Moving Through Kashmir

Hello Humans! I thought that I would write today's post on my new-found love for all things Mediation. Well, I guess it's not really a new-found love, because I have loved Mediation for over two years now. But I have recently found that it brings peace into my everyday busy life. I have been Meditation night and morning for about five minutes each session, for about half a year now. This has made me be able to have a more clear mind and conscience and has bettered my thinking and problem-solving abilities. But there are still times in my day where my inner peace leaves me. Whether that's a remark someone makes or just my emotions get the better of me. So, like any good scientist, I researched and experimented with this problem until I came up with a solution.

My solution stems from part of my yoga practice this past week. The practice I was doing was Yin Yoga, or a Yoga where you hold poses for three to five minutes. Part way through the video, the instructor said, "Don't squirm. Commit to not squirming. Restlessness on the outside just shows restlessness on the inside. Your body does not need to move. Let gravity and your muscles hold you. Trust your body and Mother Earth. But steady your mind." Normally, I am a very squirmy and fidgety person. I am constantly moving something, whether that's my foot or my fingers. But over the past couple of days, I've tried this new-found technique. It was very hard at first, but I quickly found that if I do it in a meditation-like fashion, where I just focus on my breathing and my surroundings, then I can stay very still and find my inner peace very quickly. Today in church, I was able to hold my sitting position for over thirty minutes! That has never happened to me in my life, except when I'm asleep. It was such an amazing experience. It got to the point where I couldn't even feel my physical body, the chair I was sitting in, or my scriptures and phone I was holding. I was just a collection of atoms, with a conciousness, occupying a certain space, surrounded by other atoms. I felt the electron-electron repulsion force that kept me from falling through my chair. I felt the gravity and love of our great Mother Earth, which keeps us from flying off of her. I felt the energy of my Chakras, and the love of those around me. I hope each and everyone of us gets the opportunity to try this type of meditation out sometime, as it is an incredible experience, to literally become one with the universe. I can't wait to keep up this type of meditation in my everyday life this week. Lots of love to you all! Stay wild, flower child.