We often tell ourselves we don’t have time to Meditate even if we’ve been a Meditator for a while, even when we know how much it matters and how much better we feel when we do it. As someone with ADHD, I have had to make my Meditation practice as important as cleaning my teeth. I have to do it within the first 30mins of me waking or it can be game over as momentum takes a hold and I get swept up in the, “I’ll just do this…” side quests.
It’s not that most of us don’t have the time, it’s that we forget to prioritise our Peace, yet that Peace we are cultivating in our Mediation practice is what carries us through challenging days. It gives us a good foundation to start the day from, or to end the day with.
Prioritising your Peace = Small, consistent return to Self.
Here’s some good, science backed reasons to keep coming back to your practice again and again, or to give Meditation a try if you haven’t already.
Meditation reduces stress at a nervous system level by activating the parasympathetic nervous system (rest + digest ), helping the body come out of chronic stress mode. The relaxation that Meditation provides is not a luxury but regulation as a necessity. Studies show regular meditation can lower the “stress hormone” cortisol.
Meditation changes how the brain responds to thoughts. You don’t have to try to stop thoughts, but practice helps you to stop getting lost in them. Research shows Meditation reduces activity in the default mode network (DMN). This is the part of the brain linked to:
- Self-referential loops
- Overthinking
- Rumination
Meditation builds emotional resilience (not emotional avoidance). You still feel the whole range of human emotions, yet with practice you become less overwhelmed by what you feel. Meditation strengthens areas like the prefrontal cortex, helping you:
- Respond instead of react
- Stay present with your emotions
Meditation creates space between stimulus and response. This is both scientific and experiential. It increases your response flexibility, which is the ability to pause before reacting. What this looks like in real life is that when someone says something triggering, instead of immediate reaction there is a space, and in that space there’s more clarity, more stability and more choice of how you respond.
These are just a few of the benefits of prioritising your Peace through Meditation. Whatever time of day you choose to sit and close your eyes, you are giving your nervous system the opportunity to make some space, to release built up inner tension, which over time becomes very noticeable in your outer expression.
If, for whatever reason, you don’t get to your prioritised eyes closed practice and the day is slipping away, you can always do the eyes open Heart Words Meditation practice, by simply pausing, placing your hand on your Heart and from a place of deep listening, asking your Heart for a supportive word in the moment.
Remember… Prioritising your Peace = Small, consistent return to Self.
My Heart Word for this month is Simplicity. When I come back to it, it acts like an anchor into the present moment and a reminder to not overthink and make life complicated.
In next weeks blog we’ll be looking at the effects of Heart Words Meditation on our actual Heart and our relationships, so please do subscribe below to receive it directly in your inbox and join me on zoom Sunday nights to have a direct experience of the benefits and get clarity on how to Meditate with more Joy and more Ease.
Meditation Cafe
Join us tonight 8pm (UK) for Meditation Cafe as we experience the benefits of Heart Words Meditation and explore, through self enquiry, what stops us from prioritising our Peace.
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pu3a0fw_SWqLNXOU683EVg
Registration link & recordings can also accessed through these groups:
Telegram – Silence Revolution Group
Whats App – Raye White Community Group
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