Another Tip To Help You Gain Energy
I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome 24 years ago and afterwards my mind was very unsettled on what my future may be and it also turned to resentment of being affilicated with this extreme condition of cfs. What helped to calm my mind was meditation and has been the most powerful activity I’ve done to still the mind. There are many types of meditation to choose from. In this article I am going to talk about two: connecting with your breath and the Pause.
Connecting With Your Breath
I was first introduced to connecting with my breath through yoga and found myself wanting to study more of it so I took a yoga teachers training course. Practicing connecting with my breath more and more throughout my day I found my energy increasing to a point that I was more able to monitor my body through the connection of my breath. For instance I was feeling tired and I felt the need to lye down, but instad I would take a moment, close my eyes and connect with my breath, and do some gentle yoga practices. This enabled me to release what was going on in my mind and body and really see whether I needed a time out or not which I will talk about more next. First Lets practice an exercise I learned in my yoga class:
A practice of meditation through the senses:
· Sit on floor cross legged or on a chair with your feet placed hip width apart on the floor.
· Ensure that your back is straight. Close your eyes or open them. Take a deep breath, hold it for two counts. Exhale. Slowly breathe in and out releasing any tension you may feel.
· Connect with one of the senses. Visual: if your eyes are open just fixate on a point in front of you or you can use a candle or a flower to focus on. Auditory: hear the sounds around you extending to the furthest point. Tactile: feel your back resting against the chair, your buttocks connected to the seat or chair and feet planted on the floor. If you get lost in thoughts, simply come back to one of the senses.
· Practice this for about ten minutes.
The Pause
A pause is like a mini break during the day and is something you can do anywhere. It will help you along in your day, to be able to make better decisions. You’ll be able to let go of previous activities by pausing between them, so you are more able to place your full attention on the new one. What you do is drop everything that you’re doing stand still or sit and simply connect with your breath, feel the air flowing down to the lungs, then breathe out through your mouth, and let go any thoughts that you might have. You can also connect with any of the senses like hearing the sounds around you extending to the furthest point or feel yourself being connected to the floor if standing or your back resting against the chair, or if your eyes are open just fixate on a point in front of you or you can use a flame of a candle or a flower to focus on. The whole idea is to get your attention off your thoughts. If your mind wanders, you simple bring it back to your breath or your focus point. You need to do this for only thirty seconds or so.
Pausing and meditaiton during the day has me to not accumulate thoughts during the day and has also made for a better night’s sleep, but most importantly I’ve noticed that feelings of worry, being overwhelmed, and anxious have declined over the years from practicing these measures. Start today to begin the practice meditation daily, I find the morning or the evening the best time to practice it, and applying the pause between activities as you go through your day. All the best to you!
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Upon being diagnosed in 1985 with chronic fatigue syndrome at age of fifteen, Jennifer Marks RN, never believed that this extreme tiredness she felt would be a permanent condition and for the next twenty plus years she devoted her life in finding a way to become healthy again. In looking for a cause for her tiredness Jennifer studied nutrition, reiki, esoteric healing, hatha yoga, and meditation , which she practices daily, and because of it has gained back her energy, removed stress, and is healthy. She authored two books called Better Than A Double Espresso : The Steps I Took to Overcome Chronic Fatigue Sydrome and 12 Things You Can Do to Gain Energy and Be Healthy. And now Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, Emily and David.
