Meditation

Meditation can be a tricky thing for me. I can't do guided meditation. I don't do group meditation. Generally I can't turn my head off.

I finally got an ipod for Christmas. My thought process was this could calm me when I am going some where or sitting in a waiting room. Not so much, I don't like not being able to hear what is around me or behind me. I downloaded a bunch of my favorite stuff. Things from my "Life Soundtrack". It amazes me that not everyone gets that. I would think EVERYONE would have a life soundtrack. People who say they don't really like music either. I don't get that. How can you not like music?

Normally when meditating I listen to something earthy. Some thing new age. Something spiritual.
Drum Sex is a great CD. I don't remember who did it, but when my friend Eileen reads this she can tell you in the comment section! It really puts you in the zone. Makes you want to move. Clears your head!
Another really amazing option, actually just released today is Tapestry by Nicole La Roche. You listen to that and it is like smoking some thing righteous without actually having any herb. No I don't do that NOW but I was a teenager once!

I have been using the Life Sound track for my meditations lately and it has been the most effective meditation I have had recently. I say most effective because I don't just end the session relaxed it takes me to that happy place. I am done and I am happy.

I have been collecting songs in my head as long as I can remember. My Grandpa would watch Fritz the Plumber when I was little. So I have a certain fondness for polkas. I remember being in the car with my Mom and her belting out Piece of my Heart by Janis Joplin or White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. I thought my Mom could sing like Cher. My Dad, the Beach Boys. If I hear the Eurythmics, that is Heather. When my Son was little....too many songs to list! So I have been making a point to lay down in bed every night and listen to some of the music from my life soundtrack. Happy times. Happy memories. People I love. It puts me in a good place. You might want to try it!

My agoraphobic self did go out today and ran some errands with the beloved safe person. I think I will spend the rest of the day at home. It snowed yesterday and it is so cold out! I have already been asked to make home made popcorn, NOT the kind from the microwave! Movie night perhaps.

Happy Saturday!
Love and Light