Finding Inner Peace

Internal peace sometimes eludes many of us. We have busy lives, moving at a fast pace. Some days it feels like we cannot even gather our thoughts in the midst of our obligations.  I am sure you already know that you should take some time to relax, and find moments for yourself. You should definitely do this. Having leisure time is important for a healthy life, as much as good diet and exercise.

But this article aims at those times in which the tide is high, and there is no real time to fully stop… at least no more than for a few minutes. What to do in such circumstances? These are a few simple tested ideas that people use in sports, acting, and even public speaking, to improve both their ease and their performance.

Breathing

Stay with your breathing. Stop paying attention to your thoughts and just focus on your breath. Do not try to control or slow it down, just feel it coming in and out. If you can, become especially aware of the moment when it changes from inspiration to expiration, and vice versa. This will bring a feeling of openness and clarity.

Visualization

Sit for a moment and visualize a white light in your heart. See this light grow with each breath, until you are inside a white light bubble. Now this is the important part: allow your body, your whole body, to dissolve in this white light for just a minute or two. After that allow the white light to recede into your heart. This releases a lot of tension from the body and clears the mind.

Learn to calm down the winds of your mind, and you will enjoy great inner peace ~ Romez Sasson

Self-Awareness

This method is a bit harder but really gives good results. Take a second to find out exactly what you feel in your whole body, as if you were taking an internal mental picture. Now just observe the details of that image without attempting to change it. You are now an observer, just contemplate yourself without any fear or desire and you will see that awareness increases bringing calm and decreasing anxiety.

Meditation

The above mentioned are just a few methods to find some inner peace, but they do not replace meditation, nothing does. You will hear people saying that a certain activity is just like meditation, for example running, martial arts or even knitting, but they are not. There are many deep states of the mind that can only be accessed with a special practice.

Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Many people find it hard to meditate because they have not found the right method for them. There are lots of meditation techniques, and many of those do not include a particular religious orientation and are open to any lifestyle.

Trying to find a suitable approach to start a meditation practice is a very good investment in yourself and will change your life. It is not only about peace, but about establishing a connection with your inner core that may guide your choices, align your feelings, and help you achieve your goals from a place of love and good will. This might seem as an exaggeration, but it is not, and anyone who meditated for a couple of years can tell you so.