Finding Peace of Mind guide, steps to Wellbeing

Daily meditation of at least 20 minutes morning and night is a great way to find peace. One way to meditate is with continued focus on your breath, in and out of the nostrils. Catching any thoughts entering your mind and coming back to full focus on your breath. Imagine your thoughts are like clouds and observe them coming and going. Focus is the key to deepen in this process. Just this practice of meditation alone has lead people to an enlightened state of being and bliss consciousness. If you’re finding this too hard with the mind wandering, which can take some time to master, another technique you can use is counting each breath. Going back from 20 to 0 and then to 20 again. Then build up to 50 and then 100.

I highly recommend regular meditation to train the mind to be able to focus. Personally I find 1 hour sittings and up to 2 hours the best. My Personal experiences of deep peace and contentment come with longer meditations and connecting with nature.

What really made a big difference in my personal practice was attending a Vipassana 10 day silent meditation retreat. It was a life changing experience, I’ve done a few now and feel so amazing doing this practice. Vipassna is free and at the end you make a donation.

Another amazing teaching is Open Heart Meditation, this practice has bought me so much happiness and joy! You place your hand on your heart, smile and relax.

Purification process is another step in creating peace of mind. Avoiding processed foods as much as possible and eating organic and in moderation.

By eating slowly you can feel when you are getting full. To avoid over eating, only eat until you feel about 80% full. Over eating takes up extra energy in the digestive system. Water is key and regularly drinking small amounts of spring water is the best way to keep your cells hydrated. Tap water has added chemicals which are beneficial to filter out.

Lastly your ethics play a big part of maintaining peace of mind, awareness around your actions and the effects on others and the environment. Please think about every step you make, the effects and ripples it creates. We all need to be more conscious about conservation and preservation of nature for our children and their children.

Peace of mind ultimately comes from your state of mind. The more optimistic you are, the better. Standing in your integrity and following through with your word helps avoid drama. In the stillness of your mind deep contentment comes and a connection opens up to your heart by placing your hand on it and smiling to your heart this can creates a great sense of well-being over time.

I’ve had depression and anxiety which was like hell and at that time I felt like it would have been easier to be dead. What I discovered is that material wealth doesn’t mean anything if you cant enjoy it. I also believe true wealth is your health and wellbeing. The richness of life comes with the depth of connectedness and gratitude. I recommend working towards high emotional intelligence, which goes hand in hand with mindfulness. It’s really great to see the australian schooling system incorporating these two philosophies into the curriculum and companies like to Google and Nike implementing mindfulness too. This is all due to science and research proving the benefits of meditation, mindfulness and High EI.

Being in nature as much as possible and regular exercise is hugely beneficial for your wellbeing. Studies provide evidence that nature reduces stress and lowers blood pressure. Even just a short amount of time in the forest or at the beach improves the strength of your immune system, helping you relax and calm the mind.

Nature helps increase activitiy in your parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for calming down to relax, and can also be achieved by breathing out twice as slow as you breathe in.

Negative ions are also beneficial for your health and are found in abundance near running water, forest and crystals such as amethyst. There are also higher amounts of negative ions in the air around sunset and sunrise.

The effects of negative ions have been shown to lift your mood, lessen stress, depression and anxiety. Sunlight produces serotonin in your body helping regulation of your moods and adding peace of mind.

Peace of mind comes from making good choices, and having a positive attitude. On the other hand, desire can lead you to look outside yourself for fulfillment and is generally only a short term fix.

Being in touch with your passions and purpose in life creates a sense of direction. Having your emotional and physical needs met allows you to relax because your not searching for something.

To build and create peace of mind, factors like being in a harmonious environment, self enquiry, healthy relationships with people that care and respect you, and training your mind to be focused though practices like meditation, yoga and Qigong are very beneficial.

Clearing any loose ends, or emotional baggage, through counciling, expression and acceptance can help you let go of the past. Detachment can be a very powerful tool, from experience the more I can let go, the easier things are.

Communication skills are fundamental to your success in relationships with friends, family and in business. A technique which really helps in clear conscious communication is to repeat back what your hearing someone say. This creates accountability and clarifies any potential misconceptions. The other super important factor is to be present and completely listening to what is being shared. Not taking things personally, and expressing yourself, owning your feelings or thoughts and not projecting your opinions.

Being compassionate about yourself and how others behave, not reacting when they’re expressing something and taking responsibility for your actions and choices. Finding a balance between work, play and rest is important. Awareness of your weaknesses and acceptance about what you cannot change. As the saying goes “it is what it is”.

What’s really helped me the most with peace of mind is a regular practice of meditation and understanding Tantra has given me such amazing insights into personal development and a fulfilling life!

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Bless your heart
Guy Sohm 😀