Good morning all! Every morning I rise between 5-5:30, (give or take). I perform my morning ablutions, take the dogs outside, fix coffee, have a breakfast cookie, (aka, a cookie… nothing redeemable about it… just sugar, butter, flour…). Then I take my desiccated pig thyroid, (thank you for you sacrifice, pig)🐷 settle onto the couch with the dogs, and catch up on the news. I start with Steven Colbert who makes me laugh. He opens up the essential rabbit holes down which I tumble tumble tumble. That turns into intricate rabbit networks of tunnels, which then turn into chaotic wads of silly string. Once I reach maximum overload and my brain implodes, I don my pretty pink headphones. They are not so much pretty as worn and grubby but still functional. I put on music with bilateral beats and sort of meditate.
My form of meditation is probably not exactly technically correct, tho. So here’s what I do:
Ambient music, preferably with bilateral beats, (more on that later)
Lights out, lay on the couch, warm blanket. Try to get the dogs to find another place to lay, but usually at least one dog is sleeping on my chest
Deep, relaxing breaths. Attention on breathing.
Move focus to forehead, specifically between eyebrows.
All is well. All is well.
Repeat a previously chosen achievement/ true, “I am” statement over and over for 1 to a few minutes
Repeat a different previously chosen statement, this time a goal/ affirmation/ aspiration. Repeat over and over, phrasing as if it is already true
All is well. All is well.
Feel immense gratitude for every molecule, every vibration
Yeah, this may not be exactly the kind of meditation where one empties one’s mind. But it works for me.
The theory behind the bilateral beats, (sort of a self-imposed EMDR exercise) is that the back-and-forth beats between your ears helps to kind of reset the balance in the brain. That’s a super oversimplified explanation, but that’s basically the thing. I honestly believe using auditory bilateral saved my life a long time ago.
By acknowledging that “all IS well” I can let go, give “it” to God, and trust…
In acknowledging who I am, I 1. Let myself know that I am, in fact, worthy of love… of existing. 2. Set myself up to believe that I can accomplish what I set out to do.
In repeating the goals and aspirations as if they are already true I am setting up my brain to actually work toward making them
Hello Butterfly! 