meditating daily
cultivating peace
elevating vibes
i love meditating and helping others experience the benefits of meditation through yoga nidra.
Yoga Nidra is a totally effortless, fully guided meditation that methodically induces deep relaxation to alleviate physical, emotional, and mental tensions.
Meditation is the practice of directing your attention to a single point of focus.
By doing so, sensory awareness is withdrawn from external stimuli, and awareness becomes internally concentrated. This single-pointed focus is established by concentrating on your breath, your body, your thoughts, or worldly phenomena. Once your attention is fully absorbed in this single point of awareness and you reach a meditative state, a sense of peace, calm, and tranquility often arises.
Meditation is not the ability to clear the mind of thoughts, nor is it the attempt to control your thoughts.
The goal of meditation is to be continuously aware of where your attention is placed and intentionally return it to your object of meditation (over and over, again). It is natural for the mind to wander, as our monkey minds are often lost in thoughts, perpetually planning, remembering, analyzing, and reflecting on life.
With a daily meditation practice, your sense of awareness and concentration will strengthen, it will become easier to cultivate a meditative state, and more benefits will be experienced.
A disciplined mind is a powerful mind!
what is dhyana?
Dhyana is a Sanskrit word translated as meditating, absorption, or union. All classical yoga texts originated in Sanskrit, which is an official language of India. Dhyana is also the seventh stage of the yogic path.
The yogic path is built on the foundations of the first two stages: the yamas and niyamas, which guide us in our personal values and universal morals.
The third and fourth stages are asana and pranayama, meaning body and breath, which are fundamental to every meditation practice.
The process of withdrawing senses is called pratyahara, the fifth step, and concentration, or dharana, is the sixth step. The eighth and final step of the yogic path is Samadhi, a blissful union with consciousness that one may describe as enlightenment or nirvana.
I experience dhyana as a dreamy bliss when I achieve present-moment awareness, transcending thoughts, feelings, and senses. It is a heart-warming and soul-felt embodiment with universal energy and consciousness.
My daily meditation practice has anchored this blissful state into my daily life, bringing an abundance of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual benefits.
how I discovered the power of daily meditation
My meditation journey began in 2015 with a mindfulness meditation workshop. Meditation didn’t come naturally to me, but a small voice within motivated me to continue practicing.
In 2017, I decided to test the impact of my meditation practice, recording my daily efforts and corresponding moods over four weeks. Each day, I rated my mood for individual emotions and traits, such as calmness, happiness, and strength. These acted as levers to measure the impact of my meditation practice on my wellbeing. Each day, I recorded my practice (or lack of) and rated my moods on a scale from 1 (unsatisfied) to 7 (satisfied). The results were so positively impactful that I gained a new dedication to meditating regularly.
In 2019, my mother left this earthly realm. I turned to meditation to cope with my grief and set the intention to meditate daily for thirty consecutive days. Instead, I meditated for more than seventy days.
Now, daily meditation is a part of my lifestyle, not just a task on my to-do list. With daily dhyana, I feel more peaceful, more confident, and more aligned with my authentic self and personal path. Every day, I look forward to taking my sacred solitude, knowing each day I complete my practice, I prioritize my wellbeing and personal commitment to live as my best self.
why meditate?
Meditation is a state of being, a ritual, an art. It’s a balance of concentration and surrender. It’s the unification of mind-body-soul awareness. I enjoy exploring various techniques and philosophies of meditation, and primarily spend my time practicing Kundalini Kriya Yoga, Buddhist Meditation, and Yoga Nidra.
Studies have shown that a consistent meditation practice can help to:
• Improve sleep
• Improve memory
• Improve airflow to lungs
• Improve focus + concentration
• Increase creativity
• Increase alpha waves
• Increase energy levels
• Increase mindfulness + awareness
• Increase ability to regulate behavior
• Decrease levels of cortisol (stress hormone)
• Decrease pain + pain perception
• Decrease heart + respiration rate
• Decrease blood pressure
• Reduce anxiety + depression
• Slow the aging process