MEDITATION IS LIKE REBOOTING YOUR COMPUTER
I have been working on including more meditation in my day as one of my goals.
I was watching Dr. Oz and he had a couple of psych type PhD people on the show
talking about Attention Deficit Activity Disorder (ADHD) in adults (mostly women).
It presents itself as distractability, disorganization, difficulty finishing
projects, procrastination, impulsivity, feeling overwhelmed, anxious,
forgetting what you were doing, restlessness, fidgiting, and consistently poor
time management (I am thinking as I am watching this, they are going to
diagnosis EVERYONE with this now!) They talked about medication and how 80 % of
people get improvement with stimulant medication. Then something interesting
was mentioned, MEDITATION, simply unplugging from the
race for 5 minutes, twice daily, deep
breathing, emptying the mind from the heavy to do list and calming the
"monkey mind." Guess how effect this was???? Just as effective as the
medication!
Later I was thinking how when my computer slows down and sometimes freezes up
when I have 30 windows and tabs open and I have to actually shut it down to
restart it. That is just like my mind. Your mind can really benefit from
periodically shutting down and getting quiet. Then when you start up again, all
the programs run more smoothly and the emotions are just softer.
One website I have enjoyed for guided meditation is http://www.innerhealthstudio.com/
I understand there are many forms of meditation and I think I will take a
course on the transcendental method (I understand there is research to show
huge benefits to this form of meditation and that it is one that people are
most likely to be consistent with). Has anyone done the course and would you
give it a thumbs up?
Other forms of meditation I have tried and enjoyed is mindfulness meditation. I
do not enjoy mantra meditation, but maybe I am just underinformed how to get
the benefit from this one.
Oh, I also enjoyed my eating meditations, those are fun and tasty. I think
I had the best tasting strawberry in my life!!
