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We all have our ways of calming our bodies and minds... what is yours? my own personal way of calming my mind and soul is sitting the warm bright green grass in my back yard and letting the sun tickle my skin with its rays of light. then i let close my eyes and feel the wind as it glides across my skin and through my hair. i will sit and embrace the moment and listen to the nature around. in this moment i am able to think clearly.

Personally to relax through meditation I sword dance.
Turn on something nice with a beat and really just let all the tension out.
Not particularly good idea in public though....

when i find the time during the day to calm my mind ... i close my eyes and breath ... in though my nose and out my mouth... to let all things
out that is not good..... and a great tread...
glad you started this one...

I like to chant a mantra i believe everyone has one, my own personal mantra is Winnnnggggg

yes a mantra or hyme i have one as well. its more of a hyme

i personally do not need such silence to calm myself. if i find myself in a state of "un-calm" i simply find what is creating it and cut it out.

lets say i'm annoyed at my parents, i have a chat with my girlfriend, she helps me out. sorting out what i think. giving me options and then everythings usually fine.

i don't usually need silence and systematic breathing to calm down, when i can just solve the problems early and then i'm calm after that anyway.

I used to be a member of a theatre company, and my dance/ drama tutor was very much into yoga and meditation. I used to go to her yoga sessions, and my favourite part was the end.

We would lie in the Alexander Position (on your back, with your legsbent upwards, and your palms face up) and we would conduct a Stnaislavski technique (he was a theatre practitioner) of muscle relaxation, this besically entailed praticingon tensing and relaxing the limbs in different orders, and this woul dfocus us.

We would then be taken through an excercise where we would visualise different coloured energy filling up different parts of the body, and I could actually feel the tingling htis also made us aware of if there where any energy blockages in the body that we oucld work on.)

When we where 'full' of this energy, we visualised a white string coming form the adbomen, pulling us up to the ceiling, and the spine sprouting roots which kept us stuck to the floor.

I sometimes repeat this, adn feel totally enrghised by this; it is as if I take all the engy in my room and use it to fill up my body, and can carry on with the day :-)

Normally just talking to friends relieves me. But to really relax and bring my mind and spirit into focus I usually burn some insense and listen to Native American Indian music. It really has power in the music, it is also soothing with it's rhythmic beats. Sometimes I'll listen to Celtic music, depends on my mood. But I'll just sit still, and let the music take me wherever it leads.

another one of my relief methods is having a hot cup of tea making it sweet with honey and adding a mint leaf or two to give it a pleasant scent ^_^

Personally i slow my breathing and close my eyes. Then imagine my surroundings in great detail, Finally imagine myself leaving through a window or THROUGH the door.

I drive to water, small quiet beach, ocean or riverbank..as I live on Gulf Coast take your pick. I sit, legs crossed, eyes closed, face lifted to the sky and imagine myself at the far edge of the endless water I am in front of.. I tune out all other noises around me and then my mind sees what it will..

I enjoy listening to my favorite music either in my room with my eyes closed or reading my favorite book.

Music has a way to soothe my soil and make everything bad just go away for a few minutes...its great

i shut off the light and light candles, then sit with my legs crossed and think of nothing
its very soothing, just relaxing...

I go out and get myself a massage. When that isn't feasible, then I talk about whatever is bothering me and that always helps. Also, kicking back with a good movie, cuddling with my man, and having a stiff drink always relaxes me.

I belly dance. Either before or after I relax my mind and enjoy the music for about 10 minutes, then I completely submerse myself into it.

thanksw to you i have now go to the beach at night to hear the waves hit the sand and the rocks and it puts my mind to ease and i can think chearly

mine (of all ways) is to take a bubble bath. i don't know why, i think it's just the fact that i feel better when i'm clean. but a long bubble bath in the dark with candle lite and soft music is my way of meditation.

Oh yeah. That is another great idea. I love doing the bubble bath, candlelight, soft music and throw in a glass of wine. I am relaxing just thinking about it. ::rushes off to store for wine:: lol

for me i put on some headphones and turn the music up tell thats all i can hear and i close my eyes and breath in and out

Usually I meditate at night because I have problems falling asleep. Kind of an insomniac. There are two cd's that I listen to both are meditation cd's. One goes through relaxing every bit and piece in your body and the other one takes you on a relaxing journey through the woods to a lake. Blah blah blah.

I meditate by sitting alone in my bedroom, turning the lights off, circling myself with prefferably vanilla or black cherry scented candles. I just close my eyes breath in through my nose and out my mouth clearing my head of all thoughts until it is empty. This is not always possible to do since it cannot be done at work. At work to calm myself I just breath in my nose, out my mouth and work myself to death until I feel whatever is making me feel upset go away. Another thing I find myself doing sitting outside and looking up at the moon and stars or sitting in the rain. One of the last things I do is listen to music to set the mood I want. I choose what I listen to by what mood I need to be in or the mood I am in.

i slip into my own little world in the basement of our home

sit down, listen to some music or i sing to myself(sometimes). Then i'll close my eyes and take slow deep breaths thinking about a certain someone ♥, and i'll slowly start to calm down.

or when i really need to calm down, i simply smoke some herbals =)

I know it sounds strange, but to relax, I play with my kids. It is a real stress relief. Just to have some fun with them.

im sure it is to be able to hear the laughter of your children must bring you to life that is an excellent source of stress relief!

thank you all for posting ^_^............

i also relax...to just sit and watch it rain.....
really anything to do with water.....
and the sound of children is priceless....

Well i tend to use my mind and draw a box around me, and think to meself whats in the box is mine and no one can take it from me.

it depends on the thing i have to be calm about if its a real bad thing that has happened other have to calm me down. but if its like a test or i just got yelled at i turn on my music and sing along with it and that makes me feel very very good in side and then i am calm. or if i dont do that i cry to calm myself down

I'll light some candles and some incense and listen to hindu music and then stare at the stars on my ceiling.

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I use one where i sit in a bath with candles chanting, Blooooodshheeeeen.

might sound wierd but i sit back turn on some black metal and it will calm me down

Honestly, mine is locking myself in my room enclosed in the silence of the darkness that surrounds me so that I can concentrate.... or talking to someone so that my mind wanders about my issues or going to my secret place in the woods that only I know how to get to. Meditation is a big role in life for me and I rely on it very much for day to day attiquite and getting ready for the next... but I really think that everyone does meditate. everyone goes thru their thoughts. well....this is my last post for the week prolly. but still....leave me some messages and stuff... email me if you all can. byez
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sometimes when i chant wiiiinnnngggg i can feel a part of rise'n My Mantra feels so good i hope it gives me...a peace

its great to be able to find the moment from which we can be at peace ^_^

I like a silent dark room lit with 4 tall candles and vanilla incense. Sometimes being on my roof looking at the moon helps too.

It depends, sometimes I just watch tv,sometimes I take a walk,sometimes I listen to the music,sometimes I read and sometimes I just lay on my bed day dreaming.

I Find it hard to clear my mind completely, I find that pain is a form of meditation, while doing my Kung fu form, not holding back and pushing my physical limits ( not self inflicted pain exercise pain)

I make a nice warm bath lit by candles and burning Egyptian Musk incense, with a nice warm drink, preferably cappuccino, and with some Beethoven playing, and sink into my own little world. Then afterwards, I put on a nice soft robe, and get comfortable on my bed and talk to friends if I feel like it, or sometimes draw, or put Court Tv on in the evening with a nice show on forensics. Oh yes, and a spritz of my perfume after the bath always helps to calm my mood as well. Works like a charm.

A warm long bath with candles and soft music playing in the background... I let the steam for the bath warm the room up! It's perfect... *thinks to self*... maybe I should do that tonight before I go to bed! :)

I lie down in the cold biting grass , and imagine my skin were rays of light.

I calm myself trough music, or nature. Wright now i am listening to Apocalyptica- Faraway. In such momments i listen to Enigma, Vangelis, Enya, Joe Satriani and some other, if they can`t help, i play Dimmu - Burn in hell, or Stronger than before by Kreator, or Patience bu G`N`R...
I do meditation from time to time, usualy before i go to sleep, just relaxing.
Loved ones calm me, just being there, talking , having fun.
Weed also calms me down...
I have chosen a life with a smaller resistance to my problems, i am sick of them, so i try not to care anymore. I just don`t wanna care...so i am more calm...
Damn You Manny!!! I could write a book on this !!!
Great idea for a thread if i may notice!

Thank you ^_^ i knew that everyone had different ways of finding thier peace if they looked hard enough, and as you all can see meditation is not stricken to "legs crossed eyes closed and going hummmmmm" lol its much more than that as you all can see ^_^

i do just like vampkamui. black metal will always calm me when i'm alone in my room with all the lights off.

to calm myself i train in the arts of ninjitsu and medertate

I go into the woods. all the nature thats around sounds in the woods and the smell of the trees, soothes and calms me, its so peaceful

I don't need to calm myself down a whole lot. But if I do I normally play on RPG on my PS2. It helps when I can beat the hell out of something and get away with it.

pot+music+sex, but if there is a lack of possibilities for sex ;) then:

pot+very loud music, but with my headphones on my ears + closed eyes

or

playng long and slow video games, usually RPG's or strategies for 8 or more hours

I usually use the grounding meditation:

I sit out side and count from 1-10. while i'm doing this, i imagine me going towards a secret garden. I go up the stairs, and when I reach 10, I'm in front of the door of the secret garden. I open it and enter. I stay there imagining things and day dreaming until i feel relaxed and calmed. Then I exit the garden and close the door tight. I count from 10-1 and then i open my eyes.

Usually it involves music, very loud music. For me to find my peace and calm I usually end up listening to something loud and hard, concentraiting on the music in my ears allows me to shut off my mind and think of nothing. When I lived in Georgia I would also lay in the middle of my lawn, or field across from my driveway and jsut look up into the sky day or night, and listen to the sounds and look at the mountians and clouds go by. That is the only thing I miss from there.

I can't relax just by relaxing...too high strung...due to physical problems, not just mental...so I have to force myself into relaxing. Maybe it's a bit "gump" But I run. I run and run and run until I absolutely have to stop. Then I shower. Then sex, alone or with company, then I can usually collapse finally. It's a wonderful system for dealing with insomnia as well as tension clears the mind and pores, exhausts the body...Keeps me in decent shape for the revolution too.
No, I dont quite know what I mean by that...

in order for me to relax i need a good game ( ya know rpg or fist person shooters with lots of blood of corce.) and like music to set my mood. only then can my stressed life finaly relax enough to meditate.

MannyBebop
i think we both know how fucked up and screwed up i am so the only way that i've ever known of madetatng is the one that u taught me....
look at the grass everytime i get mad and think about somthing i like to do and i've doing it since you taght me so i wanted to thanks you for always beeing there for me and for not leting me down and thanks for the tip, message me when you read this ok??
love ua lots
laterz.......

The sound of a thunderstorm is the way I go, sit there just listen to the sound of rain, watch the lightning in front of my eyes, and hear the pounding of thunder, puts me at ease, then there's other ways, but that's my fav

i think i would have to agree with DamagedRose