Detoxify the mind – Art of Meditation

2 days ago I went for the meditation class. Since last few days I felt an earnest need to find some relaxing techniques to detoxify my thoughts. My brain was restless and hyper active even during sleeps and almost each morning I was waking up red eyed and still sleepy.

So I signed up for this meet up that was organized by Rahul who had done a course with “Art of Living”. The session was organized at a local church. There were around 5 more people in the group – all with varied backgrounds and cultures.

The moment I started mediation – my mind flooded with different thoughts, why are we doing it sitting on chair (aren’t we supposed to do it sitting on floor), my clothing is too tight for the breathing exercise, will I feel anything different, Oh my God – most of our life have we need breathing so wrong……………….blah blah.

Gradually my mind settled down, felt an internal calmness creep down my entire body, an undefined peace engulfed me and my body & mind felt so light as if I was floating around. In the meditation they suggested – “embrace the negative thoughts you are feeling” but believe me I couldn’t comprehend even one itsy bitsy negative thought, all I could feel was this calmness, peace and happiness inside me, this exhilarating feeling of lightness, purity and contentment. It is difficult for me to explain exactly what and how I felt … but the experience was too beautiful for me. I didn’t want the session to end, to come out of that state……………….

Maybe I should take that “art of Living” classes or maybe I should simply buy some meditation audio CDs and try it on my own.