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Win back some control each day with guided meditation!<\/p>\n
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If you aren’t willing to give up your phone, laptop, tablet and any other digital distraction in your life, then you need to find a way to switch off. Get the best out of you. And here’s how.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/performancemeditation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-brain-and-visualisation.jpg” title_text=”The brain and visualisation” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”75%” height=”290px” max_height=”1000px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” width=”100%” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.4″ width=”100%” custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.4″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”72472ff2-afe2-4e1f-b364-eaa50cadd0a7″ header_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” custom_css_before=”left: 0;||background: linear-gradient(to right,var(–color-1) 0,var(–color-1) 65%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 65%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 71%,#333 71%);||content: %22%22;||position: absolute;||height: 2px;||width: 100px;||bottom: 0;” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”dct_plain_txt ” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”28px” text_orientation=”justified” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Your brain waves are responsible for the electrical activity in your brain. This activity is what allows you to think, feel, and move. If you know how to use this activity, you can manipulate the different waves to improve your life.<\/p>\n What are brain waves?<\/strong><\/p>\n There are four types of brain waves that function well for specific purposes. Learn how to get the best out of them and live your best life.<\/p>\n Use meditation, breathing exercises, and yoga to influence your brain wave patterns by helping you reach different states of consciousness to impact your ability to perform well in any given area of your life.<\/p>\n Each type of brain wave has a different frequency range that induces various states of consciousness.<\/p>\n Train Your Brain<\/strong><\/p>\n Brain wave training is a method that uses audio or visual stimuli to guide your brainwaves into specific frequencies to improve mental performance, induce relaxation or sleep, and even promote healing. There is evidence to suggest that certain types of brainwave entrainment can help to improve memory, concentration, creativity, problem-solving ability, self-awareness, and stress management.<\/p>\n Brain waves are not always static. They can change based on the state of consciousness of the individual. For example, someone meditating may have a higher proportion of alpha waves, while someone who is sleep-deprived may have a higher proportion of beta waves.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”72472ff2-afe2-4e1f-b364-eaa50cadd0a7″ header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” text_orientation=”left” custom_css_before=”left: 0;||background: linear-gradient(to right,var(–color-1) 0,var(–color-1) 65%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 65%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 71%,#333 71%);||content: %22%22;||position: absolute;||height: 2px;||width: 100px;||bottom: 0;” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”dct_plain_txt ” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”28px” text_orientation=”justified” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Influencing your brain wave patterns is a form of meditation and improves the following:<\/p>\n If meditation boosts all of the above, it makes perfect sense that performance in a chosen area can benefit from meditation.<\/p>\n What are the Different Types of Meditation?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mindfulness Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n The focus is on the breath while being aware of thoughts and sensations without judgment.<\/p>\n Spiritual Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n An experience that takes you to the depths of who you are as your authentic self, stripped of previous perceptions about yourself up to meditation.<\/p>\n Focused Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n Often referred to as focused attention meditation FAM<\/p>\n Allowing you to focus your attention on an object, sound, or sensation rather than trying to achieve a clear mind without a specific focal point.<\/p>\n Movement Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n The practise or exercise that energises your body and mind through calm and purposeful breathing or movement allows you to experience the body’s sensations.<\/p>\n Mantra Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n Silent repetition of a word or phrase to slow down mental activity, though the objective is not to put a stop to your thoughts altogether.<\/p>\n Transcendental Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n Involves silently repeating a mantra for 15-20 minutes a day, often with closed eyes but without concentration, control, or training.<\/p>\n Progressive Relaxation<\/strong><\/p>\n Often referred to as Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR), to tense and relax muscles one by one to allow you to notice the tension dissolving in each.<\/p>\n Loving-kindness Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n To send goodwill, kindness, and warmth to others by silently repeating a series of mantras to achieve loving energy toward yourself and others.<\/p>\n There are two types of methods that meditation falls within;<\/p>\n Focused-attention meditation is ideal for activating brain waves and reaching successful visualisation.<\/p>\n Similarly, Performance Meditation <\/a>begins with calming sounds to bring your brain waves into theta, making you more receptive to visualisation.<\/p>\n A personalised and guided meditation takes you through the process of visualising the performance you want to achieve. The objective is to make this visualisation an actualisation.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”72472ff2-afe2-4e1f-b364-eaa50cadd0a7″ header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_font_size=”30px” text_orientation=”left” custom_css_before=”left: 0;||background: linear-gradient(to right,var(–color-1) 0,var(–color-1) 65%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 65%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 71%,#333 71%);||content: %22%22;||position: absolute;||height: 2px;||width: 100px;||bottom: 0;” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”dct_plain_txt ” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”28px” text_orientation=”justified” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Decrease high blood pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n Meditation can relax the nerve signals that coordinate heart function, blood vessel tension, and the \u201cfight-or-flight\u201d response that increases alertness in stressful situations.<\/p>\n Reduce age-related memory loss<\/strong><\/p>\n A paper written by Dharma Singh Khalsa<\/a> reviews lifestyle and stress as possible factors causing\u00a0 Alzheimer’s disease. Just 12 minutes per day of practising meditation that combines repetitive mantras or chanting can improve memory in those with subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and highly stressed caregivers, all at high risk for subsequent AD development.<\/p>\n Improve attention span<\/strong><\/p>\n One study<\/a> found that people who listened to a meditation tape experienced improved attention and accuracy while completing a task compared with those in a control group. The study concludes that –<\/p>\n \u2018even brief meditation improves the allocation of attentional resources in some novices.\u2019<\/p>\n Encourage self-awareness<\/strong><\/p>\n Meditation can help you recognise that thoughts may be harmful or self-defeating. You can better understand your thoughts and habits and steer them toward more constructive patterns.<\/p>\n One study<\/a> shows that experience in meditation may cultivate more creative problem-solving skills.<\/p>\n Promote emotional health<\/strong><\/p>\n Some types of meditation have been recognised as helping to improve self-image and encouraging a more positive outlook on life.<\/p>\n One study<\/a> found that people who completed a meditation exercise had fewer negative thoughts in response to viewing negative images compared to those people that did not experience meditation before viewing negative images.<\/p>\n Reduce stress and anxiety<\/strong><\/p>\n Regular meditation can reduce stress levels, which means less anxiety.<\/p>\nUnderstanding BrainWaves to Improve Life<\/h1>\n
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