You have most likely heard these terms before, but perhaps you are not familiar with exactly what they mean, and why you should include them in your stress management program.
An affirmation is something that is affirmed; a statement or proposition that is declared to be true. Combine it with positive and you come up with statements that could include:
“I am healing.”
“I feel better by the moment.”
Affirmations are powerful statements that become truth. Practice POSITIVE affirmations and they will transform your mind, body, perceptions and actions. They create brain cells and become imprinted in your mind and on your heart.
Positive affirmations repeated become reality and they replace negative feelings and false beliefs.
Mindfulness is “a kind of non-elaborative, nonjudgmental, present-centered awareness in which each thought, feeling, or sensation observed under close or careful and concentrated personal attention”.
With this type meditation, there is increased recognition of mental events that happen. You may see a particular orientation toward your own experiences in the present moment, an orientation that is characterized by curiosity, openness, and acceptance.
The purpose of incorporating them into your program is to help overcome a negative mind and cultivate constructive thoughts.
Most minds are wild. You can begin to tame your mind with positive affirmations and mindful meditations by paying complete attention to your thoughts, and guiding them.
Adopt a passive attitude of letting you become relaxed; don’t force it. Don’t worry about whether you are doing it right. Concentrate on how you feel and be consistent about doing at least three sessions of ten to fifteen minutes a week.
As you practice enhance your sessions by taking deep breaths and releasing tension with each exhalation. Imagine a wave of relaxation moving from the top of your head to the tips of your toes.
Examples of positive affirmations:
“I let go of the old and make room for the new.”
“I am calm and at peace.”
“I feel a wave of relaxation within my body.”
“I let my mind dissolve into neutral for now.”
“I can focus my thoughts as I choose.”
“I am not my circumstances, nor my history. I am now.”
Your life is not what happens to you. It is your attitude in response to what happens. You cannot control every circumstance of your life, but you can begin now to plant good thoughts into your mind.
Affirmations are like seeds. If you plant good thoughts, what springs into your life is just what you planted – it always happens. Meditate mindfully remembering you can use your thoughts and words to create what you want in your life.
An incredible and insightful article that will lead people in the right direction. In my experience I have seen affirmations and direct suggestions work more efficiently when accompanied with a deep state of relaxation, or hypnosis. Going into a deep state of relaxation lets you bypass the critical mind so that the subconscious mind can hold on to those affirmations and embed them in your mind so they are set as deep rooted beliefs.
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Thank you so much. Your comments absolutely make sense. If one can do a short progressive relaxation or a few minutes of deep breathing prior to “affirmations/meditations” – it will always enhance the creating of new positive thoughts within. Appreciate your thoughts and comments on this!