Using the breathing technique is a basic and effective way to enter a meditation practice. It is effective for bringing the brain waves into an alpha state thereby creating receptivity in the body-mind system. Let’s begin: Sit in an upright posture. Eyes closed (preferable). Using awareness, bring your attention to the breath as it enters …
In these times of demand and stress on body and mind, there is a natural medicine that one can take daily to restore an inner?experience of well-being. What?s the name of this natural medicine? Meditation.? Here are some benefits to meditation that may motivate you to try it out. It helps us release tension and …
It is almost a year since there was a post to melaniechong.com so I am led to begin ?again at a time when I think and feel most of us are experiencing the coming of the ?harvest season, autumn. This post, ?See the Forest and the Trees,? is an intentional change to the familiar …
The article I’ve linked to below?is a helpful reminder for ways we can be helpful. For us Reiki practitioners, sound healers, etc., it’s nice to read something that shares the benefits of complementary alternatives for easing suffering. It’s all about offering compassion and loving-kindness to?others with?tools and means that, for some folks, still pose a …
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I was in my mid-30s when I began to ask the kind of questions that many of us get to at some point in our lifetimes. I often think fondly of ?What?s It All About, Alfie?? the first line for the Sixties hit written by?Burt Bacharach?and?Hal David and sung most notably by Dionne Warwick. A …