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To Ground: Close your eyes and take three large cleansing breaths. With each inhalation, imagine (yes imagine) good, pure, clean air/energy going into your lungs, and with each exhalation, imagine all the impure energies, thoughts, etc. going out into the air. Keep your eyes closed (It is also best to either sit straight up with your feet on the floor, or lay flat on your bed while doing this, you will probably feel quite lightheaded for the first few times). Imagine your feet becoming the roots of a tree, and feel your roots going deep into the Earth. Feel the center of the Earth, and feel like you are grounded so deep that no wind, no force can knock you over. Imagine that all of the negative energy, thoughts, emotions, etc. are flowing from your head all the way down through your legs and into the ground. Imagine the Earth cleaning the energy and putting it back into the world. Once you have done this for about 10-15 minutes or so, you are ready for the next technique: Centering.
To Center (your energy): After you have cleansed your body of the negative impurities, imagine that your head is sprouting branches and that the leaves are reaching to the highest points of the brightest sun imaginable. Absorb that energy through your branches and leaves and direct it through your body to your midsection, just above your heart. Imagine that it becomes a ball of light that gets bigger and bigger with every cleansing breath that you take. Once it gets so bright that you can no longer look at it with your mind's eye, take both hands and put them over your heart. Push the energy that you see within yourself. Recede your branches and roots, and then open your eyes. You have just learned how to ground and center. This should be done at least once every two days for at least twenty minutes.
Originally posted by Dredge
Ok,
Well I did attempt the meditation last night, but I don't think it went very well for me lol.
TS, I tried the techniques you posted and they did help me focus (though I did not do them long enough I think). I will be using those in the future, but I will need to practice at it. I was sitting and relaxing and just could not focus my mind. It was like every thought I could have, I did. So after about 15 minutes of trying to clear my mind (at one point I pictured a whole warehouse of chalkboards and was wiping them clean all at once lol) I was able to get to a comfortable place and kind of zone out.
Once I was there I was ok and focused on positive thoughts and ideas. I did get very tired though and after a little while started to actually fall asleep.
Anyways, any more tips anyone has will be greatly appreciated
- Dredge