The Straw Method of Meditation

I woke up around 8 am and laid there meditating. I decided to use the straw meditation where you imagine a straw put in your solar plexus that can drain away anything that needs to be released. I took very deep breaths, held them, and then released them slowly. I could feel the release in […]

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Meditating in Nature – Drawing in Hummingbirds

My second try at a one-hour meditation yielded some surprising results — hummingbirds right in front of my face! I did my one hour meditation on the front porch this afternoon. In the heat of the day at 88 degrees Fahrenheit. It began to get really hot by the last half of the meditation, but […]

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Experimenting with Longer Meditations

After watching Dr. Jeffrey Martin’s video sharing the various styles of meditations and hearing him say that after 40 minutes of meditation a shift happens, I decided to try a one-hour meditation. There were several people in my house late last night – some watching ball games and others in other parts of the house. […]