CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

WHY MEDITATE?

GETTING OFF THE GROUND

HOLISTIC HEALING

VISUALIZATION

THE PATH TO INNER PEACE

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

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When daily life becomes busy and your time and energy is pulled in many different directions, it can be difficult to find time to nourish yourself. Prioritizing your own wellbeing can be a struggle and you risk feeling overwhelmed, unsure of where to turn and what you need in order to feel lighter and find your inner strength.

Taking some time to focus on yourself, answering questions you may be avoiding or facing problems that are simmering away under the surface is the best gift you can give yourself. But it can be difficult to know where to start.

Sometimes all you need to learn life’s big lessons is a little guidance. In this series of books you will learn about personal healing, self-empowerment and how to nourish your spirit. Explore practices which will help you to get clear on what you really want, and that will encourage you to acknowledge – and deal with – any limiting beliefs or negative thoughts that might be holding you back in living life to your fullest power.

These books provide invaluable advice on how to create the best conditions for a healthier, happier, and more fulfilled life. Bursting with essential background, revealing insights and useful activities and exercises to enable you to understand and expand your personal practices every day, it’s time to delve into your spiritual journey and truly Find Your Power.

Other titles in the series:

• Find Your Power: Tarot

• Find Your Power: Manifest

• Find Your Power: Numerology

• Find Your Power: Runes

• Find Your Power: Crystals

• Find Your Power: Mindfulness

• Find Your Power: Chakras

People come to meditation for various reasons and with different expectations. Initially, it is enough to approach your meditation practice as just another element of your daily exercise routine and take from it whatever you need, be it relief from stress, improved physical and mental health or a sustained sense of wellbeing. In time, as your awareness increases, you may feel the urge to explore altered states of consciousness in search of the answers to the questions that fascinate us all. If, and when, you are ready to do so, you will find a number of exercises in the final sections of this book that will guide you safely to discover what is true for you.

Meditation’s considerable biological benefits include regulating blood pressure, stimulating blood circulation, alleviating pain and reducing muscular tension. It can even slow down hormonal activity, so that people who practise meditation on a regular basis begin to look healthier and feel fitter.

Even if you feel physically fit and healthy there are considerable benefits to be gained from integrating meditation into your daily routine. By practising it regularly you can develop self-discipline, improve your personal performance in sports, business and the arts, build self-confidence, increase your energy and efficiency, and generally create a more positive attitude to life.

But in addition to the proven psycho-biological benefits meditation can be the first step on the path to self-discovery and greater awareness leading ultimately to Enlightenment, where we attain a state of detachment which the Buddhists describe as being ‘in the world but not of it’.