Meditations

How wonderful to sit within one's own stillness, breathing deeply, peacefully and to be filled with the spiritual Juice, the inner guidance and direction from one's deepest and purest essence. I believe that to be one of the most profound experiences of human existence. It's like going into a transcendent and joyous state of hyper-innerspace. And, the wonderful thing about meditation is that anyone can do it, it will make you feel fabulous, and it's free!
Taken from 'Lifeforce yoga.com'

Meditation can help you develop more calmness and tranquility, reduce stress, and live more meaningfully.

Self-examination is vital to the evolutionary path of love.  Only in an atmosphere of complete honesty can unconscious psychic impediments to our growth be cleared away.
  The author, Lao-tzu, declares: "Knowing others leads to Wisdom; knowing the self leads to Enlightenment.  Mastering others requires force; mastering the self calls for inner strength."

1. A simple procedure for self-examination is to sit comfortably in front of a mirror, close your eyes and empty your mind of all thoughts.  Then gradually enter into bond with your mirror image, gently relaxing your face while maintaining conscious control of breathing.  If you notice negative qualities in your reflection, make a careful adjustment of attitude and emotion, using the breath to stabilize the psyche.  Imagine that you are replacing a negative quality with a positive one, and try to feel the 'new you' as real and lasting.  Then gradually close your eyes and concentrate on assimilating the experience, imagining it as pervading your whole being.
    

2. The essence of meditation is using the mind to know the self.  External objects can help in meditation, but should not be relied upon exclusively.  a lit candle can, for example, be a helpful aid to self-examination.  Study the flame and focus all thought upon it.  Then compare qualities in yourself with the bright dancing candlelight.  Imagine that the flames are burning away all the impurities in your psyche.  Then mentally center an image of the candle flame between your eyes and keep it burning in your mind.  Bathe your whole being with this inner light of the mind and use it as a focus for self-examination.
    

3. The ancient Indian Sufis, a religious group, practiced the whirling meditation. Whirl with open eyes, just like small children go on twirling, as if your inner being has become a center and your whole body has become a wheel, moving, a potter's wheel, moving. You are in the center, but the whole body is moving. It is recommended no food or drink be taken for three hours before whirling and ware bare feet and loose clothing. Start with your hands crossed onto your shoulders and remember that you can always return your hands to this position if you ever feel dizzy. Use your foot as a grounding to center your body so you don't fall. when you do finely fall let it be, don't force it, then lye with belly facing the earth and be quiet and inactive as possible. If your body is soft you will land softly and the earth will absorb your energy.
    
4. meditation with your children by Yanni Maniates
    

5. Meditation guide -tantramag.com
    

6. Benefits of Meditations - tantramag.com
    

7. Types of Meditations - tantramag.com
    

8. Obstacles in Meditation - tantramag.com
    

9. Mother Earth healing meditation
    

10. Meditating With Children by Louise Frechette 
     

11. Meditating with your children by Yanni Maniates
     

12. To Relax an Over Exhausted Child to Sleep
     

13. My chakra poster  for printing.  Study first about the chakras, energy points in our body.  Do a chakra meditation.   After have each child colour the chakra's in, to the spectrum of a rainbow, starting at the root chakra as red... beside each chakra have the children write a bit about each chakra.  Draw the yantra's corresponding to each chakra.  If  you or the children wish draw their own designs and symbols for each chakra, feel the pulse of symbols on each chakra.  It is fascinating becoming acquainted with the chakras.