MENTAL WORKOUT

Mental Workouts is simply the practice of resting your awareness on a particular object. Most of the time your awareness is moving indiscriminately from one thing to another?from memories of conversations you had last week to worries about what you?re going to do tomorrow to the demands of the situation in front of you. Your mind swings from topic to topic, limb to limb, like a wild monkey, and you don't have much control over where it goes. In mental workouts you practice returning your attention again and again to the present moment - whether it's to the sensations of your breath, or to a short word of phrase, or to an inner visual image. As you gradually cultivate awareness in this way, your mind begins to settle down and become less agitated and confused, and you expand your ability to concentrate and be present for everything life offers. In meditation you're setting aside some time to shift from constant doing, the hallmark of 21st-century life, to simply being, open and attentive.

Reasearch has shown that mental workouts are If calming your mind and relaxing your body doesn’t seem like reason enough to learn to meditate, here’s a list of the many benefits the practice confers. Extensive research has consistently shown that people who indulge in mental workouts(meditate:


-Live longer
-Feel happier and enjoy life more
-Experience less stress and greater relaxation
-Have lower blood pressure, heart rate, and cholesterol levels
-Function more effectively at work and sports
-Feel more loving and compassionate
-Have easier access to spiritual insights and mind-states
-Experience enhanced creativity
-Feel more centered, grounded, and balanced

We can implement mental workouts in our lives just as running a mile a day is better for your body than running five miles once a week, meditating daily for 10 or 20 minutes is more effective than meditating once a week for an hour. If possible, set aside a particular time each day to do a mental workout(meditate), and stick with it. Regularity and consistency are crucial in reaping the benefits of mental workouts. It will relive the stress and enhance the psychological agenda in our minds to streghnthen us through our pshchological state to build confidence in our selves over the stress and distress of our society's normal practices. LUV YA!

HOLLA AT YOU'LL LATER! LOVE IS FIRST AND GOD IS LOVE! THEN GOD IS FIRST IN OUR LIVES!