Health Tip: Meditation
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Tips, Manifesting, Transformation
Meditation isn’t only for Tibetan monks or spiritual gurus. Meditation is something everyone benefits from. We get so caught up in our busy lives and the busy voices in our head, we often forget or neglect to take time for ourselves to relax. Scientific study shows that calming the mind, soothing the emotions, relaxing the body, literally frees the soul. The mind, body, and environment benefit from daily meditation.
There are many benefits to quieting the mind. On a physical level, meditation helps release stress, reduces anxiety, and improves sleep patterns. It deceases to heart-rate and slows blood flow. It decreases muscle tension and headaches. Helps reduce chronic physical ailments, pre-menstrual symptoms, enhances post-operative healing, and enhances the immune system. It also boosts serotonin levels which influences our moods and behavior.
When you have a particular physical issue, as you begin meditation you can focus on energy being released from the area and infusing it with positive loving energy. This process can be done for yourself and others you want to help in their healing process. You can use affirmation such as “My body is healthy and strong,” “I have healed my physical body,” “My immune system is healthy.”
Meditation stimulates creativity and insight into solving problems. By setting the intention prior to meditation on providing new insight into resolving a specific problem, new information or alternative approaches to resolving it will come to light. It helps with the way we approach other people or enhances our approach to our work. You can add affirmations before your during your meditation such as “I easily resolve this problem,” or “I easily work with __________.”
Many people have learned the benefits of quieting the mind when used before a big meeting, sales presentation, interview, or audition. It provides focus and sets the intention of the desired result. Meditation is a powerful and simple way to improve the results in your life. Before an event you can slow your breathing and focus on the result you want by using affirmations such as “I present a powerful meeting,” “I confidently present my product/service and people purchase this from me,” “I perform beautifully,” or “I get the part.”
The focus of meditation is to slow down the breathing and the brain activity. By quieting the mind, closing the eyes, and removing distractions, we reduce stimulation that distracts us from getting the results we really want.
To experience the power of meditation:
– Click on the BlogTalk radio button on the right of the blog to hear past New Moon events
– Join us for a live version of New Moon Manifesting (see the Schedule for the next event) held each month around the New Moon
– Purchase my NEW meditation CD – it’s around $8 including shipping to US destinations! Simply click on the CD widget on the right of this blog. The CD contains four different meditations.
Improve your mind, body, and soul by incorporating the power of meditation into your daily routine. You’ll be amazed at how much more productive and peaceful you will be.
Tags: benefits, calming, free the soul, Manifesting, meditation, peace
New Moon in Leo 2010
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Manifesting
This is your time to shine and remember your purpose! What do you really want? How do you want to be? As we move into the new moon, on August 9, 2010 at 11:08pm ET, it’s time to set or renew your intentions.
During to this lunar cycle, pay attention to pressure points. You may feel like you’re on the brink of breaking, but this pressure is helping you “break through” patterns. Use meditation, breathing, or visualization exercises each day to “breath out the old” and “breath in the new.” This process may bring stuff up, but at least the energy is moving.
The New Moon in the Sun sign of Leo reminds us to be creative. Be playful with the process – like a child; see the world with a renewed sense of awe, simplicity, and joyfulness. Set beautiful intentions for yourself and let go of your attachments to the outcome.
Join us for a FREE conference call Monday, August 9, 2010 at 8pm EST (5pm PT) 641.715.3200 access code 867778#. During the live call you’ll receive inspiration for the upcoming new moon, time to share your intentions, and a guided imagery meditation to invoke your subconscious into the mix. Group meditation is a powerful way to amplify your intentions.
Have a beautiful and blessed New Moon! And manifest miracles!
Tags: free conference call, intentions, Manifesting, meditation, new moon, playful, Transformation
Solstice!
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Tips, Manifesting, Transformation
We spent a wonderful evening by the Truckee River in celebration of the Summer Solstice. The evening was graced by the beautiful voice of Emily Tessmer who sang and led us through a series of chants. Participants infused their intentions into roses, daisies, pinecones that were laid on an altar to be purified the group’s energy. Water was collected from the Truckee River and passed around the group to bless, heal, and honor the earth’s water supply.
We finished up the evening with a group meditation and Oneness Blessing given by Alaina Reichwald and Emily Tessmer. Once the blessings were complete we removed our items from the altar and released them and the blessed water into the Truckee River. Thank you to all who joined us in making this an extraordinary night!
Experience the summer solstice in Truckee, CA next year by joining us for a 3-day Solstice Retreat filled with sacred ceremonies and information to facilitate healing the physical and emotional bodies. We invite you to join us for this life-changing event.
Tags: alaina reichwald, blessings, emily tessmer, healing, meditation, oneness blessing, solstice, Solstice retreat, truckee
T-Zone Week 3
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Manifesting
Tonight, June 2, 2010 at 7pm PST (9pm Central) we will be holding our third teen class/meditation (adults are welcome to join us also). To participate call into the conference line at 805.360.1000 access code 403871#. During the call you’ll want to be in a place that is quiet especially during the meditation so you can relax and let go.
There are many benefits to meditating for 5-10 minutes everyday. It’s a great way to calm yourself down, reduce anxiety (especially during finals), and more easily access information. We see in pictures so to achieve your goals you have to see yourself doing/achieving it. Meditation is a great way to visualize yourself getting what you want; whether it winning a race or game, getting a particular grade, or getting a new job, when you visualize is during meditation it projects that image into the cosmos that this is the goal and I want your help in reaching it.
Join us tonight for information about manifesting and a guided imagery meditation to help get you there.
Tags: emotions, Manifesting, meditation, teen meditation goals
T-Zone Week 2
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Manifesting, Transformation
Our teen meditation last week was a huge success. Thank you to all the kids who participated! And especially the one who said, “What it’s over already?”
We’re gearing up for class 2 which begins tonight, Wednesday May 26, 2010 at 7pm PST (9pm Central). You can join us by calling into the conference line at 805.360.1000 access code 403871#. For more information or to register go to www.JanaGroscost.com. Parents are invited to join us also!
Tags: goals, kids meditation, meditation, metaphysics, success
The Zone
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Tips, Manifesting, Transformation
Have you ever felt that place where your efforts were effortless? A place where the mind wanders and time seems to disappear. People often call this space The Zone; and it’s available to anyone at anytime. But for many tapping into it can be difficult because of the left brain’s endless chatter, lists, and desire to control, which trips us up and inhibits the right brain from simply flowing.
I’ve experience the zone in many different ways such as long distance running, hiking, biking, driving, and writing. It takes practice to learn to relax the left brain’s desire for control, but once that’s stopped, the right brain take over and everything flows effortlessly.
One way to reach the zone is through meditation. The intention during meditation is to quiet the mind and listen to the creative possibilities that get drowned out by the left brain trying to calculate, analyze and figure out every move. During meditation the brain waves are slowed down to a theta brainwave state, which is the place the brain reaches right before we fall asleep. By learning to consciously access the Theta Zone, we train our brain to reach that state more easily in everything we do.
Some of the ways The Theta Zone can be used include:
~ relieving stress, anxiety, and tension
~ receiving solutions or insight into resolving problems
~ relaxing the body
~ slowing down the heart rate and reducing blood pressure
~ releasing and resolving emotional distress
With all the stresses placed on us as adults, everyone would greatly benefit from daily meditation. But I’ve also learned the benefits from working with younger people. As a mother of two teenage daughters, I’ve taught them to use meditation before ballgames, tests, and other times they feel stressed. As a result they claim to have less testing anxiety, less reactive to situations, and overall feel more peaceful. I’ve even had several of my kids friends ask to join our meditations.
What a great tool to use during the many transitions kids face while growing up! I wish I had a clue about meditation when I was a teenager. But I can offer it today to anyone interested in joining us. We will be holding meditation for the next four Wednesdays, May 19th, 26th, June 2nd, 9th, at 7pm PST (8pm MST, 9pm Central) to help with testing anxiety, sports visualization, improving focus and concentration, relaxation, and emotional distress.
During the next four weeks this FREE meditation service will be available by calling 805.360.1000 access code 403871#. The live call will last about 30-40 minutes. Please let anyone you know who needs a little stress release to join us! What a perfect way to finish up the school year and prepare for finals. And, parents, you too are invited to join us!
You can also register at www.JanaGroscost.com/events and we’ll send you a reminder email a couple of days prior to the next meditation and let you know of other upcoming kids events.
Tags: brain waves, goals, Manifesting, meditation, testing anxiety, the zone, theta
Transformation – A Rocky Start
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Transformation
As I step on the scale I have on seen this weight twice in my life – when I was pregnant with my two kids. As a fitness instructor during my 20’s, I thought I would easily maintain my weight throughout my life because I like to exercise and I’ve always led an active life. Now that I’m in my 40’s there is so much more going on physically, emotionally, and mentally. So finding the right combination in balancing these components plays a key role in success.
Exposing my goal in this way makes me feel vulnerable. Will anything change? Will I actually reach it this time? What if I fail? I’ve worked on this for over a year and the results are the same. It would be safer to set the goal, work towards it and then tell my success story after I’ve reached it. But I’ve learned the journey is the most important part of any transformation. So why do I feel this time things will be different? I’m not sure. Perhaps hope? We’ve all been told that accountability is an important part of reaching any goal. Perhaps putting my goal out there in a big way will help me reach it.
Even with my best intentions the process got off to a rocky start. I woke up with a sore throat on Sunday. My workouts for the past three days didn’t happen. Although I’m a bit frustrated, in the past I would have believed that forces were working against me reaching my goal. I could have thought, “Great, I’ve created a blog for this, and I’m doomed from the beginning.” But it gave me some time to think about the process differently.
I know I need to take a different approach than my old thought process of just eating better and exercising more. Einstein says, “Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.” So during my down time I’ve been asking myself, “What needs to be different to make the changes I want?”
Over the years I’ve learned there is one thing I can control – my thoughts and feelings. Do you realize that over 80 percent of our thoughts are unconscious? Yesterday I received a clue towards the solution. I was telling someone about this journey and she mentioned a program that Abraham Hicks offers called “Think and Get Slim.” So I looked at their website and watched a 9 minute video clip about the process, if you’re interested check it out at www.AbrahamHicks.com.
Esther talks about our thoughts and actions being upstream and downstream, and a metaphor of a reservoir being the energy and motivation used to inspire. If you think about it, moving upstream is swimming against the current; resisting the natural flow. And moving downstream is going with the flow. We cannot maintain moving upstream at all times. It is exhausting.
So I was thinking about any resistance I may have towards food or dropping weight and I remember hearing an interview a couple of weeks ago with tennis star Monica Seles. She has a book out talking about her lifelong challenge with her weight. She said, “My toughest opponent has been food.” According to the dictionary an opponent is an adversary. In an adversary relationship with food you’re swimming upstream in resistance. We have to eat! So during my meditations I will remove any thoughts or feelings that food is “bad” and replace it with creating a partnership with food.
Esther also talks about being vibrationally aligned with your goal. If I’m resitant to food or whatever the issue is, I create a vibrational tug-of-war between what I want and the end result. So, as I remove resistance, my energy shifts and the process of releasing weight becomes easier because everything begins to align to support the goal. The results will happen once the energy is balanced.
Tags: goals, meditation, Transformation, weight loss
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To prepare for the manifesting, write down a list of goals or intentions you want to attract or issues you want to release during the lunar cycle. After the cycle is over, review your old list crossing off goals achieved and file it, then begin a new list for the new cycle. To maintain balance in your life, look at goals on several different levels including financial, spiritual, mental, emotional, and physically.