It’s been a long time in the thinking but here it is, talks about meditation, yoga and other stuff.
Yes, it’s my secret garden and I have been meditating for years. I was fortunate to have practiced yoga with 
Meditation Fad.
Meditation is big nowadays. Everyone talks about it and many have questions. The most common question is: “what is meditation?”. Simple, at its basic, it’s concentrating in silence on one thing or nothing at all. Everyone mediates. For instance, when you find yourself in a quiet place and think about a problem or about life in general, voila, you are meditating. It’s the act of calming down your mind and body so that you can either think better or cease most thoughts, or all thoughts.
How to meditate.
The next question I always here is: “How do I meditate?”. that question is interesting and I hear not only from spiritual people but business people. This is a good thing because meditation in business is a great ally. For instance, when it comes time to develop your business plan, you should take time to meditate. When running into problems at work, wondering how to handle a difficult co-worker, a troublesome boss or facing a tough situation in general, meditation helps.
Meditation is not only for spiritual, it is a powerful tool to calm down your thoughts and body to allocate more energy to think things through.
Now how to meditate. First of all it takes a little patience, some silence and a little discipline. In our modern society, those three things are getting hard to achieve. Loud motocylces proudly sounding off their goofy put puts, cars screeching, stereos blaring, loud neighbors, it’s hard to find some quiet. Make it. Find a quiet place in your home, preferably not your bedroom. I like going to the beach. It gets me in touch with nature, the sound of the gentle waves lull me and the wind vivifies my senses. But I also know how to turn off the sensations. Go to a park in a rather quiet spot. Use Bose’s noise canceling headset, ear plugs, whatever cuts down on noise. Pretty soon, you will develop a capacity to negate noise around you.
Most people are either visual/auditive or thinkers. For visual people, starring at one point, roughly three feet in front of you can help bring about a meditative state. For auditive people, listening to waterfalls or the sea is great. For thinkers, try starring into a candle, also three feet away, and as usual, use common sense. Make sure the candle is secured in a bowl where it cannot catch anything on fire.
Calming the mind.
Your thoughts are not yours. Yes, seriously. They pop up but they are only a product of your imagination. Observe your thoughts as if you were your own observer. Look at them as what they are, just thoughts. Let them go and return to your observation. After all, who is in charge? You or your thoughts?
It takes time to find peace in meditation but it is well worth the work. Learn to meditate at least 15 minutes a day. You will bring a feeling of peace and serenity with you all day long. You will be more poised. You will have greater insight as to who you truly are. You will have greater self control over yourself and thoughts. Mostly, you will have found a way to think calmly and rationally. The more you take time to meditate, the more centered you become, the more you can think coherently about anything.
Michelle Singletary