How would you like an easy meditation technique that you can use anytime to release your stress, feel more joy, and re-connect to the Infinite Intelligence all around you? Read on!
My friend Kevin calls this technique “Inner Smiling,” and it is a very powerful way to connect to the healing power of your heart, AND the wondrous magic going on all around you.
Before I get to that, let me tell you that I’m writing to you today from the beautiful island of Bali. This is a very magical place where you easily begin to feel and see all of the wondrous connections going on all around you, all the time!
Ultimately, I believe, we’re all here on this planet to support and help each other. After all, you have gifts and talents that can make the world a better place. Others have resources that you need. We’re all part of the ONE life.
Right now, I’m here on “the island of love” to attract a new partner, as part of the free series I’m doing, “Attract And Keep The Love You Want,” which follows my journey and helps you do the same. (While our intention is to attract romantic partners in this series, the journey will reveal that the love we all *truly* want transcends romantic love. Think: “fields of gold”).
But this place is not without its stresses and problems! Power cuts, tech issues, and wild storms are frequent experiences here in Bali. And it’s in the “crazy moments,” when everything feels like it’s falling apart, that I often turn to my friend Kevin’s easy meditation technique, “Inner Smiling”.
This helps me quickly return to that feeling that everything feels good, and of the deep “Infinite Intelligence” going on all around — the sense that there’s a deeper power that’s already taking care of everything way beyond what our conscious minds can ever fathom.
Continue reading as Kevin walks you through the easy meditation technique in his own words:
You can use the technique I’m about to show you to
quickly reduce stress, improve your health and immune
response, stay calm in the midst of chaos, and
connect with inner clarity and intuitive guidance.
(“Inner Smiling” is actually a key part of Core Energy
Meditation – a truly holistic meditation practice that
balances your three major energy centers – mind,
heart and body. Full details on that Program here:
The basis of Inner Smiling is actively self-generating
acceptance, gratitude, care, and trust. Here are some
of the benefits of Inner Smiling.
It can lower your blood pressure, calm your nervous
system, improve hormone balance, improve your
brain function, and give a positive feeling of well-being.
These effects begin by bringing heart rhythms into
balance. This facilitates coherent brainwaves and
integrated whole brain function. Generating an inner
smile also brings your parasympathetic nervous
system online, which is your relaxation and recovery
mode.
When your “relaxation response” is active, your
levels of muscle tension decrease, your digestive
system receives more blood for doing its job well, and
your immune system gets the energy it needs to function
at a peak level.
Your higher level brain functions also come online.
This is in contrast to when you feel fear and stress,
which actually shuts down your higher brain functions.
As your body relaxes, you decrease production of the
stress hormone, cortisol, and increase production of
DHEA, which regulates your body’s ability to heal and
repair itself. Pretty exciting stuff!
Not to mention it feels pretty darn good too!
So, how do you practice the easy meditation technique, Inner Smiling?
Here are four simple steps:
1. Close your eyes and take several slow deep breaths.
2. Imagine that you are breathing in and out through
your heart to focus your attention there.
3. Smile into your heart with acceptance, appreciation,
gratitude, and care.
4. Imagine and feel your Inner Smile expanding from
your heart to infuse every cell in your body.
To help you generate Inner Smiling in your heart and
your body as a whole, you can bring to mind someone
whom you care for unconditionally, such as your parent,
spouse, child, or pet. Or recall something that you
love to do or someone who makes you smile.
Bring your appreciation for those people, pets, or
events, into your heart and then send it outward into
your whole body.
If you find this challenging at first, you might spend
a little extra time focusing on breathing deeply in and
out through your heart. Allow any feelings of tension
or irritation to dissolve in your breath.
Then, imagine someone or something you effortlessly
appreciate or simply accept yourself and whatever is
happening unconditionally. Be grateful for “what is.”
Just putting a subtle smile on your lips may be enough
to bring an Inner Smile into your body. Inner Smiling
is a doorway to feeling your inner essence and
transforming your life from the inside out.
Enjoy your practice!
Kevin & Matt
ClearYourStress.com
P.S. If you liked “Inner Smiling,” try this easy meditation technique
– the “Core Energy Technique” that can be used to shift any
unwanted thought, feeling or belief – including worry:
http://clearyourstress.com/core-energy-technique/
P.P.S. To take this to the next level, I recommend you
check out my Core Energy Meditation program. This
comprehensive practices balances your three major
energy centers –
http://clearyourstress.com/quiz-why-meditation-isnt-working/