A Day to Remember

When I talk about reflective meditation often people think it is simply looking back and remembering, but in reflective meditation it is about remembering and changing our emotions to be a more positive experience and when we are reflecting on something positive we are helping to solidify the feeling so that we can hold on to it.

Where you see the word PAUSE think about or just relax with the idea for 2 to 3 minutes

In this meditation I want you to reflect on just today.

Get in a comfortable position.
Breathe in and out: deeply and slowly with pauses between in and out.
PAUSE
You are just waking up:

What do you feel?
What are your emotions?

PAUSE
Think about how these initial feeling effected your day.

PAUSE
As you remember moving through the day was there anything positive or negative that happened?

If you had an emotional response that was not as positive as you had hoped it would be, in what ways did that emotion cause you to change your perspective or your reaction so that it could be more positive?

PAUSE
Can you now think of how that initial feeling has caused you to change.

PAUSE
Can you look at the situation from a new perspective?

PAUSE

Now go to a perfect place in your mind: The ocean, camping, the woods, a river, pond or lake

As you are sitting feel your body calm and mind quiet

Focus on just breathing in and out

PAUSE
As you are breathing you are feeling more peaceful and more at ease

All the stress and tension is melting away from you

PAUSE
You continue to breathe slowly and deeply.

In and out

and just sit peacefully for a while
PAUSE
PAUSE
PAUSE
PAUSE

When you are ready slowly come back

Open your eyes

wiggle your fingers

move your toes

move your feet

move your hands

now your legs and arms

and when you are fully alert again

go back to that emotion you had earlier today

How has it changed?
PAUSE

What are you feeling?

PAUSE

Do you feel more positive about it?

Are you more able to see why it was or was not the right course of action?

PAUSE

Now breathe in slowly and deeply and release and once comfortable

Remember that you are an amazing person!
You are human!
And you are trying to affect positive change in your world and thereby effecting the Great World positively!

Namaste!