune functioning of cancer, AIDS and auto-immune patients," Norris said. "Almost all of our patients use meditative techniques in learning self-regulation for disorders such as anxiety, hypertension and for stress management."
Full article:
Please Click> The Physical Benefits of Meditation
3- MAIN TOPIC: Awareness of the Body
Quote:
"We experience our lives through our bodies whether we are aware of it or not. Yet we are usually so mesmerized by our ideas about the world that we miss out on much of our direct sensory experience"
Short Topic
Please Click> Awareness of the Body
Long Topic:
Please Click> Coming Home to our Body
4- MEDITATION:
The caring and awareness required for doing a body scan meditation, grounds us in the present moment.
Guided Meditation
Please Click> A Body Scanning Meditation
5- AUDIO TALK:
Explaining the importance of 1st being aware of the body's sensations, in this present moment.
Audio Talk
Please Click> Embodied Presence (may require some downloading time)
All the Best , Heidi and ross
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