Meditation...

**Hessah** · 05-18-2009, 04:27 AM

Have you guys had times where you try to go to sleep... but your mind is racing with heaps of problems / thoughts / random buzzing things... and you toss and turn and can't go to sleep??

I've recently heard a little meditation technique... That I think it has helped me sleep on those funny nights...

When people tell you to meditate, they tell you to not think about anything right? But... how do you keep your mind blank? I never understood that..

So what I was told.. was you concentrate on breathing. Just think "Breathe in... Breathe out... Breathe in.. Breathe out..."

You may find that your mind drifts to all these other thoughts, but try not to think about them and only think about breathing...

after a min or two I usually fall asleep....

**cillia** · 05-18-2009, 04:29 AM

My 5th grade teacher had us do that every morning before we started class~ ^^ it really calmed us down~ its a good technique. :3

**Hessah** · 05-18-2009, 04:34 AM

Do you fall asleep? xD

Apparently some people can meditate for 20 mins like that in a quiet room.. and they feel as if they slept for hours...

**cillia** · 05-18-2009, 04:40 AM

XD no one ever fell asleep since we only did it for about 10 mins. plus sometimes our teacher would tell us to do that "hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" thing... and a certain person in our class "hummmmmmmmmmmmms" like a moter cycle.. LOL so alot of people cracked up and the whole meditation thing failed XD

**Hessah** · 05-18-2009, 04:41 AM

LOL!! I could imagine how distracting that would be xD

**Ralath** · 05-18-2009, 04:45 AM

Something that really helps me is to "see nothing."

So even though it'll be dark and my eyes will be closed, your brain still is "seeing" different images. The first thing I try to do is make those images turn black, so the only thing I'm seeing is black. And then I turn black into nothing. xD

**cillia** · 05-18-2009, 04:47 AM

sounds complicated D: i cant ever see black when my eyes are closed cuz... o-o theres always lil specs.. (like that fuz on tvs Dx)

**Blaaaaaaaah** · 05-18-2009, 04:49 AM

Originally Posted by Ralath

Something that really helps me is to "see nothing."

So even though it'll be dark and my eyes will be closed, your brain still is "seeing" different images. The first thing I try to do is make those images turn black, so the only thing I'm seeing is black. And then I turn black into nothing. xD

haha I do the opposite.. for some reason I like to try to turn everything white..

"Meditating" like that worked once or twice at first... but it never works anymore.

There was also a time where I tried to visualize a box in my head, and then I would throw all the images in the box and "lock" it. I think it worked every now and then because it took so much energy for me to force those images into the box because THEY KEPT POPPING BACK OUT! But it doesn't work if I'm REALLY distracted.

Other times I might try to imagine myself in a meadow. LOL.

JokerX · 05-18-2009, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by Ralath

Something that really helps me is to "see nothing."

So even though it'll be dark and my eyes will be closed, your brain still is "seeing" different images. The first thing I try to do is make those images turn black, so the only thing I'm seeing is black. And then I turn black into nothing. xD

My Brain Didnt Understand That.

I Dont Wanna Think. I Never Think About Anything. It hurts My Head Thinking About Anything At All. I also Never Sleep. Doctors Ive Been To Said My Brain Is To Big For My Head..... Thats Why I always Get Headaches. ( Like Right Now Or any Time I Type Somethin. )

**Hessah** · 05-18-2009, 04:56 AM

Ohh you use your eyes... that's interesting...

but that sounds so complicated..

Breathing... is easy HAHAH

And you don't need to worry about your stomach inflating / deflating...