Many people struggle with finding time to fit everything into their busy schedules. We often neglect our health and well-being in favor of completing tasks. We don’t exercise. We don’t eat right. We don’t even relax. We think that we just don’t have the time to take pause in the midst of so much activity. Meditative activities are so important to weave into our lives that I wanted to provide an even easier way to incorporate it.
Meditation doesn't take long hours of classes or workshops to learn how to do. It is a practice which means the more you do it the better you will become and the more benefits you can reap from it. To meditate, all you have to know how to do is to breathe, relax and think. Meditation is continuous and profound concentration on a single subject. It is to give something your complete, undivided attention. You don't need a quiet room or a special place to perform meditation. You don't need to be a student of Eastern Philosophy. You don't need to have a half hour of time devoted to it. You simply need to breathe, relax and think.
With breathe, relax and think as your criteria in mind, what activities do you enjoy that will allow you to incorporate these three elements? Almost anything! That is the great thing about meditation. There is no specified time or place. This means you can do it at work. You can do it at home. You can do it in the gym. It doesn't matter. Any time, any place and in any way you choose, you can breathe, relax and think.
Breathing is important because it is your life force. It is the way oxygen enters your body to be used by your blood cells for energy. When your blood cells don't have enough oxygen, they move sluggishly. If your cells are sluggish, they are slow to bring food to the many different areas of your body. If your body doesn't have enough nutrition, it can't work properly. The end result is that you feel fatigued, stressed, sick and often can't think straight. How many times have you felt that you can't concentrate until you get some food into your stomach? You have to breathe.
Relaxing involves allowing your body to calm itself down. It puts your mind, body and spirit at rest. Relaxing removes stress and allows your muscles to repair themselves. In this day and age, with so much hustle and bustle, we hardly ever give ourselves the permission to rest. Even after a grueling exercise regimen, experts suggest that you take off one day for every three to five to allow yourself time to recuperate. We stretch and tear our muscles during activity. This is why so many people are suffering from Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS). We never take the time to just sit and relax. So relax and let your mind, body and spirit heal itself.
Thinking invites clarity and focus. We can solve problems, make decisions and hear what our bodies are telling us. We can concentrate on specific issues that may be plaguing us in the form of worries. That dedicated time yields resolutions because you are relaxed. Your mind is quieted from all other noise and distraction. Your complete attention is devoted to the problem at hand. You can be more creative and inspired to determine a solution.
Meditation does not have to be difficult. It does not have to be an intensive task. You can do it in as little as five minutes. Its purpose is to bring clarity, improve health and achieve balance. To this end, you should find it much easier to incorporate meditation into your life. Simply breathe, relax and think.
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Niquenya D. Fulbright is a Chicago area executive life coach, motivational speaker and corporate trainer with over 10 years experience specializing in inspiring motivating small business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, groups and individuals in a career or life transition to use their innate abilities to master their goals and achieve successes beyond their wildest dreams. Niquenya wants to partner with you in building a bridge between your dreams and ultimate reality.
For more information or to schedule a complimentary coaching session, visit www.niquenyafulbright.com send inquiry to contactme@niquenyafulbright.com or call 773-368-3575. All coaching sessions are performed via telephone.
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Niquenya D. Fulbright
(Visit Niquenya's Website)
Niquenya D. Fulbright is an executive life
coach, motivational speaker and corporate
trainer with over 10 years experience
specializing in inspiring business owners,
entrepreneurs, executives, groups and
individuals in a career or life transition
to use their innate abilities to master
their goals and achieve successes beyond
their wildest dreams. She uses the
teachings from the Bible, the laws of
attraction and the theories of
client-centered therapy to partner with
her clients in completing goals. Niquenya
is a mother of two and currently resides
in Chicago, IL. An avid volunteer, she
gives her time to the Tax Assistance
Program, the Center for Conflict
Resolution, The Executive Service Corps of
Chicago and New Life Coach Inc. In her
leisure, she loves to cook ethnic foods,
write poetry, read and attend a variety of
culturally enlightening events.
Niquenya wants to partner with you in
building a bridge between your dreams and
ultimate reality. For more information or
to schedule a complimentary coaching
session, visit
www.niquenyafulbright.com, send
inquiry to contactme@niquenyafulbright.com or
call 773-368-3575. All coaching sessions
are performed via telephone.
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