Crash Course in the Modern-Day Meditation Practice

The great thing about the Modern-Day Meditation practice is that it's designed for you and me instead of for a yogi or monk. Well, unless you happen to be a yogi or a monk, but then you have your own meditation practice, right?

The best news is that with this practice, you don't have to sit still and stop your thoughts. I mean, that's good if you can do it, but personally I was never good at stopping thoughts at all or sitting still for longer than 2 minutes.

You start this practice as you are -- in whatever mood you're in, peaceful or not. And if music moves you, you're in luck, because music is an important part of this practice. It is used to help you to open up, feel whatever you're feeling and let go into a deeper place.

Here is your crash course in the Modern-Day Meditation Practice:

#1 Get started

• Start the meditation sitting up.

• Put on some music that makes you cry or feel intense. Something by James Blunt or Jonas or even Billy Idol.

#2 Open your heart & emotions for 20 minutes

• Feel your unfulfilled desires and dreams. Remember times when you felt deeply, maybe felt sad or in despair or angry and let that soften your heart.

• Get up and dance or pace back and forth. Put on the music that helps you get into it. Shake your body, shake your head. Jump up and down. Scream into a towel. Have a hissy fit if you want to.

• Do all this without disturbing your spouse, roommates, kids, parents.

#3 Calm down for 10 minutes

• Put on soft, calming music and sit up.

• It should feel natural after opening up that you would just be calm.

#4 Think for 10 minutes

• Get out pad and paper.

• Focus on a question you need an answer to. (What kind of car should I buy? How do I deal with my kids? What is my next step?)

• Ask more questions about that subject, look at it from all angles and let answers come.

• Write down the good stuff.

#5 Take action

Last step is to put into action the answers you got. Your life will start to move in a more consciously determined manner (instead of haphazardly) and you'll be able to achieve the things you've always wanted to. IT WORKS!

Then, if you dare, meditate several times a week, for 45 minutes or for whatever amount of time you have. I say "if you dare" because your life will start to pick up momentum and you'll start to get what you want. No more reasons why not.

You can check out this website for more info about the meditation:

http://www.moderndaymeditation.info

Happy meditating!