Meditation

What Is Meditation?

Meditation is shifting your awareness from what you are doing each day to simply being with yourself. It is pressing pause on the constant motion and chatter so that you can tap into your personal potential. You see, each of us comes into this life with talents and interests, and meditation can help you discover and enhance your personal gifts, which are your contributions to this time and space on Earth.

There are different forms of meditation practices, with a few described below, but the common theme with meditation is centering your awareness (sometimes using breathwork, music, or mantras) and allowing any thoughts or feelings to simply flow through without judgment or attention. Some practices use consciousness-changing techniques that have been proven to have many benefits on psychological and physical well-being.

7 Types Of Meditation Practices

There is a multitude of meditation practices already popularized, and each goes about obtaining benefits in different ways. A few are described here:

1. Focused Attention

Focused Attention is a practice whereby you focus your attention on a sensation, sound, or focal point to clear your mind and reduce your current stress level.

2. Body Scan

Body Scan meditation sessions help you release physical tension to ease any discomfort you might be feeling by focusing attention on parts of the body in a sequence from head to toe or vice versa.

3. Visualization

Visualization involves relaxing your body and calming your mind while picturing positive pictures, symbols, or affirmations to shift yourself into a more serene and focused energy.

4. Loving Kindness

Loving Kindness meditation begins with breathing and centering your mind, and then uses words, phrases, or images to enhance feelings of love and kindness toward others as well as oneself.

5. Zen Meditation

Zen Meditation is rooted in Buddhism as the study of the self, and this practice has been handed down for 2,500 years. Zen meditation is a spiritual practice that focuses on awakening you to the nature of the mind and has many other benefits such as reducing depression and anxiety.

6. Transcendental Meditation

Transcendental Meditation has also been passed down over thousands of years from Hindu teachings encompassing all aspects of life. A TM teacher assigns the student a mantra, which is to be repeated in the mind for 20 minutes twice daily while in a seated position with eyes closed.

7. Chakra Meditation

Chakra Meditation is a collective term for practices that focus on clearing blockages in the 7 major chakras to promote relaxation, healing, and spiritual awakening. Knowledge of the chakras also dates back to ancient Vedic texts. They are a part of the subtle spiritual body and connect it to the physical body.

Why Choose Meditation At Creating Harmony

Creating Harmony teaches a spiritual practice that enhances mental clarity, intuition, and connection with your physical body, your subtle energetic body (chakras and aura), and your Higher Self. It is a seated practice using guided imagery to center your awareness, ground your body and energy field, and move or transmute energies to help you achieve your potential in this lifetime.

You will become more of who you are meant to be, obtain spiritual guidance, and eventually learn how to read energies for yourself. People who identify as empaths and/or healers find these techniques extremely helpful to clear others’ energies and obtain the benefits described below.

The Benefits of Meditation are Researched and Documented

A majority of people decide to try meditation for the well-known benefits of stress reduction. Both mental and physical stress cause increased levels of the stress hormone Cortisol.

Cortisol has been proven to produce many of the harmful effects of stress, such as the release of inflammatory chemicals called cytokines. There are many negative effects of stress, such as:

Disrupts sleep
Increases blood pressure
Promotes both depression as well as anxiety
Contributes to fatigue, distractibility, and difficulty focusing

The Institute of Functional Medicine references several studies in their article “Beneficial Effects of Meditation on Inflammation” that show that meditation impacts inflammation caused by chronic stress.

They also describe the relationship that chronic stress has with neurotransmitters, the gut microbiome, the fight-or-flight response, and the reduction in anti-inflammatory and antitumor effects.

There has been a wealth of research about meditation, particularly in the last two decades, that has proven that mediation can have both positive physiological as well as psychological effects.

Take a look at some of the Mayo Clinic research results for yourself: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/meditation/in-depth/meditation/art-20045858

Some of the Emotional and Physical Benefits are Summarized Here:

- - - Changing perspectives on stressful situations
    - Learning skills to cope with stress
    - Improving self-awareness
    - Being in the present moment
    - Fewer negative emotions
    - Improving imagination and creativity
    - Building tolerance and patience.
    - Feelings of overwhelm and anxiety
    - Asthma attacks
    - Cancer symptoms and side effects of treatments
    - Pain
    - Sadness and depression
    - Heart disease
    - Hypertension
    - IBS and digestive problems
    - Sleep issues
    - Headaches

Additional Benefits Of Meditation At Creating Harmony

We have already explored the most prominent benefits of meditation above, and if you choose to do more research you will find that these are just the highlights. So what makes meditation at Creating Harmony different?

1. A Holistic Practice

Creating Harmony’s meditation practice works concurrently with the mind, body, and spirit. The guided imagery tools promote a release of thoughts, emotional and spiritual energies that keep you stuck or repeating cycles or habits. While other types of meditation provide a temporary “vacation” from particular situations or feelings, because of the addition of spiritual energy techniques, you will notice clarity on all levels (body, mind, and spirit).

Testimonial

“I used to struggle to quiet my mind and process emotions, especially before bed. I ran through the day’s activities again, replaying emotions, and then moved onto the next day’s plans. What I didn’t realize was all the anxiety and stress my mind was creating. It got to the point I felt like my emotions were controlling me.

Laura helped me learn to release the tension, let go of my thoughts and emotions, and find peace and calmness. I continue to take meditation classes because they help me grow my daily meditation practice, which fills me with renewed energy. Laura creates a positive, welcoming, and healing environment in her classes.”

~ Molly K.

2. Set the Energy for Your Day

After releasing energies that no longer serve you, you can decide what you would like more of in your life. Would you like more joy, connectedness, love, contentment, kindness, or enthusiasm? Creating Harmony’s guided imagery techniques and energy tools help integrate this into the physical, mental, and spiritual bodies. There are also tools and techniques for setting the energy for your projects, places you’ll be, interactions you’ll have, and so on.

Testimonial

“I just wanted to start out by saying how much gratitude I have for you and what you do! I used to dread leaving the house and socializing because the energies around me were so much to bear. After using the tools you’ve taught me since the beginning of the year, I have noticed a tremendous difference. For the first time since I can remember I truly feel like I have seniority in my space, and I have a newfound confidence.

People I have recently met are frequently telling me I am a ray of sunshine, and that I light up the room, and people used to describe me as shy or quiet. I can’t thank you enough.”

~ Caty Pike

3. Enhance Your Intuition and Spiritual Guidance

As you clear energies from your spiritual space, your channels for spiritual communication will become more open. Additionally, your Pineal Gland will become activated through this meditation practice, The Pineal Gland is associated with the Third Eye Chakra and is located deep in the center of the brain (it also secretes melatonin, a hormone that plays a role in the body’s internal clock and sleep). The Third Eye Chakra also becomes more energized and contributes to the increased flow of intuition and spiritual guidance. You will also work with angels, archangels, ascended masters, and God/Goddess/Creator/I am during meditations with Creating Harmony.

Testimonial

“Taking Series 1 with Laura has provided the tools, training, and support to navigate tumultuous times with more ease and grace than I ever thought possible while deepening my connection with my Self to the point that I am allowing a more soul-led life to unfold and it is better than I could have ever imagined. I can’t wait to see what treasures await to be uncovered in future classes because the changes are palpable and self-sustainable.”

~ Claire S.

4. Increase Your Self Awareness and Spiritual Connection

Creating Harmony meditation practices also work with the 7 major chakras, the layers of the aura (the electromagnetic field around your physical body), and other aspects of your spiritual anatomy. You will become increasingly aware of the energies that are influencing you, and you will learn the tools to work with these energies.

Testimonial

“As someone, only a few months into practicing meditation, Rev. Laura Sabados’s class, ‘Meditation to Enhance Your Awareness and Intuition,’ opened my eyes, mind, and heart to the spirituality that awaits.

The techniques she taught are ones I will continue to use and continue to enhance. Laura’s teaching has caused me to have a thirst for more–more clearing, more openness, more knowledge, and more guidance. I hope to gain all of this with further practice, reading, and especially Laura’s guidance. I look forward to spending more time with her in the future.”

~ Kassie Myers

5. Learn to Read Energy and to Support Others on Their Journeys

Creating Harmony teaches energy techniques to create understanding and alignment with others. learn to read the energies in your energetic field first.

6. Move Forward with More Grace and Ease

When you release the energies that have created stagnancy in your life, you will find that your behaviors and patterns naturally change throughout your day. This is often noticed afterward because there is no effort involved, just an “Aha” moment!

Testimonial

“These tools are amazing!! I couldn’t have maintained my cool or handled a recent situation without them. Thank you Laura for sharing them!”

~ Jennifer J.

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7. It Can Be Practiced Anywhere

This is a seated practice, and with practice, shifts can be achieved even in brief periods such as 2-3 minutes. These techniques and tools are easily adjusted to match a multitude of environments and situations. Feel free to meditate almost any time and anywhere!

Meditation Classes are Offered Throughout the Year, In Person and Online

There are also series of classes offered at different times of the year. Subscribe to the Creating Harmony email list to receive announcements in your inbox:

Meditation Series: Energy Tools for Spiritual Growth & Self-Healing, Part 1

Laura is often asked how she is able to read and work with energy as she does….

the answer is that it begins here!

Do you feel drained during or at the end of the day? Does your mood change based upon the people around you? Do you or others consider you an Empath?

Do your thoughts race, particularly when you try to focus, meditate or go to sleep? Or perhaps you are already able to meditate and want to learn new techniques to improve your practice and your health. Then you won’t want to miss this series!

We will begin with basic meditation and energy tools to connect more fully with your body, mind, and spirit, and then build upon those each week:

Grounding and centering to release tension/emotions/energy you pick up throughout your day
Running your energy to enhance healing in your physical, mental, and spiritual bodies
Replenishing your creativity and bringing in more Divine Guidance
Grounding spaces and projects so that you can move forward with more ease
No prior experience is required

$150 includes all 4 classes + recordings and a 15-minute 1:1 energy check with Laura. If you have taken this series with Laura previously, there is a 50% discount; however, the energy check is separate ($25).

Payment plans may be requested. These are live classes with a group. Please contact Creating Harmony to request Series #1. Contact (540) 570-0047 or alittlebithippie@gmail.com

Part 2 ~ Energy Tools for Spiritual Growth and Self-Healing

**Prerequisite: Energy Tools Series # 1**

Level 2 basic meditation and energy tools to connect more fully with your body, mind, and spirit:

Becoming aware of and collecting energies before they enter your space
Running your own personal creative energy
Additional ways to release energies and heal old patterns
Having more of what you desire in your life and creating energetic “mock-ups” of what you’d like to manifest

Increasing your communication with other spirits and the Divine
Working with your personal Healing Master

$150 includes all 4 classes + recordings and a 15-minute 1:1 energy check with Laura. If you would like to repeat this series, there is a 50% discount; however, the energy check is separate ($25).

A Payment plan may be requested. These are live classes with a group. Please contact Creating Harmony to request Series #2. Contact (540) 570-0047 or alittlebithippie@gmail.com

Part 3 ~ “Energy Tools for Spiritual Growth and Self-Healing”

**Prerequisite: Energy Tools Series – Parts 1 & 2**

Basic reading skills and additional practice with your energy tools to deepen your connection with yourself and Spirit:

Learn to read energy by reading your own energy and tools
Read your own energetic pictures and use them to shift previous patterns and habits
Deepen your understanding and experience with all of your energetic tools

Continue working with your personal Healing Master, Angels, and Archangels, and Ascended Masters

$150 includes all 4 classes + recordings and a 15-minute 1:1 energy check with Laura. If you would like to repeat this series, there is a 50% discount; however, the energy check is separate ($25).

Payment plans may be requested. These are live classes with a group. Please contact Creating Harmony to request Series #3. Contact (540) 570-0047 or alittlebithippie@gmail.com

“Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.”

— Arianna Huffington