Meditation Update

I've been trying to complete the meditation challenge every night, and once or twice I actually did get into a deep enough trance to ignore the dip in my bed, the snoring of my parents and the refrigerator dripping, and stay in trance long enough to see what I was picturing - it was pretty cool too! The view was like that of a bird flying and looking down on two mountain ridges and the valley between filled with lush forests and a river flowing down the center. It was really relaxing and I got a sense of travel and peace, and then I fell asleep and woke up in the morning. But that was the only time and I haven't been able to 'see' anything again yet.

So today I finally got sick of not being able to concentrate on meditating properly, and I subscribed to a couple podcasts on iTunes that had both meditation music, and guided meditations, downloaded a buttload of them, sync'd them to my ipod and then went outside and sat in my hammock.

I found that some of them they didn't have the proper system to be recording speech and it sounded like someone with a spitting-when-speaking issue way too close to the microphone and I couldn't get into it. There was another one where it was really good, and I liked the sound of the guy's voice, as well as the fact that they used the newest in relaxation and meditation technology in the bilateral sounds and circadian rhythms to subliminally help with relaxation, but there was only one 'episode' and then they were going to charge money to buy the rest from their website. So that is out. The third time is apparently the charm, because I found this really awesome podcast that is free, has about 40 different guided meditations, some with music, some without, and the woman who guides the meditations really knows what she's talking about! The tone of voice, the timing of the silences, the wording of things, it really helps you get into the frame of mind to meditate successfully. I spent about 2 hours out there in my hammock meditating. I remembered the sun so I used one of my sarongs as a meditation shall, and I really liked the feeling of it. Kept the bugs off of me and the sun from burning me. Good plan, if I do say so myself. ^.^

Now I'm just going to go get cleaned up and ready for Kristen to come hang out, and I'll report back later on. I'm hoping that these meditation tracks will help me to successfully meditate, and then eventually, I'll be able to do it without the guidance.

-Jade