Meditation In Nature

Meditation in nature is one of the most powerful ways to tap into your true nature. This nature meditation also allows you to expand your senses to a heightened awareness which allows the doorway to talk directly with the creator.

When in nature there is a simple 'sense meditation' you can use in order to heighten your five senses in order to have the experience of being a more alive human being and more in touch with spirit. Quite often in modern life our senses are toned down due to the amount of stimuli continually surrounding us.

The first step to increase the connection to your five senses is to let go of all tension within your body and mind. The way to do this is to firstly scan through your body and notice wherever you have tension. Then just like letting go of a rock in your hand, allow the tension in your body to drop to the earth. The earth can then use this tension where it needs to. I find letting go of the tension from your body works best on the out breath...

Meditation - being still in nature creates stillness of mind

After you have dropped all of the tension in your body to the groud, you can then scan through your mind and become aware of amy tension in your mind. Then when you are ready just let the tension in your mind drop to mother earth.

Once you are in a relaxed state, the next part of the meditation is to then start heightening your five senses with the sense meditation technique.

The first and most predominant sense that we use in our modern society is the sense of sight. Quite often we view the world in a narrow viewpoint. For example, we look at a computer screen, watch a TV, read the newspaper and look at the road ahead of us. All the while using a focused way of looking at the world.

However, indigenous people often use far more of their sense of sight awareness to pick up the subtle movements of animals and birds all around them. The way to do this is to tap into your peripheral vision.

To tap into your peripheral vision just put both hands out to your sides as far as you can and wiggle your fingers. Move your hands back far enough so you can just see your fingers wiggling. This is the extent of your peripheral vision.

Whilst doing this, it helps if you pick a point directly in front of you and soften your gaze on that point. This allows you to be more focused on the extent of your peripheral vision.

Sense Meditation - learn to heighten your senses within nature

After you have extended your peripheral vision to the left and right, next place one hand up above your head and the other down below your front. Likewise wiggle your fingers so you can sense the extent of your peripheral vision both up and down. As you are in this state of extended peripheral vision you will notice there is a circle of visual awareness around you. Within this circle of awareness you will pick up the movement of objects a lot easier.

This is the first part of the sense meditation and studies have shown that just being in this state of extended visual awareness for 2 minutes can change your brainwave patterns from the problem-solving 'beta' state into the more relaxed and slower 'alpha' state.

What you'll also find during this sight meditation is that everything around you appears to be more three-dimensional. For example, as you walk around in this state you'll notice that the world around you, particularly to your left and right will move left and right with each step that you take.

This is just one part of the sense meditation. You'll also find how to increase your sense of sound, smell, touch and feeling within my latest book 'Heart Walk'.

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