Meditation For All

This is a continuing instruction series focusing on the fundamentals of meditation. Your instructor for this series is renowned meditation teacher, Mary Ellen Flora.

Class One: Preparing your Body for Meditation

You need to prepare your body for meditation so get started now by getting a comfortable chair in a quiet place to begin your adventure. Let your body relax and focus on the simple exercises.

CREATE A QUIET ENVIRONMENT with a straight backed chair. You do not need a special place, just a safe, quiet one.

SIT STRAIGHT IN YOUR CHAIR with your feet separate and flat on the floor and your hands separated and relaxed on your lap. This posture opens your energy system so you can turn within and be open to yourself.

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TURN WITHIN.

TAKE SOME SLOW, DEEP BREATHS TO RELAX YOUR BODY.

FOCUS ON YOURSELF by listening to your breathing and your heartbeat. Breathe slowly and deeply throughout your meditation to relax your body by sending rejuvenating oxygen through your physical system.

BEGIN YOUR MEDITATION with this posture and inward focus. Use the breathing to relax your body and to help focus your attention inward.

THIS IS THE TIME TO FOCUS on you, the spirit, and to rejuvenate your body.

THIS MEDITATION POSTURE AND PRACTICE is also beneficial for healing yourself, both spirit and body.

PRACTICE this posture and exercise for ten minutes a day.