{"id":4904,"date":"2023-05-31T19:03:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2023-05-31T19:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:03:14","slug":"meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Meditation is one of the best ways I know to deepen your intuition, reduce medical and psychiatric symptoms, and quiet your anxieties,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Three props to improve your meditation practice:<\/p>\n

Create a quiet, soothing meditation area.\u00a0 This is, for me, basic.<\/p>\n

A bell or chime to open your meditation session is important.<\/p>\n

Take a few deep breaths and clear your mind.<\/p>\n

Using a timer to let you know that your session is coming to an end is helpful.\u00a0 This timer can a quiet tone or beads which you hold in your hands.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Through the years, I’ve posted meditation articles on this blog. (Find them in the search section).<\/p>\n

I’ve also recommended several books:<\/p>\n

My favorites are three meditation books written by Larry Moen.\u00a0 They are:<\/p>\n

Meditations for Awakening<\/p>\n

Meditations for Transformation<\/p>\n

Meditations for Healing<\/p>\n

Today, in this article, I share a new meditation which I’m calling “A Perfect Place”.\u00a0 In this meditation, you create your own perfect place.<\/p>\n

Begin with a few deep breaths to clear your mind.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wait a moment and then imagine yourself in a perfect place, designed just for you.\u00a0 Look around and ask yourself:<\/p>\n

What is around you?\u00a0 Are you inside or outside?<\/p>\n

Do you see buildings, mountains, roadways, lakes, streams?<\/p>\n

Or, do you see a room with a chair waiting for you?\u00a0 Do you see a meeting hall?<\/p>\n

What is the weather like outside?\u00a0 Is it snowing, raining,\u00a0 Or is the sun shining?<\/p>\n

Do you see people?\u00a0 Are they beside you?\u00a0 Are they smiling or looking away?<\/p>\n

Who are these people?\u00a0 How many are they?\u00a0 What are they doing?\u00a0 Is someone coming over to join you?<\/p>\n

Are there any animals?\u00a0 Are they pets?\u00a0 Are they wild animals?\u00a0 How are you connected to them?<\/p>\n

What are you doing now?\u00a0 Are you walking along a path?\u00a0 Are you sitting on a bench?\u00a0 Are you in a seat in a theater?\u00a0 Are you alone or with others – humans or animals?<\/p>\n

Is this place familiar to you?\u00a0 Do you feel you have ever been here before?\u00a0 Is this space somewhere you have visited in the past?\u00a0 Have you dreamed about it?<\/p>\n

How do you feel in this space?<\/p>\n

What are you wearing?<\/p>\n

Sit for a few moments and let yourself become adjusted to your surroundings.\u00a0 Breathe in the perfect air.\u00a0 Enjoy this perfect place.<\/p>\n

You may want to make some notes – or draw a quick sketch even.<\/p>\n

Now, check in with yourself – your thoughts, your feelings.\u00a0 What is happening with your inner self?<\/p>\n

Now, take one long, last look around.\u00a0 This is your place.\u00a0 It will always be yours.\u00a0 You know that you may return here any time you want.<\/p>\n

After a short time, you know it is time to return to your space before your meditation.<\/p>\n

You can return to this meditation whenever you want.<\/p>\n

Now, take another deep breath and return.\u00a0 Open your eyes gently and slowly and gently move and stretch.<\/p>\n

Thank you for participating in this meditation.\u00a0 If it is appropriate, please share it with friends and family.\u00a0 Forward it to your preferred social media network.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you enjoy these blog posts, please subscribe.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This book is available at www.thurmangreco.com.<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading this article.\u00a0 Thanks for sharing this article.<\/p>\n

Thurman Greco<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meditation is one of the best ways I know to deepen your intuition, reduce medical and psychiatric symptoms, and quiet your anxieties, Three props to improve your meditation practice: Create a quiet, soothing meditation area.\u00a0 This is, for me, basic. A bell or chime to open your meditation session is important. Take a few deep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1634,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,110,26,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,111,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,2020,60,61,62,63,64,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,102,101,103,104,105,106,107],"tags":[3234,1834,1836,1835,3231,3239,3230,3236,3028,3127,3129,2949,1939,3228,3235,3240,2500,1782,3241,3229,3232,2976,2978,2354,3242,3233,3237,3238],"yoast_head":"\nMeditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice - Reflexology For The Spirit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meditation is the best way I know to deepen your intuition, reduce medical and psychiatric symptoms, and quiet anxieties. Three ways to help your meditation is to create a quiet, soothing meditation area. Using a bell or chime to open your session is important. Use a quiet tone or beads to let you know your session is over.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice - Reflexology For The Spirit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meditation is the best way I know to deepen your intuition, reduce medical and psychiatric symptoms, and quiet anxieties. Three ways to help your meditation is to create a quiet, soothing meditation area. Using a bell or chime to open your session is important. Use a quiet tone or beads to let you know your session is over.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Reflexology For The Spirit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T19:03:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/beachmoundTG-300x194.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ThurmanG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ThurmanG\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/\",\"name\":\"Meditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice - Reflexology For The Spirit\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-31T19:03:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-31T19:03:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/260cb08a057475f607be87dce714de68\"},\"description\":\"Meditation is the best way I know to deepen your intuition, reduce medical and psychiatric symptoms, and quiet anxieties. Three ways to help your meditation is to create a quiet, soothing meditation area. Using a bell or chime to open your session is important. Use a quiet tone or beads to let you know your session is over.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Reflexology For The Spirit\",\"description\":\"spirituality of one's health\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/260cb08a057475f607be87dce714de68\",\"name\":\"ThurmanG\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a681126c47ca51942cd7721a5f7e371?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a681126c47ca51942cd7721a5f7e371?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ThurmanG\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/author\/thurmang\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice - Reflexology For The Spirit","description":"Meditation is the best way I know to deepen your intuition, reduce medical and psychiatric symptoms, and quiet anxieties. Three ways to help your meditation is to create a quiet, soothing meditation area. Using a bell or chime to open your session is important. Use a quiet tone or beads to let you know your session is over.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice - Reflexology For The Spirit","og_description":"Meditation is the best way I know to deepen your intuition, reduce medical and psychiatric symptoms, and quiet anxieties. Three ways to help your meditation is to create a quiet, soothing meditation area. Using a bell or chime to open your session is important. Use a quiet tone or beads to let you know your session is over.","og_url":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/","og_site_name":"Reflexology For The Spirit","article_published_time":"2023-05-31T19:03:14+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/beachmoundTG-300x194.jpg"}],"author":"ThurmanG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ThurmanG","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/","url":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/","name":"Meditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice - Reflexology For The Spirit","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-05-31T19:03:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-31T19:03:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/260cb08a057475f607be87dce714de68"},"description":"Meditation is the best way I know to deepen your intuition, reduce medical and psychiatric symptoms, and quiet anxieties. Three ways to help your meditation is to create a quiet, soothing meditation area. Using a bell or chime to open your session is important. Use a quiet tone or beads to let you know your session is over.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/meditation-is-self-care-3-ways-to-improve-your-meditation-practice\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meditation is Self-Care: 3 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Practice"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/","name":"Reflexology For The Spirit","description":"spirituality of one's health","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/260cb08a057475f607be87dce714de68","name":"ThurmanG","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a681126c47ca51942cd7721a5f7e371?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a681126c47ca51942cd7721a5f7e371?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ThurmanG"},"url":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/author\/thurmang\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4904"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}