Balance Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
Meditation and Music That Can Touch Your Soul
Embark on a spiritual journey where meditation and relaxing music play a vital role in balancing your mind, body, and spirit. Integrating daily spiritual practices like meditation helps maintain overall health and well-being. Explore the best times to meditate, learn postures, and techniques to enhance your meditation experience and connect deeply with your inner-self by reading this article.
Balancing Mind, Body, and Spirit
Whilst being on our spiritual journey it is important to continue learning new ways to balance out and relax our mind, body, and spirit. It’s important to do many spiritual practices every day to remain healthy, such as meditation. There is no set time to practice meditation, but it is said that the best times are in the morning when you wake up so you can set the tone of your day. Traditionally, it is said that the best time to meditate is between 04:00am and 06:00am as being in a sitting position at this time will help balance the pituitary and pineal glands, giving you maximum results. According to the ancients this is the most auspicious time.
Meditation Posture
When meditating it is important to think about your meditation posture and to sit correctly. I do not ever recommend meditating lying down unless you are specifically listening to something for when you go to sleep. One of the most common meditation positions in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions is the Vajra and crossed legged position that originates from ancient India, in which each foot is placed on the opposite thigh. If that is too uncomfortable then you can keep your right foot down on the floor and use the half Vajra position. If that’s still a little too uncomfortable, then keep both feet on the floor. You can keep adjusting yourself and if you prefer you can sit on a meditation cushion or mat. The main thing is to be comfortable, otherwise constantly adjusting yourself whist in meditation can effect the energy in your body, your concentration and your meditating experience. If you are new to meditation you may find that your legs ache and you may get pins and needles or some form of uncomfortable physical sensations in your body. Don’t worry too much, as your body will get used to it over time.
Finding Your Comfortable Position
Then, when you have found your most comfortable position, make sure you keep your back, neck and head straight tucking your chin in just a little, which will help straighten your back too. Make sure your chin doesn’t go too far down. It’s also surprising to know that during meditation, it is best not to completely shut your eyes. Just leave a tiny space open and both eyes pointing towards the floor where there is just enough light to come in so you don’t get sleepy. This is just one style of meditation. You can explore others but this is a great starting point if you are new to meditation.Â
Then, you put the back of your right hand resting on the palm of your left hand, thumbs pointing up and touching to form a triangle, as one example. Or you can rest your hands against your body where ever you feel comfortable just by dropping them down. Some say to keep your tongue touching the top of your mouth as this can help one get less thirsty. All the details I have explained is the most traditional way to meditate but there is really no hard rules here. Just be relaxed as you can and try not to worry too much about it. You will find your own way as meditation is personal and it’s perfectly fine to meditate in different ways and at any time, or by following your intuition which is the hidden language of the soul. Allow your soul to speak to you. Communicating with your soul in this way takes practice.
Alternatives to Traditional Postures
If for any reason you cannot sit in the traditional way for meditating, then you can choose to purchase a meditation bench if you prefer, which can still enable you to have a straight back. You can also sit in a non-reclining chair depending on what your needs are. I say non-reclining as it’s best to keep your back straight and upright, not in an angle. If you do decide to sit in a chair, if it’s possible keep both feet flat on the floor.
Dealing with Distractions
You may also find that when meditating your mind wonders off and you may feel frustrated that you are not getting the most out of your meditation time. This is perfectly normal. The more you relax and practice the more you will train your mind. This is one of the reasons to meditate. To remind yourself that your mind, body and soul can be calm, once you are away from all the hustle and bustle in life. Treat this mediation space as your peace time.
As a beginner’s guide, I recommend listening to "Awaken the World" You Tube channel.
Here is the introductory meditation guide
Or even just meditating with some Tibetan chanting. This is the shorter version
I have also had a soft spot for Ancient Navajo Music especially listening to the flute
You can also simply meditate to the sounds of nature
Elevate Your Spirit with High Vibrational Music
When you are not meditating you can listen to uplifting spiritual music and just have it on at the background. For a long time now chart music in the mainstream has been very low vibrational and uninspiring. It actually knocks us out of sync with the Earth’s rhythm. To help you keep in tune and in sync with Mother Earth, I highly recommend listening to the music of these artists as they are very high vibrational beings and the words are so peaceful and calming to the spirit:
And these have so much positive energy in them
I Choose to Live in Love (Laxmi)
What's Love Got To Do With It
Begin Your Path to Inner-Peace
🥀 Embark on a transformative journey with meditation and soothing music. Discover how a few moments each day can restore balance to your mind, body, and spirit. Embrace the calming rituals that enhance your well-being and connect deeply with your inner self. 🥀