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“The Evolution of Martial Arts Training for the 21st Century”
Health and Wellness:
The Benefits of Meditation, Green Tea, Diet and Good Deeds.
Our goal is to help our students, their families, friends and neighbors live a life of health, happiness and peaceful mind.
The purpose of this goal is to live a life that is selfless.
We will accomplish goal by first living the life we want to help others achieve. By being the best example to our students and by trusting Grand Master Kim’s vision.
The 7 Benefits of Meditation:
Meditation simplifies our outer life and energizes our inner life
1. Happiness. Meditation can help us to cultivate a real abiding happiness. Meditation allows us to be in tune with our inner self. When we live in the heart we can experience a sense of oneness with others, this brings a happiness that does not depend upon outer events.
2. Inner Peace. Most people would like to experience more inner peace in their lives; at times peace feels an elusive quality because our lives are so hectic. Meditation teaches us how to switch off from the noise of the mind, we no longer give importance to the teeming thoughts which fly through our mind. Through meditation we can gain a clear state of mind; this is the secret of feeling a real inner peace.
3. Health Benefits. There have been numerous studies showing a link between meditation and improved physical health. Meditation is a practical solution to relieve stress. When we relieve stress we help to reduce our blood pressure and heart related diseases.
4. Simplicity. Meditation helps to simplify our lives. When we live in the mind we can feel life is nothing but teeming problems and worries. Through learning to meditate we find we can get joy from appreciating the simplicity of life.
“Meditation simplifies our outer life and energizes our inner life. Meditation gives us a natural and spontaneous life, a life that becomes so natural and spontaneous that we cannot breathe without being conscious of our own divinity.”
- Sri Chinmoy
5. Living in the Present. When we analyse the thoughts that go through our mind we find that many of them are dealing with the past or present. We are either fearful of the future or ruminating on the past. However by dwelling on the past or future, it means we are unable to live in the present moment. When we meditate we are completely in the here and now. Meditation teaches us to appreciate life as it is; we learn to value our present circumstances.
6. Better Relations with Others. Often we can have minor conflicts with other people because we dwell on minor faults of the other person. Whether it is justified or not, it is a common source of unhappiness and division. Meditation teaches us to give no importance to minor thoughts. When we meditate powerfully we develop a sense of oneness with other people; we naturally look to their good qualities. Their minor faults seem unimportant.
7. To discover a real sense of who we are. Our intellectual mind can seek to discover the answer to many questions, but the one question of who am I? always remains unanswered. To discover our real self; to be aware of our own soul we have to go beyond the mind. It is in meditation that we can become aware of a living spiritual presence. When we find this we feel a new purpose in life.
How to Meditate
There are many ways to meditate.
The way Grand Master Kim teaches is simple and effective.
The key is to practice everyday.
In the morning when you wake and in the evening before you go to sleep.
When you meditate in the morning it prepares you for a great day
When you meditate in the evening it prepares you for a great rest
1.Find a quite place to sit. This should be the place you go every time you want to meditate. If it is nice outside you can go outside.
2.If you can sit cross leg on the floor great, if not sit in a chair. It is most important that you keep your back straight. This aligns your spine and internal organs and helps your energy flow more effectively. Leaning back in the chair or against a wall is not recommended.
3.Breath in through your nose and into your lower stomach (Danjun Lower Energy Center) and then out through your nose.
4.To focus your mind count from 1-20 then 20 back down to 1.
5.If a thought pops into your mind (Which it will) just continue counting when you remember. It does not matter where you were just restart your counting.
6.For beginners 10 minutes is a good starting point. Your goal will be to increase your meditation longer and longer.
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