Think Less get more out of life

You don't need to live in a cave to get the benefit of meditation.

Does the word meditation conjure up holy monks draped in orange robes, chanting mantras or living an isolated life high in the Himalaya?

The great news is us everyday folk with our busy lives, family, friends and bombardment of electronic devices, can experience inner peace too.

Meditation Skills Teacher and Relaxation Therapist Elaine Doyle says "If we just take the time to slow down and learn meditative relaxation skills that are fundamental life. Practice them regularly even if we can only find 10 minutes a day. We can break the cycle of stress. We can start to become aware of the bombardment of our thoughts and how they obscure the reality of our lives. It is truly amazing that we can actually get more done and do it better, enjoy better relationships when we think less! The trick is being able to be aware of our thoughts, it's the first step in eliminating self destructive and limiting thinking patterns.



Think about when you hop out of the shower in the morning. We are all trying to save water and don't want to leave the tap dripping. But what if you were in a rush and didn't turn the tap off fully and the tap was slowly dripping, wasting all that valuable water. You could liken it to wasting your resources. Lots of things are happening in your home during the day, it's busy and you don't notice or hear that shower dripping. Like the many thoughts that are racing around in our minds all day which don't allow us to pay attention to what really matters. At the end of the day when the mayhem in the house has quieten down and you sit or lay in stillness you hear that shower dripping and immediately give it your full attention by, in this instance turning it off to save water. Our minds are a lot like this example when we practice even simple meditations we can quieten the mayhem of thoughts that wiz through our minds and find stillness we can address what is important and not waste our valuable resources. Yes we can live a more productive life with clarity and contentment by thinking less!"