stress management
Stress management
Mantra Meditation Meditation has been a part of my everyday life since I’ve become a mother. In 2011, I had my first child and everything was new to me. I found myself becoming stressed over changing diapers, cleaning the house, doing homework, and many other aspects that were once easy to. Before I took this class; I did some research on way to relieve post- partum depression, also known as “baby blues”. I found that mantra meditation was a technique used by mothers all over the world. My final paper is going to explain what mantra meditation is, how it has been used in research, what symptoms it is known to alleviate, and how I will continue to use it in my everyday life. According to Wildmind.org, “The word mantra is said to come from a root meaning that which protects the mind.” {Bodhipaksa} It also states that “Just like in Buddhists meditation techniques, many things can be used as objects of concentration — as “mind protectors.” {Bodhipaksa} A mantra can be visual images that help you focus or word phrases, which I sues mostly while meditating. I am an internal meditator. That means I speak silent affirmations to myself.. This is a way to keep my thoughts and affirmations private. In the beginning I used focus words like happy, peaceful, and understanding. As I have become more advanced in the art of mantra meditation, I speak positive affirmations to myself silently. For example, “I am that I am”, “Be strong as a lion”, and “This too shall pass”. My favorite quote is “I am a beautiful black queen”. This first article I used for my paper was entitled” Your Meditation Practice”. The author Sandra Sebelis states that to her” At some moment in our lives we have all experienced a period of intense peace and joy - it may have been in listening to a piece of music; watching a sunset, a rainbow, or snow falling in the forest; or it may have been after a delicious meal. These too rare
Mantra Meditation Meditation has been a part of my everyday life since I’ve become a mother. In 2011, I had my first child and everything was new to me. I found myself becoming stressed over changing diapers, cleaning the house, doing homework, and many other aspects that were once easy to. Before I took this class; I did some research on way to relieve post- partum depression, also known as “baby blues”. I found that mantra meditation was a technique used by mothers all over the world. My final paper is going to explain what mantra meditation is, how it has been used in research, what symptoms it is known to alleviate, and how I will continue to use it in my everyday life. According to Wildmind.org, “The word mantra is said to come from a root meaning that which protects the mind.” {Bodhipaksa} It also states that “Just like in Buddhists meditation techniques, many things can be used as objects of concentration — as “mind protectors.” {Bodhipaksa} A mantra can be visual images that help you focus or word phrases, which I sues mostly while meditating. I am an internal meditator. That means I speak silent affirmations to myself.. This is a way to keep my thoughts and affirmations private. In the beginning I used focus words like happy, peaceful, and understanding. As I have become more advanced in the art of mantra meditation, I speak positive affirmations to myself silently. For example, “I am that I am”, “Be strong as a lion”, and “This too shall pass”. My favorite quote is “I am a beautiful black queen”. This first article I used for my paper was entitled” Your Meditation Practice”. The author Sandra Sebelis states that to her” At some moment in our lives we have all experienced a period of intense peace and joy - it may have been in listening to a piece of music; watching a sunset, a rainbow, or snow falling in the forest; or it may have been after a delicious meal. These too rare
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