Last couple of days I am focusing on few relaxation meditations.
Some 15 mins of guided meditation where someone consciously asks us to close our eyes and let go.
We are asked to take deep breaths, focus on one part of the body and allow it to let go and relax.
Eventually your whole body is completely relaxed.
You let go of your past and future worries and completely focus in the present moment.
I cannot tell you how, but once I do this meditation I know in my heart of hearts that everything will be alright with the world.
I get that deep sense of peace which allows me to carry on with the rest of the day without any rush or worries.
I cannot tell you how doing something as simple as closing your eyes and letting go of your tensions for as little as 10 mins can make such an impact on your day.
But I can tell you that it works.
I no longer take too much pressure on myself whenever I miss a work deadline.
Its work after all, it will be done. If not now, maybe sometime later. But I will get to it.
I have better confidence in my abilities now. That self-belief which comes from a calm demeanor. A kind of self control that almost feels like a superpower. For it is a superpower when you can keep calm when everyone around you is panicking.
I have seen first hand the impact of panic on our day to day work.
I have also seen a calm head overcome complicated problems in a matter of minute.
There is also this inner wisdom of analyzing most my critical thoughts as they come.
I think the quality of conversation with myself has improved ever since I started doing this meditation.
I am able to analyze why do I feel what I feel at a particular moment. I am also able to analyze why do I react how I react at a particular situation. By doing so, I am able to provide a better reaction for every action.
There is a conscious effort in giving my best in everything that I do.
It has impacted my work too.
When I do a customer presentation, I feel like I am giving a performance on stage. I am no longer focused on selling my product. I am selling myself. And I am also analyzing myself while doing it.
When I am writing an email, I feel like I am a copywriter who is writing an important copy for his customer. There is a conscious effort to make sure that my words evoke feelings in my readers and make them take an action. I am also analyzing myself while I am doing that.
Sounds weird right. Doing an action and simultaneously analyzing yourself while doing it.
Just like right now. I am writing this blog. I don’t know what it going to come next or how I am going to end this blog. I did not even knew that I am going to write about this experience today. All I can tell you is that I am constantly analyzing my feelings while I am writing these words.
I am asking myself if what I am writing is true?
I am asking myself if what I am writing going to help my reader?
I am asking myself if what I am writing is making me happy/sad/angry/satisfied?
I suggest my dear reader, you should also give this meditation a try.
I use Insight Timer app for this guided meditation. Give 15 mins of your day for this wonderful experience.
Keep doing this everyday else you will forget that feeling. It is like recharging your smartphones, you need to do it everyday.
Let me know how you feel…