Session One - Intro to Meditation - “Know Thyself”

Includes:

• Two meals. (Breakfast and late afternoon)

• Personal "Gratitude Journal"

• Full day of Instruction, meditation (guided and solo) and group discussion

• Heart Brain Coherence Testing

Pre-Session Preparation (Homework)

• Required:

  • Prepare a basic Natal chart from a professional or from AI. You will need your birth date, birth time and location (as exact as possible - City and Hospital name or GPS coordinates)

  • Download and install the Heart-Math App to your Cell Phone.

  Suggested (helpful reading)

  • The Placebo Effect (Dr. Joe Dispenza)

  • Living the Law of One (free download from L/L Research)
    (free download from L/L Research)
    https://www.llresearch.org/library/living-the-law-of-one

  • Autobiography of a Yogi (Paramahansa Yogananda)

  • There is a River (Edgar Cayce Biography by Thomas Sugrue)
    

• Morning Instruction and Discussion: - Know Thyself

  • Start with a discussion of your personal insights about yourself - overlay an astrological Natal Chart that often includes suggestions and warnings for your life's journey.

    • I have always thought tabloid Astrology is highly questionable. Still do. But along the path of my journey, I discovered that math-based professional Astrology provided amazing insights into my life. It gave me encouragement regarding my strengths and warnings for landmines along my path to avoid.

  • Knowing what you want to change about yourself / your life is your WHY. It is part of your critical "Intent". Without a powerful intent, it is unlikely you will continue to practice. Without consistent practice you will not derive the powerful benefits of meditation.

• Benefits of Meditation

  • Psychological & Emotional Well-Being

    • Stress Reduction

    • Anxiety Management

    • Enhanced Self-Awareness

    • Intuition

    • Emotional Regulation - leading to improved relationships

  • Physiological & Physical Health

    • Cardiovascular Health

    • Pain Management

    • Improved Sleep Quality

    • Immune System Support

    • Energy

  • Cognitive and Neurological Function

    • Increased Attention Span:

    • Memory Retention

    • Gray Matter Density

    • Combating Age-Related Decline

  • Spiritual

    • Hear that still, small voice

    • Know your eternal nature, your "higher self"

    • Connect with / Converse with the Divine

• Overview of Meditation Types and Tools
  (including the following and more)

  • Mindfulness, zen, Yoga, etc.

  • Myth Busting: What meditation is not - Mindlessness

  • Seeking The Sound of Silence

  • Noticing Thoughts and letting them go

  • Listening for that "still, small voice"

  • Impermanence (zen)

  • Life as Illusion (some call it a virtual video game)

  • Seeking the divine within (God, Source, the Universe)

  • Diffused Focus (Flames, Space, Kaleidoscopes)

  • Mantras

  • Mudras

  • More: Sharing of practices that have worked for you.

• What is Meditation? Basic, Universal What and How-to that crosses all modalities and traditions.

  • The Three Universal anchors (Intention, Attention, Retention)

  • Mind Training

  • Breath

  • Posture

  • Pondering

  • The Energy Body - AKA Chakras,

  • States of Consciousness (brain wave frequencies - Alpha, Beta, Theta)

  • Basic Psychology of meditation (the subconscious)

  • Meditation is a type of hypnosis (guided or self-induced) that bypasses the conscious mind to access the subconscious mind and autonomic nervous system. That controls real behavior.

  • Debunking myths that block your practice

  • And much more

• Practice

  1. Test and Chart your Heart-Brain Coherence in real time using the Heart-Math App on your smart phone, Heart-Math HRV (Heart Rate Variance) Device and Guided Meditation

  2. Guided meditations

  3. Solo "I AM" mantra meditation in nature

  4. Afternoon discussion - what worked? What didn't? Why? Struggles? Sharing of experiences.

  5. End of Day Gratitude Journaling and Heart-Math Meditation