Meditation — The Complete Guide

Athletes often use visual affirmations. In preparing for competition, athletes use visualizations that combine kinesthetic awareness with visual awareness

Affirmations are a kind of visualization. An affirmation is a positive statement about an outcome you wish to achieve.

Your imagination is like your muscles. If you use it, it will be more fit and responsive.

When you are in the zone, you may experience exhaustion and pain, but you maintain equanimity even while sweating.

First, you have to cultivate the intention to practice both the inner and the outer sport. Second, you have to find instruction in your chosen sport. Third, you have to practice regularly.

Your fitness regime can serve as your meditation. It is possible to cultivate the meditative state while walking, swimming, biking, skiing, or jogging

You may find yourself rushing at first, but with practice you can allow your eyes to follow the myriad details without haste.

Open your eyes and begin to examine the sacred image.

The material is less important than the concentration involved in the process of creation

Upon completion, the finished mandala may be destroyed, or it may be saved to use as a focus for visual meditation.