Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Meditation With Mindful Harp Music

By Richard Howard


It can be played on compact disc or if more fortunate listened to at a live concert. Mindful harp music is absolutely awesome when wanting to unwind and sounds like running river water flowing down a river of pebbles. This is an image that can be brought to mind whilst relaxing and wanting to completely unwind.

The mind can have millions of thoughts running through it from images to plenty of other thoughts that come in and out of it. It is time to quieten it down with a meaningful exercise that one can practice every day of the week and month. It allows the practitioner time to unwind and just be whilst practicing an art that has been around for centuries.

By giving oneself half an hour of the day to focus on oneself, it is a time that can be used to bring the body back into a state of rest. To do this one must make sure there is not distractions and this means cellular phones turned off and ensuring that one will not be disturbed at all. It is best to lay down on one's back and get as comfortable as possible whilst doing this exercise.

Whilst laying down and listening to the harp in the background, breathe in slowly and exhale slowly making sure that the breathes are deep and rhythmic. Focus on this for some time whilst monitoring what the rest of the body is doing with attention to stress that one feels throughout the body. When one is in a deeper state of consciousness, focus on what is happening in the mind and just look at it as a third person as if watching a television show of someone else.

After a while one's mind will wander and this is the time to try to picture an object with white light in the background. This may seem difficult to do at first as the image may wander and be replaced with other thoughts and images. Not to worry though, allow it to drift but slowly try to bring it back into focus whilst being careful not to push it into place.

It is best to allow the mind to wander and then try picturing something and keeping it in the mind's eye. This may seem difficult to do at first as the picture may be replaced by another image or thought. It is advisable to keep trying to return to the picture that one is imagining but not to fight for it to stay there.

It is something that one should work into one's regimen for the week as many go through life often not allowing themselves to tone down and just be. Try keeping still throughout the entire exercise and if this is hard to do, just concentrate on the playing. This will divert one's focus to a different focal point whilst allowing the body to relax.

Doing meaningful exercises such as this goes a long way in improving the way one feels about oneself. The harp is a great instrument and its music divine. There is no better place to start relaxing than with it.




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