Hi EvaMaria
E_B_just_trying offers some brilliant advice, choosing what is going to shift the emotion or energy in motion (to be felt as something different). For example, feeling anger in motion through to feeling a sense of peace in motion throughout the body through music and dance. Initially dancing like a maniac through to gradually slowing that movement into a peaceful flow is something I can relate to. Can work the other way too, moving that energy from almost non existent or a 'numb' kind of energy through to a sense of hyperactivity that can be felt. In other words, it can be about getting ourself worked up. From a workout to a work up, it can be about finding whatever works for us as individuals. Each to their own.
With the meditation factor, I've found it's about choosing or creating the type of meditation that's going to work for me. The meditation will depend on what I want to achieve
- If I'm in need of guidance of some type, I'll visualise going through a gateway into my imagination. Once in there, I'll see the environment that leads me to my imagined guide. For example, through a little white picket gate there is a forest with a path running through to a little cottage where my guide/sage lives. I imagine what my guide looks like and I'll sit with them and ask a question I need an answer to. Then I see or hear what comes to mind (in the way of an answer/guidance). I'll then make my way back out and back through the gate while returning to reality
- If I'm needing motivation, I'll sit in meditation and imagine the goal I want or need to achieve. Working backwards from that goal, I'll imagine or see the stepping stones that lead up to it. Yes, easier said than done at times
- If I need to shift my emotions, I might meditate on what it is I'm feeling (what that energy feels like). I then might do a deep dive into why that emotion or those emotions have come into being
Just a few examples of many different forms of meditation. I've found the brilliant thing certain meditation exercises is they rely heavily on imagination. Whether we want to imagine brilliant guidance coming from a wise looking sage-like person, a purple talking rabbit or someone we love who has a history of having been a great guide for us (whether that person is still alive or has passed), there are no limits when it comes to what we can imagine.
While it's easy to sit and imagine or meditate on a whole stack of things , I find structure is key in creating a balance in life. If I haven't structured my life to include household tasks, those tasks become neglected. Just looking at my house, you can see some questionable levels of neglect😁. No one's perfect, hey. A bit of escapism is good for mind, body and soul though. It can be good for quietening the mind, good for calming the nervous system and good for feeling our way through life at times. It's important to feel what a sense of peace feels like occasionally, that's for sure. Btw, if I meditate or 100% focus on what the stresser in me is saying, I'll never relax. If I meditate on what certain highly constructive aspects of myself insist on and I follow through with actions I'll actively experience what is constructive. The action of reading can be highly constructive at times. Can't hurt to find authors who have the ability to lead us to imagine. Leaders or guides come in many different forms.
