Candle & Breath Meditation
by Julie Bladon
Our goal from this practice is to help the incessant, noisy thoughts to subside. You may wish to quieten your mind, perhaps your mind spins out of control as you try to get to sleep or you may wish to experience a different form of meditation. Meditation is an ongoing practice which develops over time. Remember that the goal is to fill the mind with the experience of the meditation to the level that random thoughts no longer penetrate into our consciousness. Our consciousness, our awareness, our attention should be fully focused on the meditation. In this meditation, we are moving from noticing our breath, using a part of the brain called the insula (area for self awareness, perception, emotion), to an intensive process of visualisation which uses the visual cortex. These are both quite unusual experiences for us to focus on if we are new to meditation. We need to learn how to do these things, they are also cognitively intensive.
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