Daily Message
Learning to go to a peaceful place is so important to leading a productive and meaningful life. The culture in the Western world has many ways to escape life when it gets tough; however, these are not always healthy choices. There is a difference between mindlessly running away from something and intentionally going to a sacred place.
Being able to shut out the world so that you may be in your sacred space is a very useful skill to develop. It is a skill and it can be learned by anyone who desires to find peace. Start with one intentional breath in; hold it; and slowly let it out. You attain peace one breath at a time.
My spirit longs for peace but my mind wanders. How do you turn it off?
I give my mind a job – to follow my breath. I breathe in and out very slowly and deliberately only thinking about breathing. Sometimes I count going in, holding, going out, holding, going in, etc. We have guided meditations on the website developed to help you do this. Sometimes I breathe in and out repeating a positive phrase in my mind. Your mind learns to get quiet as you continue to expect it to be quiet. It will happen!