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Learn to Meditate
Session 3: Stress-Free Attitudes and Peace of Mindthrough Meditation
Date:Venue:Facilitator:
From The Last Two Sessions
• Remember your answers to “Who am I?” and “What do I want to be?”
• What is Values Meditation?
What to Expect in This Session
• To see stress in a different light!
• Developing stress-free attitudes
• De-stressing using a meditation technique
Values and Stress
• Remember exercise reviewing some event where your behavior was not the best
• Were you under stress?• Values clarity reduces stress • Let us learn more about stress and stress
relief.
What is stress?
• Is it a cause or an effect? – Physical – Mental– Emotional• Or something deeper?– A trend• A weakness?
VIDEO
htt p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpQrMqDoqE
Thanks to : Brainsmart BBC
Let us read the next slide and introspect for 5 minutes
• A gap between desires and capability
– between goals and means
– too much to do or pay, too many to please
• A state of confusion
– Inability to prioritize, give and take or compromise and accept
– Values conflict
• Due to chaotic partnership between self and the society
IS STRESS…
Its Effects
• Physical– Chemical and hormonal imbalance
– Health deteriorates, heart attack, shattered dreams
• Mental– Loss of poise, balance
– Anger and emotional problems
– You can imagine the rest
Exercise
From the point of view of stress as a symptom of some inner imbalance
• 1. Think about the causes of stress in your life
• 2. List some ways in which you can reduce or cope with stress
Stress-Free Lifestyle
• What makes for a stress-free lifestyle?
• Simplicity is the panacea for stress relief -- not prayer, not any other external form of help
• Aspirational set of goals consistent with values and behaviors
• It’s ultimately about managing our own self• So, How do we manage our self?
Best Ways to Self-Management
• What is the one thing we can do, doing which changes everything else in our life?
• Walking, self-reflecting, meditating as habits• Seek someone who can help us (not judge us)
- lover, friend, church or support group, priest, mentor
Practical Session
• Let us meditate on “How to develop peace of mind” for 15 minutes
Deepening The Experience• When you return home, think about all that transpired in this
session
• Try to distill a few key ideas and deepen them
• Please continue to meditate on an idea that would increase or contribute to your peace of mind. Meditate for 10 mins, twice daily
• Same place, same time if possible
• Write down any ideas, observations or Aha! moments
Next Week
• Topic: Need for A Meditation System
• A few systems discussed
• We will meditate for 15 minutes in class.
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