Awakening consciousness: the paths of meditation towards a full and conscious life.

“Meditation is not only a technique, but it ends up becoming an attitude towards life. An increased state of attention that allows you to live the world with greater wealth and depth of everyday experience. ” 

(José María Doria)

What is meditation?

It is an ancestral practice where attention is concentrated to cease identification with thoughts. 

It is a state of attention and presence that allows living life with more awareness, you can develop and train through different concentration techniques

benefit  

- Reduce stress and anxiety. 

- Help live more present. 

- It generates greater awareness. 

- Pass self -knowledge. 

- Help the management of emotions. 

- Expand the mental perspective (it allows you to see more points of view) and have more empathy. 

- It improves physical health: strengthens the immune system, increases memory and learning capacity, improves cardiovascular health, reduces inflammatory processes, helps reduce or tolerate pain, improve sleep,

- Among many others! 

¿Why meditation practice?  

In today's society the surface dimension tends to predominate; Addictive stimuli prevail, material objects, the search for pleasure, and the lack of deep values ​​... sooner or later the absence of the transcendent sense of life appears. 

 Meditation reconnects with the internal dimension, dynamizes self -discovery and awakening of consciousness, while remembering about infinite essence.  

It helps to accelerate the process of de-conditioning of the reactive mind: helping to transcend automatic habits and conditioned patterns. 

It is an antidote against stress, fears, anxiety and depression, since it awakens a deep sense to existence and, in addition, you can unlock and heal aspects of the unconscious (repressed material that tends to express itself through destructive emotions) .   

Disminuye la presión sanguínea creando un ambiente de calma, posibilitando acciones elegidas y voluntarias a la vez que armoniza el ritmo cardiaco. 

What is the relationship of meditation and oriental medicine?

 

La Medicina Oriental promueve un estilo de vida que previene los desequilibrios y apoya la salud y el bienestar, por lo tanto, la meditación es una excelente herramienta para que los pacientes y los terapeutas se integren en su vida cotidiana.

In addition, Oriental Medicine can use specific meditations to treat some imbalances, since they work on a mental and energetic level, achieving significant changes in the health of patients.

Qi Gong and Tai Chi, considered as meditations in movement, are also part of the preventive practices and as part of the treatment of Oriental Medicine.

 

Although there are many types of meditative techniques, in general, three important aspects of the practice are taken into account:

 posture 

◦ Sitting with a straight back, relaxed body, legs and arms uncrossed (You can practice in a chair or sitting on a cushion on the floor. It is not recommended to meditate lying down to avoid falling asleep).  

Some styles emphasize that the person should not move during the meditation time, other techniques allow you to move a little to adjust the body and then remain still again. 

RESPIRACIÓN 

◦ Pay attention to breathing. A conscious breathing of its four moments: Inhalation, pause, exhalation and pause. 

ATTITUDE 

◦ Eyes closed; Slight hint of a smile. 

◦ Acceptance of thoughts, emotions and sensations. 

◦ Constant observer of sensations, emotions and thoughts without judging.  

◦ Presence, experience of the here and now.  

◦ Return to the present every time you get lost. 

Some styles of meditation 

– Meditation with mantras: Repetition of specific sounds or vibrations that seek to lead to states of presence and healing.

– Presence Meditation: Focuses on concentrating on the present without judging what you observe and detached from the content of the mind.

– Meditación en movimiento: Se busca por medio del movimiento concentrar la atención al movimiento y la respiración. Por ejemplo:

• Tai Chi: This is an ancient practice that combines conscious movements with breathing. It is an internal martial art that works the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual body.
• Qi Gong: It is an ancient art focused on creating and balancing Qi through body movements, visualization and breathing.
• Yoga: The physical practice of yoga (asanas) is linked to conscious breathing.

Algunos estilos de meditación también utilizan mudras. Los mudras son sellos que concentran la energía conduciendo a estados mentales y energéticos específicos que varían según el mudra realizado. 

Existen muchos tipos de mudras, la mayoría se realizan con las manos, pero hay otras que se hacen con otras partes del cuerpo. 

Meditation myths:

To meditate you must put the meditation blank:

Meditation avoids fighting with thoughts, it accepts them, but does not identify with them. Therefore, the aim is not to have a blank mind, but rather to concentrate the mind on the object of attention, and every time the mind is distracted, return it to the practice of concentration. 

Meditation goes against religion:

Most meditations are suitable for all types of people, since they are secular. What this practice does is train the mind to learn to live more present. 

Meditation is to promote paranormal experiences.

The goal of meditation is to develop consciousness, its focus is not the development of paranormal experiences.

My problems are solved with a few weeks of practice.

The constant practice of meditation can bring many benefits and can give greater awareness to face life's situations. 

I have to meditate many hours to receive the benefits. 

Quality and consistency are more important than quantity. It is preferable to do the meditation practice for a few minutes every day and that it can be adopted into the person's lifestyle. 

The practice of meditation helps you escape from reality. 

This practice allows you to see yourself as you are with acceptance and love, while helping you disidentify from thoughts and connect with your own essence.  

¿How can you start meditating?

– Find a space where you can be silent for a few minutes.  

– Sit in a comfortable position, it can be with your legs crossed or on a chair, with your back straight without resting it on the backrest.  

– Focus on being as comfortable as possible without moving, it can be just a few minutes.  

– Become aware of your breathing, observe your thoughts, emotions and sensations, imagining that they are clouds traveling through the sky. 

¿How can you make meditation your lifestyle, living more present and conscious?

When you perform any action in your routine, focus all your attention on what you do, placing emphasis on the senses: what do you smell, taste, feel on your skin, observe, hear? 

Avoid judging the experience as good or bad, open yourself to living it with acceptance of what it is. 

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