Mindfulness meditation for peace , stress management and awareness
Mindfulness Meditation: Unlock the power of your mind and body
It is very hard to handle stressful situations. Every individual should learn how to become aware of it and accepting it.
One form of meditation which is very effective in dealing with the problems and difficult situations of life is known as mindfulness mediation or awareness meditation. This is often considered by many people as a miraculous technique.
It is a fact that frustrations, stress, disappointments, anger, and other related negative emotions affects the mind and body adversely. Such negative actions and emotions must be handled effectively.
Likewise, set backs must be accepted truly without causing health problems. Insight meditation is like a medicine that helps people in dealing with negative situations and emotion in a manner that is most effective to them.
Mindfulness meditation allows or requires individuals to become aware of their environment. They are more likely sensitive in perceiving each moment. Thus, they prefer to accept situations that are stressful rather than avoiding it. If you become aware about the internal status of your mind upon insight meditation, then you can learn to accept difficult circumstances without too much resistance.
By practicing mindfulness meditation, you can train your mind in achieving a tranquil state without being affected by external forces. The mind is aided in developing the needed strength to obtain such peacefulness.
Listen to this 5 minutes guided meditation that may bring out self awareness within and leave us a feedback!
Illustrated Mandala art by Ranjini Rao
So, you can say goodbye to your problems and live a better and a healthy life.
As a Mindfulness through Arts , Design thinking for Businesses and Corporate leadership development facilitator -how many have witnessed many employees come to training sessions with too much on their minds to actually pay attention?
Own Photography – Taj Ooty
In order to help them focus and learn, try bringing mindfulness into the classroom. I have personally seen the effectiveness of art or awareness based techniques.
Some useful tips from HBR : 1-Create a good learning environment. for eg Open spaces are optimal for learning
2- Stay Focussed for eg Ask the participants to turn off their devices and then take a few minutes for everyone to practice mindfulness.
3- Breath awareness For eg : Have people sit still, relax their bodies, focus on their breath, and let go of whatever is on their minds.
4-Mindfulness during Breaks For eg Ask everyone to stay mindful during breaks.
5-Mindfulness in action for eg : Rather than checking on work, they could take a walk, reflect, or write in a journal.
Adapted from “How to Get People to Pay Attention During Corporate Trainings,” by Jacqueline Carter et al.
In the wake of bouncing back or getting back to the workplace ,during the unlock phase of COVID-19 , it’s a new norm but business as usual. It’s Important to bear in mind a few things:
1- continue to wear the mask , keep the sanitiser handy and avoid crowds or touching any surfaces that used by many people.
2- continue to eat healthy food or home cooked food for some more time . Workout regularly and avoid junk food ! Build your immunity by thinking positive and be strong !!
Are you geared with your “Inner-preneur mindset & skill-sets” before you become an “Entrepreneur” !
Meditation for an IOT Analytics startup – Inner Engineering or Inner-Preneur
So many engineers and Software product / service led entrepreneurs undertake e-learning courses and certifications for building humanised robots & cool apps & develop software.I realised if you want to build for humans then understand the human psyche and energy psychology. #Spiritual Technology is the art of seeding the ‘energy in the mind’ before you set out to design or code anything in the external world.
“Begin with the end in the mind” – 7 Habits of Highly Effective people
During 4 years of my entrepreneurial journey,I have been able to accomplish at least a dozen energy psychology related and holistic wellness & 21st Century aligned skills certifications than I had ever imagined in my life !
The biggest lesson learnt so far is to Get your ‘inner’ emotional issues and mental strength and resilience working as an ally for you , before you get out there and be the change in the world! Time to upgrade your minds software & install new Program codes!
Expressions and reflections from a participant of Virtual Mandala workshop
Mandalas also help in re engineering the mindsets and change the code of your DNA software ! Talk to me today to explore this further!
Addiction of drugs or alcohol is not only a crisis globally found but is less talked about too. But not many people are able to resist the urge of consuming addictive stuff after they have been discharged from the facilities. Reason, they are not accepted easily back in their old lives and they are beings that have already lost hope and positivity from their life. Thus, it becomes necessary that we establish a new way to not only help individuals fighting their way back to a normal life, but also inspire them for positive thinking and betterment in life.
A couple of new treatments have emerged, today the addiction rehab centres have individual & group therapy sessions and a wide range of other therapeutic methods to treat it as well. These other therapeutic methods include, Mandala Art which is found to be very helpful and has proven effective in helping people in recovery process from addiction and substance abuse. Let’s see how it works in the different phases of treatment.
Mandala art is now becoming popular in many rehab facilities. Mandala is a non-addictive self-soothing technique that can work wonders in inculcating positive self-image and build confidence in person fighting addiction. It helps in augmenting self-image which is necessary for someone who has lost their own-self overtime due to addiction. It is a way to find yourself back and mending the severed strings with yourself over time.
A mental collapse in adulthood leaves more deeper scares than we can think off. A person is caged in depression and not to forget the withdrawal symptoms that do not leave the person alone for a very long time. The calmness that comes from mandala art can help a person that away those negative thoughts about themselves and pick up their life with new energy and positivity, Mandala art in short delivers a person a will to continue on the path of getting riddance from addiction.
It is necessary to understand that a person is not only fighting a battle of strong urge that has been gripping them for years, but also a mental battle to gather the strength to fight the distress that comes along. “Will the world take me back?”, a person continues to ask itself that echoes the answer, “Why to change, if nothing is going to fall into place”. We can change that answer into positive one by seeding hope and courage through mandala art form. It is a self-healing procedure which works magic, in finding the answers yourself. It works as meditation, an important medicine to mend yourself on inside.
So if you are dealing with addictions for which you do not know the cause , you can reach out to [email protected] and we can help you!
How Mandala Art Therapy Blends in with Other therapeutic treatments?
Mandala Art therapy can serve as an additional therapy for the residential treatment. The parts that are affected by the brain during any art therapy are different from other therapeutic methods. It opens up the creative lobe in the brain. Which is relaxing, fun, and soothes you from inside. It can be an excellent end-of-the-day activity, where patients can positively construct and embrace things they learned from other activities. It will speed up their recovery.
It is very effective in easing of the mental and emotional exertion that is common to happen during the psychoeducational and process group sessions. This can keep them engaged in a constructive manner and will help them go forward in their quest.
Photography Credits : Oncohappy event in collaboration with Srishti Vataa Arts and Lahe Lahe *event partner
How does it work?
Mandala therapy uses patterns and different coloring methods that opens up the creative side of the brain and provides them a new dimension to grow. But most importantly, the colors and patterns help them understand their biggest fears and prepares them to creatively work on them to restart their life with new energy and positivity.
A person drained out of positivity finds it difficult to cope with the fast-coming changes that come along addiction rehabilitation or palliative care. There are physical and mental both challenges. They fear change and this decreases their efficiency to work with the therapy. Self-motivation comes from the art therapy.
Also, for people, specially, the difficult patients with real issues and problems can have separate sessions with mandala art therapist that uses color psychology to understand their problems and reach out for help in their coping process.
Art therapy sessions become their safe space to cocoon in and find their way back to the world of hope. It soothes them and encourages them to work on their issues themselves. Not many people are open up, this challenge is easily fought by art therapy and has proven effective.
Mandala making connects them to spirituality. Even for a general population, meditation and spiritualism can make things positive and wonderful. It teaches self-love and to spread light around you. Someone in darkness, like people in rehabilitation process need it the most. It doesn’t need hours, plus helps them meet the wholeness, or cosmos. It balances them with the nature, promotes mental health and self-development. They can make their own mandala or they can use online mandala designs available online to color it and talk about their experiences.
Post-rehab or palliative care art therapy sessions and their effects
Keeping up the process and curbing the urge to again leap on to the darker side is what the addition fighters fear all the time. The process of self-healing doesn’t end as they walk out of the rehabilitation center. It is actually start of the actual problems, like acceptance.
Mandala art strengthens them from within and prepares them for the harsh world and unacceptance. But most importantly, it makes accept themselves first. To meet with the wholeness is a joyful experience, it completes you in many ways. It generates a new perspective towards life. It helps you understanding your priorities and keeps you on track. Patients are needed to be encouraged to keep on going with post-rehab mandala art therapy. It calms people down after they have had a hard day, rather then going back to drugs or alcohol, it is something which is constructive, positive and full of life.
I thanked spirit and my inner divinity and goddess for guiding me as I channeled the message and set out to design the resentment code program.
One fine day I was posting inspirational messages for my clients on the computer and there came a download in my heart – Do you want to let go of Resentment? Of what use it is for you and what kind of energy is it fulfilling within you? I instantly said to my inner guides/Inner council – “Oh no, I’m not in favour of holding back any energy –please help me resolve it!”
(Photography : Ranjini’s own photography )
Let’s decode “Regrets” using the software developer lingo..using DNA Reiki
The regret list can be longer or smaller depending on how you have been dealing or addressing regrets in your life. Some people do something about it by making new choices or taking action and changing their energy and mindset. Some people chose to live in regrets and resentments.
Here are the Instructions for decoding it as suggested by my council. Firstly before receiving this download you are giving your full consent to the Divine Creator ,Reiki Masters, Soul Guides and keepers of the Light to free yourself from this pattern.
So for a moment, I’m going to ask you to take a piece of pen and paper and write down all the regrets that you have about your life or career or about relationships…Wish you had or Wish you hadn’t.
Once you have completed the list, Bring your focus and attention to your brain and heart and gut. Imagine this bug called ‘Regret’ has entered your system like a computer virus.
And you have been wanting to let go of this energy but did not know how?
Suddenly you have access to an anti-virus software to it! It’s in the form of a USB or “Sei Hei Ki” key aka as a software program code (DNA).
See yourself installing it with a CD or USB having SHK key- SHK is inserting into your brain, heart and gut.
Turn the SHK key and enter the passkey (as per your creative Imagination)
Let’s name the passkey as “Progress” & “Leap” and 10-17 (Switchword Number 10 raised to the power of -17 ) (*website www.blueiris.org )
See your organs processing these software codes. Imagine some clearing is happening inside…some spaces are clearing for new things to enter your life.
Some creative visual images for Subconscious mind to believe it’s happening is to see it being deleted or uninstalled from your system.
Idea here is to visualise command prompt “Delete Regret Software” Confirm Y or N –Are you sure? Press Y button to continue.”Uninstall complete”100% to 0% .
Uninstalling the imprints. Formatting and re-installing New Blueprints for resentment from Heart Chakra.
Once you feel the job of completely uninstalling or deleting the VIRUS called REGRET is done, It will prompt you -Do you want to install “PROGRESS” or “UPGRADE to LEAP” software?
Again, Y or No as a command prompt to choose the software code and enter CHK symbol passkey to proceed…Once you press Y to confirm see the CHK symbol software installing into your brain,heart and gut and see it getting done from 0% in 100% in less than _3_ mins / 33 seconds.
Intend and Intone CHK Symbol 333 (3 raised to the power of 33 times)
And know you are ready to move forward in your life.
You are now FREE from any past regrets or resentments in your life ….
You could now reprogram the new software that you want …
Now re-designing a new empowering program is your choice!
Give Reiki to the Mind ,Heart and Gut and close with GASSHO gratitude prayer and thank your guides.
This meditation was channeled from Ranjini Rao’s Light Council members on 03/03/2020
I had partnered with @Lopamudra Banerjee, Founder , Entrepreneur for a joint session 2 hours talk followed by Q&A at Atta Galatta , Koramangala on Weight Loss Strategies for conditions like PCOS & Thyroidism. Lopa shared strategies on how food can impact the body,What are the causes and symptoms of weight gain,PCOS and Thyroidism,Exercise and Nutrition tips to deal with these conditions.
While I covered my personal journey on how I healed myself on PCOS condition by making conscious Lifestyle choices, dissolving stressors from my life by adapting a holistic lifestyle approach – spiritual, mental,physical and emotional wellness and holistic therapies and strategies.I also talked about wellness strategies for women and how they can recognise their emotions and manage stress effectively.Basically,How I reinvented my body and health and Reinvented myself!
A collaborative effort between #GetfitwithLopa and @srishti vataa Arts Centre to organise wellness sessions and motivational talk on how to deal with stress and women’s wellness issues write to us.
Holistic decluttering – I want to share 3 very powerful questions that you can ask yourselves to help you declutter at mental , emotional and physical levels to create more space in your life. Use the waning phase of the moon cycle to dissolve or release any unwanted thoughts , feelings or actions that may be hampering your progress and growth!
During the waning moon phase, its time to uncreate, destroy and deconstruct as well !
1- Start with writing down the things “I will stop Doing” list at least 15 of them for the coming calendar month
Spending detox : “I am cautiously spending on the things I really need not what I want.”
Social media detox : “I have stopped answering what’s app messages from 7 am to 8 am “
Diet detox : “I am no longer adding chips/ fried items/ processed foods to my shopping cart”
2- Watch your thoughts list everyday for 14 days and catch them when you think negative and write them in your diary / journal “I will Stop thinking about “ list
3- Notice your feelings and emotions and write down what you really felt or talk to yourself on why you felt so and offer gratitude to your feelings! Surrender those feelings to the universe! Stay positive!
Can you really design your own life in much the same way the architect designs a house and the writer designs a book?
David Bohl at https://possibilitychange.com/design-your-life/ shares his perspective that he doesn’t know if we can design every aspect of our lives because we have certain fixed and certain variable aspects.
For example, we cannot change our upbringing: the parents, siblings, education, childhood experiences, and all that went on before you came to this awareness of your ability to design your life. All that happened in the past has shaped who you are today, so you will need to start designing your life from this point forward.
The great news is that you do not have to leave your present organisation – as I share with a real example – but can reinvent your current situation to give you more of what you want for yourself from your work AND your life!!
As an ex-IBMer, and now a leadership coach, facilitator, and expert in DESIGN THINKING explains what design thinking is, and most importantly how you can use it to RE-INVENT yourself and your career.
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