Meditation Techniques And Healing

If you find yourself struggling with major health problems, or even the daily aches and pains of a stressful life, imagine being able to find true relief through the practice of healing meditation. It can happen! The healing meditation process uses various techniques to allow you to place yourself in a meditative state, focused upon healing issues. These issues may range from insomnia to pain management to stress reduction. Practitioners swear that the use of healing meditation can even help people recover more quickly from major surgery.

Most practitioners of healing meditation techniques utilize some combination of techniques for relaxation and focus. Many of these techniques have been used in stress management and self-hypnosis for decades. Placing them in the context of healing meditation creates a powerful focus on the mind-body connection and allows a sense of self-healing to begin.

Healing meditation techniques.

Following are some of the most common techniques used in healing meditation.

Relaxation exercises.
Part of the act of meditation is placing your body in a more relaxed state. A tense body and a tense mind go together, and you can begin to relax both by learning simple techniques to calm your breathing, muscles, and thoughts. Common relaxation techniques include deep breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation, and the use of music. One of the simplest relaxation exercises uses cleansing breaths: Take 4-5 deep breaths. Begin by inhaling slowly and deeply. Hold the breath for at least 5-10 seconds. Then slowly release the breath. As you release it, imagine all sickness or pain leaving your body with each cleansing breath.

Creative visualizations.
Creative visualizations allow us to use the power of the mind to envision anything that is the focus of change. For example, if you want to rid yourself of pain, you can start by visualizing the pain itself as a shadowed place that needs light and warmth. Then imagine a glowing ball of warm light that travels over the pain, releasing it from the cold shadows. By positively visualizing events either symbolically or literally, your mind can bring actual change to your body.

Positive affirmations.
Along with visualizations, positive affirmations can effectively increase your power of more positive thinking. A positive affirmation is a simple statement you say about something you want to be or have happen. It is always stated in positive terms. For example, rather than saying, "I'm going to stop having so much trouble sleeping all the time," you might say: "My body feels ready for rest, and I am about to sleep peacefully."

Repetitive sounds.
For centuries, Eastern philosophers have taught the value of using repetitive sounds to enter a deeper meditative state. Techniques may range from the repetitive "ohm" of the transcendental meditation practitioner to the kirtan kriya chants of the yogi to drumming meditation. What these techniques have in common is the ability to clear the mind of everything but the object of its focus during the meditation.

Research studies have shown that meditation can reduce blood pressure, decrease stress, and improve patient attitudes. If you are willing to invest a few minutes every day in the practice of one or more healing meditation techniques, you may find that meditation becomes the proverbial apple a day you need to keep traditional medicine away from your door.

By: Michelle Cole

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