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A common form of relaxation meditation is what is commonly practiced at the end of a yoga class. That is when the yoga facilitator instructs his or her students to lay with their backs upon the floor in shavasana, or “dead man’s pose”. We are told to completely relax, visualizing our muscles and various sections of our body melting into the floor. We are usually told to release our worries and anxieties and visualize a comforting, pleasurable scene.
This particular yoga asana is said to be hardest position of all. Why? Because it is generally very difficult for persons to completely relax. We want to hang on to all of our regrets about the past and our plans for the future. To simply let go, melt into the flow and just “be in the now”, is hard for many of us.
Relaxation meditation is designed specifically to get us to “chill out”! Forget your worries and cares for a while, even if it is just 10 minutes. Those 10 minutes of complete freedom could be all that you need to get you through the day with a smile on your face.
Remember that as you go about your busy day at work or at home with family, you can always return to your “inner space” that is created for you in the method of relaxation meditation. Meditation that is designed to relax you may often employ the use of soothing music, but it does not have to. The most important thing is that an interior space of silence is consciously created within your mind that you can return to in times of need. This is called, “finding your center”.
When things appear to be falling apart around you, getting crazy or going haywire, you can access your center via the aid of conscious breathing. Becoming aware of your breathing is one of the first steps of relaxation meditation.
With a little effort and a lot of awareness, you can be well on your way to creating calm in the midst of chaos!
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