Positive Jar

Last week’s meditation was all about positivity. This week rather than a mediation, I want to set you a challenge. Grab an old jar and if you have the time decorate it, so it is colourful and brings you joy to look at. You can do this with paint, paper, ribbons or anything you have available. Feel proud of your work. Everyday make a note of a positive thought, feeling or quote. Continue to do this for as long as you wish, I recommend a week or more. 

The next time you feel unhappy or any negativity looming, I want you to take out a piece of paper from your jar and read it. Turn it over and wright the negative emotion you are feeling on the back. Now, rip it up knowing the negative energy has been eliminated, and the positive message will stay with you. 

If you still feel negativity go back to last week’s mediation practice. 

Positive Meditation

This meditation practice will leave you feeling happy and grateful. This practice is about bringing positivity into your life and letting go of any negative energy. For this meditation you with need a pen and paper.

Start by sitting in a comfortable upright position, this could be on a chair at a table, so you are able to write easily. Let your hands rest on your lap in Dhyani Mudra (sown in the picture). The left hand lies in the right hand and the thumbs connect. This Mudra symbolises a chalice or bowl and allows us you accept new energy from the universe.

Close your eyes and sit in stillness. Notice any thoughts or feelings that come up, let them go and bring yourself into this moment. Nothing else matters, but your breath. Follow your natural breathing pattern. Listen to your breath, enjoy this moment of stillness and calm. With every inhalation visualise a white light entering your body and every exhalation a dark grey colour leaves your body. The white light is full of positivity will bless your body, mind and spirt. The dark grey colour is negativity leaving your body, mind and spirt. When you feel ready think of a happy memory. Visualise this memory coming to life. Why does this memory make you happy? Stay here as long as you feel you need to then start to think of all the things in your life that are positive right now. Write them all down, using colour and drawings, if you feel you want to. Next time you’re feeling low use this piece of paper to bring back that happy feeling. Maybe even stick it somewhere you can see it every day.

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

Lucy Lane

Meditation Bike ride

You do not need a bike or need to be able to ride a bike for this meditation. Whilst your physical body is relaxed, your mind will take you on a journey. This meditation can help you decided what path to follow, bringing awareness to what options you currently have in your life. It will leave you feeling relaxed, content, calm and give you a sense of freedom.

Start by lying on your back, in “Savasana” let your feet roll open and your arms rest at your sides. If you need extra support, you can place a pillow under your head or lower back. Bend your knees and rest your legs on a chair if you feel discomfort in lower back in Savasana.  When you are feeling comfortable take a moment to connect with your breath. Breathe in and out through your nose, slowly lengthening and deepening your breath. On the exhalation allow your body to relax and sink into the earth. When you feel relaxed, allow your breath to flow naturally. Visualise a bicycle. What colour is the bicycle? Imagine you are climbing on and you start to cycle along a path. As you cycle, you feel the sun on your skin and pleasant cooling breeze on your face.  You see butterflies landing on flowers, bees collecting pollen and lush green trees. You can hear birds singing and the breeze rustling through the trees. You enjoy this experience and feel free. As you follow the path, you pass some people who are significant in your life right now. You wave to them, they wave back, you continue your journey. You come to a small humpback bridge where you stop and look over the wall into a stream below. Notice details, the size of the bridge and what the bridge is made of.  You can see water flowing under the bridge, sparkling in the sunlight. Do you continue over the bridge to the other side or return and follow the path, from where you came?  Whichever way you decide to go, you know that’s the right decision for you, right now.