Guided meditations are found nearly everywhere within the New Age and Spiritual areas of study. They are used to help keep the mind from wandering as well as to experience something specific in order to learn or grow from it. Guided meditations, or visualizations; gently lead the participant through a series of events. This type of meditation is great for the beginner, and can help prepare one for deeper more fulfilling meditations.
Though there are many different guided meditations available, they can have faults with some people. Some find that the meditation is not aiding them in relaxation, or bringing them through things they want to experience. In this case one can create their own personal guided meditation by using a few easy to follow guidelines and equipment.
Before beginning to create a guided meditation it is a good idea to gather a few materials to start. A computer or pad and paper, and a digital recorder or recording device is good to start. After materials have been gathered, following these guidelines will help in creating a personal guided meditation suited to your specific needs.
Relax and Record:
Guided visualizations have a clear beginning, middle and end. You should know how you will enter the meditative state, what you want to experience once you get there, and then how you plan on returning from that state. It’s a good idea to write down the generalities of what you want so you can better outline your purpose for your guided meditation. It is usually good to start with some sort of progressive relaxation method before getting into the actual guided meditation. This is done so that the body can relax and release the day to prepare for the meditative state. Keep this is mind as you begin to outline your guided meditation.
Music:
Music can aid greatly in guided meditation. The music you select should be instrumental with either no vocals, or light chanting or singing. It’s best to not choose music that has harsh vocals or a lot of singing as this tends to take the mind out of the meditative state. Listening to the music before hand will help as well, that way you can be sure that it is soothing and relaxing, but won’t put you to sleep. Another thing to look out for in music is abrupt stops or abrupt spikes in sound or tempo; this too can jar a person from the meditative state.
Description:
The key to a guided meditation is being descriptive. In essence the meditation is leading a person from one point to another allowing them to experience certain things. For them to experience these fully t is best to be as descriptive as possible. Using a lot of adjectives in your meditation helps in this. You do, however, not want to be too descriptive. If a guided meditation focuses too much on the descriptive nature of things it can make the meditation ineffective for two reasons. First, it will not allow the person experiencing the meditation to use their own imagination, and create and see the things that they may need too. Second, if too much time is spent describing something, the mind can begin to wander and get bored and tired, causing the meditation to be completely ineffective.
When you pull all of these steps together, you can start to actually record the guided meditation. Write, or type it out so that when you begin to record it, you have a clear focus, and don’t forget anything important. When you are ready to record the meditation on your voice recorder be sure to be in a clam relaxed state, with no outside noises or influences to bother you. You want to have the music playing softly in the background, but your voice should be the foremost thing being recorded. Speak softly and calmly, but with punctuation and inflection to your words.
Great Article! I have some Questions.
ReplyDelete1: Do you need a Certification to be able to Create and Sell your Meditations?
2: What program do you use to Make your Own Music and Start your Recording?
3: Do you need Royalty Free Music?
Thank you Mighty Max, I'm glad you enjoyed it! As far as a certification, there are none that I am familiar with or aware of that you need in order to sell or make your own meditations, though the article itself is geared more toward creating them for yourself. I would think though that having some study and background in meditation, and the New Age and Occult field would help greatly.
DeleteAs far as programs I know that Windows Media Player can help to cut and change music that you have chosen, but I would have to look into one that would help you create music on your own. There of course some background in music would be helpful I'm sure. If you are going to use music already created then yes, you would need to use Royalty Free music in your selections. Most of them simply require that you make mention of the composer in order to use, others may require different things, it is all up to the creator on what is acceptable for their creations.
Hope that this answered your questions. Thank you for asking such great ones!