In each day we come across things that make us uncomfortable, stressed even. At that particular time, we don’t realise how much this actually affects us in the long run. The moment may seem small and insignificant at that time but if you look at the big picture, all those small incidents add up. Those thoughts, moments and memories could result in nights of strange dreams and built up tension. Meditation is an amazing release of such thoughts that tend to build up without our recognition, as we clear our sub-conscious mind of any negative thought patterns. Mediation is an excellent way to harness true relaxation, it’s even noted by most who meditate that a twenty meditation is 100% more effective to our state of mind and emotion than a typical half an hour relaxation and is also the equivalent to getting two hours sleep. Meditation is also believed to be far more effective than relaxation because it has the power to unlock these repressed emotional and mental influences, thus bringing forward a renewed energy flow, releasing stored negative and unwanted energies.

We know that being stressed can have a very negative effect on the mind and emotions, but did you know that the state of mind affects our physical health too. For example, raising our blood pressure, inducing headaches, being ‘run down’ and becoming susceptible to catching common viruses like the cold. So common sense would suggest to us that relaxation (the opposite of being stressed) would lower blood pressure and raise our immune system. Repressed emotional and mental influences can be stored in any part of our physical body so finding a way to release those stored energies must be a benefit, which can be achieved with the regular practise of meditation.

Because we are actively paying attention to our mind, body and spirit, during meditation, we will inactively or actively pursue spiritual awareness. In simple terms, this means we are taking a holistic approach to our personal and spiritual attachment to this world. When our mind becomes separated from our bodies in this manor, it introduces freedom to seek and freedom from all the things that bring us down. It helps regain our spiritual strength to go on, not only that, it also gives us offers practice to clear our own thoughts from our minds, to bring our minds to stand still, to allow messages from spirit to be easier heard! To really know ones self, it is believed we have to look within. There are also good ways to envisage what our spirit guides might look like, or to search for answers in our own sub-conscious world of imagery. The possibilities of our own minds are endless and we can tap into that power and endless stored knowledge passed down from generations of our genetic and spiritual constitute through the practise of meditation.

Words to think about until our next lesson: “Inner exploration is to find a way to be more optimistic and less influenced by the negative people in your life, change the way you think and how you view things with true honesty and pure reflection.”

Hayley Jo-Anne Kenwright,
Psychic, Medium and Holsitic Healer.

Having now contributed articles to leading magazines such as Rainbow News, Chat Its Fate and PS magazine, Hayley Jo-Anne has been interviewed on the radio about her spirit and healing work and even has her own psychic column with the exciting new woman's magazine 'Skylar'. Embracing her ability to see auras and Chakras, with her professional qualifications in this field, has enabled her to become a very effective and sensitive energy healer, psychic and spirit worker. For more information please visit the following site http://www.exorcisms.co.uk (team member Hayley Jo-Anne) and http://www.myspace.com/hayleyjoanne

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