Intimacy thru Meditation!

It's easy to become overly focused on sorting out interpersonal issues to help a struggling relationship to grow... I offer some caution here! In my experience we tend to be dysfunctional in relationship to the extent we have not resolved inner conflicts etc. 

Meditation is a simple, ancient way to help gain self-intimacy and awareness.

Here is a quick guide to Meditation:
1. Sit in a comfortable position... upright but relaxed.
2. Gently close your eyes.
3. Become ever more aware of the breath.
4. Allow you breathing to change from chest/lung breathing to belly breathing... allowing the stomach to fill up with air on the in-breath.
5. So letting go of all else [sounds, smells, memories etc] focus only on the breath... tracking it in thru the nostrils... circulation in the belly and being release thru the mouth.
6. Long slow deep breathing.
7. Ever more slowly; ever more deeply!
8. Keep this up for up to 20 min.
9. Take time to come into a normal state of awareness.

The benefits of this kind of meditation on mood management, stress, anxiety, parenting, emotional intelligence etc are well researched! As a former monk I can honestly say that I've seen real personal development growth as a result of regular meditation. It is a very popular skill we teach on our retreats.

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Peace,

Brian & Catherine