How To Meditate Spiritually
We often hear about the benefits of meditation practices when it comes to our health and wellness, but did you know that meditation can also help you to dive deeper into your spirituality, and enhance your spiritual awareness?
If you’re wondering how you can use meditation to connect more deeply to the spiritual part of you, then read on to discover how spiritual meditation practice can bring you closer to your spiritual self.
Connecting with your spiritual self
Spiritual meditation isn’t just about relaxation, it has a far deeper purpose. There are many different forms of meditation, but this type offers us the chance to connect with a higher, more spiritual part of ourselves, which so often gets forgotten within busy, modern life.
Inner connection is so important during spiritual awakening, and other times of self-realization. When we are more connected to this inner part of ourselves, beyond the physical aspects of who we are, we have the opportunity to access higher wisdom. This helps us to gain a deeper understanding of our purpose, and experience more inner peace.
Spiritual meditation allows us the time and space to achieve connection with the deepest parts of ourselves, and to live more fully in alignment with who we are.
What are the best spiritual meditation techniques?
There are many spiritual meditation techniques to support your practice, which will help you to connect with yourself on a spiritual level. As with all meditation, spiritual meditation works best by sitting quietly, somewhere you won’t be disturbed, and focusing your attention on your inner journey.
You can choose to incorporate any of these techniques, which work in different ways to ground you into the present moment, and open you up to spiritual energy.
Gratitude and setting intentions
Gratitude instantly connects us to more positive, compassionate energy. It involves looking at life from a different perspective, finding things to be thankful for, and cultivating joy. Gratitude practice helps reduce stress and anxiety, and can alleviate worry and negative feelings.
We can begin to include gratitude in our meditation practice, and also intention setting. As well as finding reasons to be grateful for things in our current experience, we can find thanks for the things we want to bring into our life too.
When we include gratitude in our lives, we carry a lighter energy about us, and will find it easier to move closer to our spiritual self.
Breathing
Breathing is an important part of any meditation practice, and helps us to bring our attention back to the present moment. In spiritual meditation, we focus on breathing into our heart center, and making that important connection with our inner self. Breathing also helps us to remain grounded, so that we can experience inner peace, and go beyond our perceived limitations.
Visualization
Visualization is a powerful technique, which can be used during meditation to help focus the mind. It’s commonly used in different types of meditation, such as loving kindness meditation, to visualize compassion, and bring us closer to our spiritual side.
It can be especially useful for people who are new to meditation, and may struggle to maintain focus.
Guided meditation
If you find it challenging to quiet your mind and drown out the outside noise, you might enjoy incorporating guided meditation into your practice. This involves listening to a recording or watching a video, and having someone guide you on a journey. This can help you to maintain focus, and make it easier for you to connect to your higher self.
Mindfulness and presence
Mindfulness is a practice that involves paying attention to the present moment, and becoming the observer of your experience. This can be especially useful during meditation, to keep your mind focused, and open your mind up to higher wisdom.
Mantras
Mantras are sounds or words that are repeated, creating a sound frequency that connects us with a deeper consciousness. Including these in your meditation sessions can enhance their effectiveness, and bring you closer to your spiritual side.
Affirmations
Affirmations are words or positive phrases that are repeated, and can be used during meditation to enhance positivity. The words we speak are powerful, so including affirmations in meditation sessions will help to focus your attention, and deepen your connection to spirituality.
Using spiritual meditation every day
Committing to meditating every day is a good way for new habits to form. Daily practice will also help to open you up to spirituality, and experience more powerful results. Here are some different ways you can include meditation, and become more mindful in your daily life:
Set intentions every morning
Setting intentions for the day ahead can be a powerful way to start your day. These can help you to stay focused, and can change the way you approach the day. Making this a daily ritual will become an important part of your morning, and will guide your attention for the day ahead.
Morning mindfulness rituals
Begin the day with mindfulness practice. This could involve taking time to be still, or doing a body scan. To do this, sit or lay down and close your eyes. Focus your attention at the top of your head and slowly scan over your entire body, top to bottom, relaxing more with each breath. Notice any sensations in different areas of your body, and pay attention to your thoughts and emotions, without judgement. As you finish and open your eyes, ground yourself back in the room.
Mindful eating
Next time you eat, instead of rushing to eat your food, take your time to savour every mouthful. Notice what you are eating, how it looks, how it tastes, how you feel. This is another mindful way to slow down and connect with the spiritual part of you.
Gratitude
Throughout your day, notice things to feel grateful for. Are there opportunities to express gratitude for others, too? With practice, gratitude becomes a natural reaction to situations that are challenging, and helps to change a person’s mindset. This new-found, more spiritual perspective on life, will guide you on your journey forwards.
Movement
Moving the body can be one of the most spiritual things we can do, to shift energy, and to move us more in alignment with who we really are. Try exercise, walks, or even yoga. The more we can move, the better our emotions and energy will flow, leading to a stronger spiritual connection.
Presence
Stopping and noticing is a powerful thing. Becoming more present in our lives means we will start to become more aware of ourselves, and open ourselves up to spirituality. We all need more stillness in our lives, and if we want to enhance our connection with our higher self, we need the space to be able to nurture that.
Reflection
Likewise with becoming more present, making time and space to reflect on our thoughts will certainly bring us closer to our spiritual self. Self-reflection is an important part of the spiritual journey, and enables us to ask ourselves questions, and listen to some honest answers. This helps us to begin to build a life that feels fully aligned with who we are.
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There is so much more out there for us than most people realise. Our potential as humans is endless, if only we give ourselves the time and the space to explore our spiritual side.
Spiritual meditation is the ideal way to create an environment that will open you up to a spiritual connection like you’ve never experienced before. And there are many ways to begin this exciting journey, and tools that you can use every day to bring you closer to your spiritual self.
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