21 Habits of Happy People
13. Meditate - “Meditation gives your very active brain a rest. When it’s rested you will have more energy and function at a higher level. Types of meditation include yoga, hypnosis, relaxation tapes, affirmations, visualization or just sitting in complete silence. Find something you enjoy and make the time to practice daily.”
Hamstering is an excellent form of meditation for me, as is doing most manual tasks and riding my bike and long drives. I find in each of these situations that my mind is free and I can allow an emptiness to enter. The feeling is almost euphoric. I have had similar experiences riding a bus or just sitting quietly with a few moments to spare.
I have yet to master the discipline of a controlled and structured meditation. The “sitting on the cushion each morning to face the rising sun in the lotus position” meditation. I don’t know why but movement quiets my mind. Paradoxically movement keeps my mind active. Maybe it is not a paradox. It could quite possibly be balance. I would think the most important reason to meditate today is to find enough calm to balance the crazy in our lives.
So as I go and hamster my way around the gym tomorrow I will enter my meditative state and be happy. Find your happy place and make a date with yourself to go there as often as possible.
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you! All photos by Bianca Pittoors unless noted otherwise.
Bianca Pittoors & Marc Langis are Bianca Basso. Creators of original music, they are distinctive in their contemporary style.
Eric Friesen at Fort Whyte Centre, Manitoba
13. Meditate - “Meditation gives your very active brain a rest. When it’s rested you will have more energy and function at a higher level. Types of meditation include yoga, hypnosis, relaxation tapes, affirmations, visualization or just sitting in complete silence. Find something you enjoy and make the time to practice daily.”
Hamstering is an excellent form of meditation for me, as is doing most manual tasks and riding my bike and long drives. I find in each of these situations that my mind is free and I can allow an emptiness to enter. The feeling is almost euphoric. I have had similar experiences riding a bus or just sitting quietly with a few moments to spare.
I have yet to master the discipline of a controlled and structured meditation. The “sitting on the cushion each morning to face the rising sun in the lotus position” meditation. I don’t know why but movement quiets my mind. Paradoxically movement keeps my mind active. Maybe it is not a paradox. It could quite possibly be balance. I would think the most important reason to meditate today is to find enough calm to balance the crazy in our lives.
So as I go and hamster my way around the gym tomorrow I will enter my meditative state and be happy. Find your happy place and make a date with yourself to go there as often as possible.
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you! All photos by Bianca Pittoors unless noted otherwise.
Bianca Pittoors & Marc Langis are Bianca Basso. Creators of original music, they are distinctive in their contemporary style.
Eric Friesen at Fort Whyte Centre, Manitoba