Meditation is the practice of concentrated focus upon a sound, object, visualization, the breath, in order to increase awareness of the present moment. It reduces stress, promotes relaxation and enhances personal and spiritual growth.
Taking responsibility for your well-being is part of living. Explore your inner landscape to find your calmness and peace. In that place of calmness you can meet your soul. Your soul will nourish you and you can learn to receive guidance on your life from your soul.
Love, Alison Wem
Finding January a challenging month? Or perhaps there is something else in your life which is spoiling your calmness and well-being, giving you worry and anxiety.
Each of us runs our own lives and we can seek out ways of improving our well-being. This is not about expensive classes or time consuming activities. Music and singing can be listened to, or joined in with, as we travel to work or do domestic tasks.
Deva Premal and Miten give us an overview of what is possible and how it helped them.
For many years there has been a debate on the health benefits of mindfulness meditation. My unscientific observation of students would indicate that those who regularly meditated seemed to have greater mental and physical health. Was I just being hopeful?
Early studies into the benefits of mindful meditation were inconclusive but there have now been more extensive studies undertaken. Jill Suttie has written a very informative article on the outcome of those studies. It is well worth the read.
Thank you @JillStuttie
A kitchen is often the centre of a home. For women, typically it is a place of work where they prepare meals, do the ironing, help children with their homework or do other domestic chores. For me I also write my blog sitting at the kitchen table. It is not a room I would think to relax in.
All of that has changed since I found Onitani at the London Mind, Body, Spirit exhibition earlier in the year. They gave a live demo of their healing music and I felt compelled to buy their CD. Now at the end of the working day I put their music on in the kitchen when I prepare dinner. It changes my work room into one for relaxation. My sometimes tired or hassled brain relaxes and then my body loses its tension. It makes me a better dinner companion. Music can definitely change your mood and make you feel more relaxed.
Thank you Bettina and Tino Mosca-Schütz.
Bettina and Tino are from Switzerland. They met in 2001 when they both joined a choir as singer and the conductor. They both have a love of music. Since 2011 they have worked together as ONITANI, the moving soul music created in the moment which touches the hearts of their hearers. Bettina sings in the language of the soul, Tino creates the musical dimension with synthesizers and earth tone flutes.
Here is an example of their music
For more information and CDs go to their website. It is in German but can be translated using bing or google translators. www.onitani.com
“‘Falling in love’ is an interesting term. We could say ‘strolling into love’ or ‘mentally preparing for love’ but we use the term ‘falling.’ It’s almost like it’s we’re throwing ourselves off a cliff and falling without any hope of parachute or sense that we may get wounded along the way. It’s simply opening ourselves up to the experience and hoping the other person is also falling beside us.”
— Lodro Rinzler, author of the new book “Love Hurts” and co-founder of MNDFL meditation studio.
