Your Weekly Meditation

Many studies have proven that meditation has numerous physiological benefits, including a study done at Harvard University. In the 8-week study, researchers determined that a simple practice like meditation could rebuild the grey matter of the brain in as little as eight weeks. The brain’s gray matter is responsible for the primary thinking, perceiving, and cognitive functions of the brain, helping us process information. Meditation can do much more than boosting the brain, and it may even help you reduce your blood pressure, fight anxiety, and help you fight pain.


Each week I post up a New Meditation but meditations from previous weeks are available in the Meditation Library Section ♥

Week of the 8th February 2021

This week’s meditation is one for the Teens/Pre Teens: I Believe in Me Meditation


My heart goes out to teenagers at the moment and so I wanted to dedicate our meditation this week to them. My hope is to encourage any teenagers or pre teens in your life to begin to meditate or to continue a meditation practice.
Life is very complicated for teenagers and even more so in these times. They maybe balancing schoolwork, with sport, with trying to fit in and (in normal times) having an active social life. And all of this with the added pressure of social media.
Unfortunately there is lots of studies showing that teenagers are even more stressed than adults.
To start kids and teenagers meditating as early as possible will set them up in life.

These are just some of the advantages of meditations:

• improves focus and concentration so teens can focus on homework and perform better on exams
• helps with self-esteem and memory
• reduces high blood pressure and heart rate
• helps balance the immune system
• improves sleep
• help them to regulate emotions
• hugely benefial for sport for managing pain and enhanced focus, enhanced positive thinking and mental awareness

It maybe helpful to explain to your teen or pre teen some of the advantages of meditating, ones that will resonate with them.
This is a list of successful athletes and celebrites that are big advocates of meditations many put their success and their atheletic edge down to Meditation. This may inspire your teens to start a mediation practice: (the list is endless these are just a few high profile celebs and sports people)

• Katy Perry
• Madonna
• Kristen Bell
• Jerry Seinfield
• Oprah Winfrey
• Will Smith
• Tim Ferris
• Martin Scorcese
• Steve Jobs
• Russel Brand
• Tom Hanks
• Jeff Bridges
• Hugh Jackman
• Lindsay Lohan

Athletes: – meditate to improve their game:

• David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo (Soccer).
• Rory McIIroy, Tommy Fleetwood (Golf)
• Rob Kearney( Rugby)
• Roger Federer, Bianca Andreescu(Tennis)
• Derek Jeter – MLB
• Michael Jordan – NBA
• Carli Lloyd – Soccer
• Ginger Huber – Cliff Diving
• LeBron James – NBA

From chatting to friends who have teenager/pre teens kids these are the key areas they feel their kids need: focus on self belief, switching off and reducing stress. And so I have created our meditation around this.
You may find that you need to start them with a short meditation first and slowly build them up to a longer meditation.
I hope my meditation will be helpful but please do listen to it first and ensure this is something your teen would like.

I have also included a previous shorter meditation to get them started if 10 Minutes is too long to begin with:

Finding Calmness Meditation
3 mins 30 secs

Namaste

xx

Your Meditation Library

I Believe in Me – A Meditation for Teens/Pre Teens

Cultivating Abundance

Breathing in Positivity

Prenatal Deep Relaxation Meditation

Setting Your Intention Meditation

Letting Go Meditation

Finding Calmness Meditation

The Yoga Tree’s Ease Back to Sleep Meditation:

The Yoga Tree’s Energising Meditation:

The Yoga Tree’s Happy Place Kid’s Meditation

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Happiness Meditation – Mudita Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s Moment of Calmness Meditation

The Yoga Tree’s ‘One Minute Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Gratitude Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Sleep Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Relaxing Breath Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Progressive Relaxation Muscle Technique’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Counting Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘5 Minute Breathing Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Letting Go Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Metta Meditation – Love & Kindness Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Attitude Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s ‘Mountain Meditation’:

The Yoga Tree’s Classic ‘Yoga Nidra’: