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Meditation offers a wealth of benefits that millions are seeking. By incorporating this practice into your daily routine, you can effectively reduce stress levels, enhance focus and concentration, and attain a deeper sense of inner peace. Whether you're a beginner or experienced, various meditation techniques cater to different needs. How often do you meditate?

Most of us feel stressed from time to time, and with the situation in the world being how it is at the moment, those feelings of stress might be heightened. Since many people are spending all their time at home, or at least a lot more than usual, we might be struggling to deal with stress in the way we usually do. I, for example, definitely use the gym as a big stress relief and haven't been able to go for over a month now. What is your best stress relief? What do you do when you feel stressed? Let's share our tips and help each other out ?

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Music can have a profound effect on both the emotions and the body. Faster music can make you feel more alert and concentrate better. Upbeat music can make you feel more optimistic and positive about life. A slower tempo can quiet your mind and relax your muscles, making you feel soothed while releasing the stress of the day. Music is effective for relaxation and stress management. Research confirms these personal experiences with music. Current findings indicate that music around 60 beats per minute can cause the brain to synchronize with the beat causing alpha brainwaves (frequencies from 8 - 14 hertz or cycles per second). This alpha brainwave is what is present when we are relaxed and conscious. To induce sleep (a delta brainwave of 5 hertz), a person may need to devote at least 45 minutes, in a relaxed position, listening to calming music. https://youtu.be/xeHjonbT1UY

Hi, I am writing this on my personal experience of a webinar (via zoom) I recently participated to test out while at home. These are 1.5 hour sessions of sound and energy based meditation. Throughout the session all I had to do was to sit and listen, no rational thinking process to grasp any knowledge or concept. Just you and your head phones. The outcome was to experience your natural awareness. After which also, the result is a very calm mind. Focused and stress free to go about my duties. And there was this causeless joy inside me which I don't know how to explain, of which I only wish that you may also experience. One should make up their own judgement on what this is and how this happens but my understanding & realization is that it is pure intuition which did the work. So it is with great humility that I write this to you personally. Not as somebody who has something better to do, but as a friend who wishes you well and respects and values your association. Putting aside what you might think of me and giving way to what joy and calm it might bring to you and your true self. So hopefully you will give it a try. After-all as Einstein said, doing the things day in and day out the same way will not give a different result. You are bound to get the same outcome. If you are interested in it; following is the time table for the upcoming events: (just install zoom and click on the link to join the webinar, then click join meeting and put your name and email) (These are free introductory sessions. There are also Q & A sessions during the webinar) (Try to join 10 to 15 minutes before the session as there is a participation limit due to limitations of zoom platform) For more details about the meditation center, its teacher (Acharin) visit www.nisala.org/teacher and www.nisala.org/events Best Regards, Vindana. Dates & Timings : Saturday 18 April 2020 16.30-18.00 Colombo | 16.30-18.00 Delhi | 21.00-22.30 Melbourne |12.00-13.30 London | 19.00-20.30 Beijing | 13.00-14.30 Berlin | 7.00-8.30 Toronto Zoom link to Join : https://zoom.us/j/95601209943?pwd=QndFV0xHT1FWUFBoVjBGN3laTkdNQT09 Webinar ID: 956 0120 9943 Password: 934183 Sunday 19 April 2020 16.30-18.00 Colombo | 16.30-18.00 Delhi | 21.00-22.30 Melbourne |12.00-13.30 London | 19.00-20.30 Beijing | 13.00-14.30 Berlin | 7.00-8.30 Toronto Zoom link to Join : https://zoom.us/j/96955368196?pwd=cnZjZGxsbmI0clpHamRHUEN3R0Ewdz09 Webinar ID: 969 5536 8196 Password: 830785

hello guys and gals. i have always had a problem getting to sleep. if you are interested in a more relaxxing sleep try Kim's Background Music on youtube. Tell me what you think? here is the link....

Hey everyone.... This is my first post where I would like to share my thoughts on getting out of the stress we face at work, at home, etc. During this pandemic each and everyone of us must have faced a mental pressure like "come on leave me alone". Yes we all felt the same. Though everything is back to normal I would like to share some ideas that I had followed to overcome this stress which may help you all at times in future to come out of all the pressures we face and have our own happiness. 1) Planning out a random on spot trip- This is the thing which I loved the most and it really helped me a lot to overcome stress. People who work please make sure you are available on a weekend and students make sure that you don't have school on saturday and all your works are completed. Plan for a nice one day trip the night before. What we did was we planned the night before during our dinner and the next morning we were off to the trip. If there are kids in your house never ever inform them about this trip let it be a surprise for them. Because the surprise that they get along with the unplanned trip increases their happiness and reduces a lot of stress from their school works and also improves their mental health. Well back to the point. Plan for the trip the night before and leave to some nice hill station or a field or a river or some beautiful place nearby. Come out of the concrete jungle we live in for a day. Enjoy yourself. Take nice pictures of the nature you enjoy. Cherish the memories. Make sure you take necessary stuffs like water, food, extra pair of clothing, a camera if you can, cash in hand etc. This way you can get a relief from stress, forget everything for a while, be happy and improve your mental health. 2) Indulge in the things that you love- This is another way that really helped me a lot. I love creating mandala arts so making them really helped reduce my stress. You can indulge in any activity that you love to do say singing, sports, cooking, etc. Literally anything that you like. Working on the things that we love helps reduce depression and stress. 3) Families are First- Stop your works for a while and take a break. Have a conversation with your family. Spend more time with them. Because there is no one more supportive than our parents and family. Have good time with them. 4) Take timeouts- Take regular breaks in between your work. Break in the sense not getting into social media and doing a vigorous swiping or checking on other person's status or texting random stuffs. Breaks I mean are take a break in between your work go outside or to the balcony see the outside world, get fresh air, have a glass of water, come back and start with your work. Getting into social media or anything in mobile increases the stress and makes us even more tired as our eyes are stressed so much by looking into laptops and mobiles. And also sitting in the same spot weakens our spine and creates back pain. So walking out to the porch or balcony and seeing the outside world gives us a quick refreshment, makes us active and gives ability to work even faster, reduces stress both physically and mentally. 5) Get in touch with your buddies- Meet your friends in person or talk to them for a while. Going out with them also helps in reducing stress. 6) Reduce unnecessary anger- It's more like pouring fuel into the fire. It doesn't even help but increases the stress even more. So avoid getting angry and try to solve the issue in a calm manner. So these are some things that I follow to overcome stress and I hope this would help you guys too. Thanks for reading. Have a great day ahead. Be positive and always remember to be kind!!!

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