Our life often requires full power in all areas. Every day, we are supposed to perform at our best at work, in our partnerships and friendships, our recreational and sports activities etc. The to-do-lists are endless. And we try to push through our agenda, because we "have" to. Most of the times we don't even notice how exhausted we are. This is when we start to burn our energy reserves. We are ignoring our inner warning signals.
Our body and mind are highly sensitive indicators of our well-being. They show us how much energy is left, what is good for us and what is congruent to our values. Whether good or bad feelings, positive or negative thoughts, health or illness they all indicate what is going on and what we need to deal with.
Meditation is the practice of listening to ourselves and restoring that fine alert system of ours. We sit, we observe what is coming up and we allow it to be because it holds valuable information for us. When we practice regularly we can enhance our sensitivity and see what is happening early on before we burn out, get unbalanced or upset.
In a nutshell, meditation helps us:
-to increase our concentration
-to see what is happening inside and what we need to work on
-to understand how body, feelings and state of mind are interrelated.
Meditation is finding that inner wisdom that tells us exactly what is going right or wrong. On this basis we can re-evaluate and adjust our behaviour to keep and restore our well-being.
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