Less Stress More Calm

What Everybody Ought To Know About Meditation

It’s my life

It’s now or never

I ain’t gonna live forever

Bon Jovi

I’ve been meditating and looking for high-quality resources for years. Meditation is an incredible tool to help you slow down and understand your mind, life, decrease stress and increase calmness. There are many fantastic meditation resources including books, iPod download, CDs and others. Here are a few of my favorites to get you started. 

Reading about meditation and mindfulness teachers can help set the foundation for a life long love of calmness, peace and relaxing meditation.

Pema Chodron is one my favorite authors. She has many excellent short books and can also be found on iTunes.

The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness

Matthieu Ricard brilliantly combines science with spirit, and smoothly blends the east and west philosophies. 

Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

John Kehoe has some of the finest books on life changing principals.

Mind Power into the 21st Century: Techniques to Harness the Astounding Powers of Thought

There are plenty of CD’s or downloads you can use. Here a couple of gems.

Gael Chiarella is loaded on my IPod and I listen to a 20 minute AM or PM mediation session almost every day.

AM/PM Yoga Meditations

Meditainment is an excellent on line resource that takes feedback from subscribers to make your meditation experience the best it can be. Meditainment is available on CD, DVD and download.

www.meditainment.com

Enjoy!

Discover the 3 Crucial Elements That Guarantee Happiness

The results are in. After years of research, involving countless books, reading all the experts opinions, and doing my own pondering, here are 3 crucial elements of happiness.

You are happy with yourself.

I've read in countless books that self-esteem is a huge trait that seriously affects your happiness. A positive self-esteem provides you control and hope in life. A healthy self-esteem guards you against all kinds of negativity directed at you from family, friends or work mates. Being comfortable with who you are, what you have done, why and how, is paramount to happiness. A healthy ego is also certainly a huge factor towards business success. Its time to stop doubting yourself, rid yourself of negative thoughts, practise gratitude and wake up each morning knowing you are firmly in control of your happiness and life. Sometimes all it takes is a simple change in attitude.      

You have good friends.

What is a life without friends? When you think back to some of your happiest moments, more often than not you where sharing them with a friend. A good time with friends doesn’t require money or Ipods, or plasma televisions. All it requires is good conversation, laughter, a shoulder to lean on and shared dreams. True friends love us despite our faults. You never, ever forget your true friends.

You understand Mindfulness.

The most important slice of culture we can import from the East is the art of meditation. I can't say enough about how important this is. The present moment is the only moment. Mediation makes us more alive, aware and in touch with our conscious. Meditation and practising mindfulness makes each passing moment stand out. Mindfulness reduces the blur of trivial thoughts in our mind, and helps us appreciate the simple beauty of each passing moment. The world becomes remarkably real and you are able to scan your mind easily embracing or releasing all thoughts and feelings. Most importantly mindfulness brings you calmness, focus and peace. The world needs to let go of the information age and embrace the consciousness age.

In summary.

For people with healthy self-esteem the inner voice messages are always positive and reassuring.
      
“Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” Good friends are forever.


Practised mindfulness through mediation and make the world a more peaceful, giving and lovable home for you and all of us.