Day 7 – May Meditation
Being the last day of my Guided Chakra Meditation, I decided to focus on each of the seven chakras with its own video. This will increase the length of my meditation as well as remove the guided part of my meditation allowing me to concentrate more efficiently. Since I did not want to meditate for an hour or more, I choose to only do 5 minutes for from each video. I set a count down timer to 5 minutes and when through each video from Root to Crown Chakra. This gave me a 35 minute meditation. If you are up for the challenge, then feel free to do the full hour plus meditation using all seven videos.
First, I focused on the first chakra, the Root Chakra, which is related to instinct, security, survival and also to basic human potentiality. I used this 8 minute, 45 second video:
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I was able to concentrate most of the time during this 5 minutes of the meditation. I lost focus once as my mind began to wonder, but I was able to bring back to focus on the red color of the Root Chakra and root myself to a secure and grounded place.
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Next, I focused on the second chakra, the Sacral Chakra, which is related to creativity, joy, and sexuality. I used this 9 minute, 35 second video:
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I was able to focus very well during this 5 minutes of meditation. I did not lose my focus or concentration while I thought about the orange color of the Sacral Chakra. In addition, I thought about the joy in my life and how creative I am.
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Then, I focused on the third chakra, the Solar Plexus Chakra, which governs personal power, fear, anxiety, opinion-formation, and introversion. I used this 8 minute, 29 second video:
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During my 5 minute meditation of the Solar Plexus Chakra, I was able able to have great focus on the yellow circling chakra. I have noticed that over the past couple of weeks, I have had little anxiety and fear even though I have had two interviews. This is very uncommon for me.
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The next chakra I focused on was the fourth chakra the Heart Chakra, which is related to complex emotions, compassion, tenderness, unconditional love, equilibrium, rejection and well-being. I used this 9 minute, 14 second video:
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At this point in my meditation, I have been meditation for 15 minutes. This has been my maximum time meditation and it showed as I had difficulty focusing throughout the whole 5 minutes of the Heart Chakra. I had to bring my focus back to the compassion and unconditional love of the green chakra of the Heart Chakra.
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The fifth chakra is the Throat Chakra, which is related to communication, independence, and fluent thought. I used this 9 minutes, 14 second video:
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Having had poor focus and concentration during that last 5 minutes of my meditation, I was able to bring myself to good focus and concentration during the 5 minute meditation of the Throat Chakra. I thought about the blue color swirling circle of energy in the throat and how I have always been an independent person. Even as a child, I wanted to be independent from my parents.
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Then, I focused on the sixth chakra, the Third Eye Chakra, which governs imagination, intuition, vision, and wisdom. I used this 8 minute, 58 second video:
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Again, I had good concentration and focus while thinking about the indigo color of the Third Eye Chakra and how imaginative I have been in my life. I have always been an intuitive person, which led me to my careers in counseling and childcare.
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Lastly, I used the following 8 minute, 49 second video to focus on the seventh chakra known as the Crown Chakra which governs universal consciousness, unity and being:
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I had poor focus and concentration during my meditation on the violet color of the Crown Chakra. I tied to come back to thinking about the violet circling color of this chakra, but I was unable to do so. Over all, I believe meditating for 35 minutes was a good challenge. I look forward to meditating without guidance as I attempt to meditate using a different form of meditation for the next 7 or 8 days.
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Continue meditating….
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“Tolerance, patience and understanding are the highest virtues every man should develop” – Buddha (1)
(1) – (1995). Sayings of the buddha. (10th ed.). Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia: Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia.