Meditation Tips

Quick Stress Relief Tips…

March 1, 2020 by Carol Leave a Comment

Trying to find the time to implement stress relief techniques can be stressful itself, so I wanted to share with you some quick stress releasing ideas. It really doesn’t take long to shift your energy and calm your nervous system and access a sense of relaxation and peacefulness. Here are a few of my favorite, very quick stress releasing tricks.

#1 – EXHALE… A few focused, deep breaths can shift your mood in a moment. Exhaling slowly stimulates the Parasympathetic part of the nervous system, the part that calms and nourishes our system. Inhaling stimulates the Sympathetic part, the part that controls the Fight or Flight response. Think about the difference between a quick gasp and adrenalin surge when you are startled, vs. a long, slow sigh of relief…

[Read more…]

Giving It Over – Do I Really Have To Do It All Myself?

July 4, 2011 by Carol Leave a Comment

I just found a computer program that creates a fancy To Do list for me and I felt an immediate sense of relief. How much mental energy do we use just trying to remember all the myriad details of life? And how relaxing it is to stop keeping track and give it over to someone or something else?

Giving it over is a powerful concept; acknowledging that we can’t and don’t have to do it all, that something else is there to the burden off of our shoulders. Any process of connecting to our higher self, to spirit, God, a higher power – whether in meditation, contemplation, prayer, dance, chanting, Yoga, or your favorite mode is a way of giving over, and letting go of the illusion that we are in this alone and have to do everything ourselves.

[Read more…]

Breathe in Peace…

June 20, 2010 by Carol Leave a Comment

I offered my guided imagery meditation “Breathe in Peace” as a free download on the Self-Help Giveaway that Dr. Joe Rubino is running, and got some interesting feedback on it.

In the meditation I say, “…This is your time, now, to take care of yourself, to be gentle with yourself, to give yourself patience and compassion, to give yourself the peace and safety that lies deep within your heart…”

One woman wrote to me, that she found herself in tears listening to that – trying to remember that last time that she put aside all her responsibilities and taking care of everyone around her and took time to be gentle and patient and compassionate with herself.

[Read more…]

Self-Help Giveaway!

June 12, 2010 by Carol Leave a Comment

Empowerment, and helping you find the skills, tools and philosophies that allow you to help yourself is fundamental to the work that I do. I was recently invited to contribute to Dr. Joe Rubino’s new Self-Help Giveaway. You may remember Dr. Rubino from my interview with him last fall on my “Profound Paths to Health, Healing and Happiness” teleseminar series, when we talked about his brilliant work with self-esteem. I think his book, The Self-Esteem Book: The Ultimate Guide to Boost the Most Underrated Ingredient for Success and Happiness in Life is a remarkable piece of work. Well, toward that end Joe has created an impressive event that just opened, and features hundreds of free ebooks and audio and video courses in the self-help and self improvement fields.

Free gifts include my guided imagery meditation mp3 “Breathe in Peace,” and a recording of a fantastic conversation I had when I opened the Fall 2009 series with Marci Shimoff, author of the bestseller “Happy for No Reason.” Hundreds of other cool gifts are available.

I invite you to check out huge array of tools for health and well-being. There is no catch, you will be offered some products for sale, just say no thanks, and proceed to the gift giveaway. The gifts cost nothing simply because this event is run with the aim of introducing you to products and vendors in the self-improvement field who you might never otherwise know about (like me!) I have already downloaded some very cool ebooks and invite you to check this out and of course, please download and enjoy my interview with Marci Shimoff and “Breathe in Peace”!

[Read more…]