Celebrate April as Stress Awareness Month with 30 Days of Meditation

April is Stress Awareness Month, and April 16th is Stress Awareness Day. Our entire purpose 365 days a year here on the stress free mind blog is to share some simple easy ways that you can learn to manage the way you deal with the stress in your life. Our favorite stress management technique is meditation. We love it so much, and we really believe in the power of meditation to transform your life that we are devoting the entire month to exploring this topic in some depth.

Stress is a part of everyday day life as a human being. As long as you are alive on this planet you will have to deal with some form of stress. The trick is to find a way to float above the things that happen in life rather than allowing yourself to get sucked down into the morass of worry, anxiety, dread, and fear.

Now, I’m betting you’re saying to yourself, “Float above everything? Seriously? I have bills to pay and my boss is on my case and I’m upside down in my mortgage and the dog keeps peeing on my new carpet and. . .” And you could go on and on. You can furrow your brow and get your stomach all in knots as you wring your hands chanting “woe is me!” Or you can take a deep breath, smile serenely and remember that all of this will soon pass.

Meditation is a simple practice that will teach you how to focus and quiet your mind so that you are operating from a peaceful center that is unflappable in the face of swirling chaos.

Getting to that place where you can float above the stress in your life is a process. Stress is addicting because at the root of it it’s exciting. When you are under stress something is actually happening. You feel your pulse rate increase, your breathing gets a little faster, and your blood pumps a little faster. Your on edge and poised to act. When you choose that kind of response your body gets all fired up.

But then at other times when things seem to be operating at a somewhat even keel your body begins to crave that rush of feeling and sensation that occurs in a crisis. So, you may unconsciously start doing things that will lead to the creation of yet another crisis so that you can spring into action and resolve it.

The daily practice of meditation can help you to gently break that addiction to trauma and drama and replace it with a habit of calm, peaceful introspection allowing you to peer into the deepest parts of yourself and meet up with who you really are. It also allows you to establish or deepen your connection to the Divine of which you are an eternal spark.

As part of our celebration of National Stress Awareness Month, we are going to take a month long look at the ancient practice of meditation. It is our desire that you give meditation a try and see if it helps you to feel more centered, peaceful, calm and alive. We love meditation because it’s simple, it’s free and you can do it almost anywhere.

So, please join us on this month-long journey of exploration into the mysteries of meditation. You’ll learn about the different kinds of meditation, you’ll discover some cool meditation aids, and hopefully you’ll try some different meditation techniques either for the first time or as a way to expand your repertoire.

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Don’t forget to breathe! Be well and please enjoy our April meditation series.