Instant
Meditation:
The Rapid Relaxation Technique
For many years, I taught a meditation class. The practice
was called Sahajah Yoga, which roughly translates as "surrender
meditation." It is an extremely powerful meditation technique
and is one that definitely is a "teacher to student" method as
it can go very deep and uncover many levels of spiritual
awakening and experience.
One of the big challenges in starting to learn meditation
and progress with the practice is to overcome what we used to
call "monkey mind." In a nutshell this means letting go of the
constant internal chatter that most of us have going on in our
head at all times. This is a really ingrained pattern of mental
activity and can be a real hurdle to jump for the beginner to
reach a deeper level of relaxation and a more true meditative
state. People fidget, squirm, clear their throats, etc. as they
first attempt to let go of that constant internal dialogue and
go deeper into a state of deep relaxation. Sort of a cosmic
dichotomy; "let go of those thoughts, but don't think about
letting go!" (sorry, a little bit of meditation humor there, we
don't quite approach it like that.
I often thought, wouldn't it be wonderful if I could just get
my students to that place of deep relaxation and inner peace
right away, sort of a rapid relaxation technique. To really get
it and get there reliably and easily can take some dedicated
practice. Just like anything, some are naturals and glide right
into a meditative state but for many people it takes that daily
practice to start to yield the result. For the newbies, you
must convince them that what they seek lies ahead and stick
with it, don't give up. Meditation is experiential, you "get
it" when you "get it" so to speak.
I have meditated since long ago during my college years and
it was a real help getting my Master's degree and when I began
to teach. In the intervening years I had become increasingly
interested in all things dealing with the mind and
spirituality. Somewhere along the line, I became fascinated by
what I read about hypnosis and it's ability to create a
seemingly meditative state during a session, something I had
expended much time and effort to lead people to as a mediation
teacher. Not to mention the absolutely fascinating explorations
of the mind, the spirit, and the inner intentions and processes
of the mind!
Ever being the teacher and ravenous student, I took my first
hypnosis certification course while I was still teaching
meditation and things have never been the same for me. It was
fantastic! I could get just about anyone to a deep level of
relaxation in the first session! And in that state, the
spiritual awakenings, breakthroughs, and triumphs I witnessed
have left me in awe. I could go on and on about that subject,
but will save it for another topic. I digress..
In these days of high tech, rapid transit, multi tasking,
and go, go, go, it seems everyone wants to relax. Using my
training in meditation and hypnosis, dealing with thousands of
students and clients, I developed a recording I call
"Instant Meditation." In this recording, I take
the listener gently into a deep relaxed state using the
relaxing music of my meditation teacher (who had taught me
Sahajah Yoga), DurgaMa, and soft, soothing hypnotic
suggestions in a revitalizing guided meditation. It's a
great way to relax and let go of the stresses we all
encounter as we trod our path down life's lane. I could go
on and on about the benefits of relaxation through hypnosis
and meditation and the fact that health and relaxation go
hand in hand, but suffice to say that you won't be
disappointed when you delve into the magical realm of deep,
inner relaxation.
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