Meditation

During the 24 hours leading to meditation I was feeling very stressed out and overwhelmed. Work, school, family, and relationships just seem to be too much to handle at times. In particular one thing that has been a major cause for stress lately is registration because I notice that many of the classes I need to take this upcoming semester are filling up quite fast. On a scale of 1 to 10 my anxiety level was at a 7 and I was experiencing tension on my neck which I rate at about an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. After my meditation session it was honestly an incredible feeling my anxiety level probably dropped to like a 3 and the tension on my neck was almost completely gone, like a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. My mood after meditating was very calm and hopeful. The type of meditation that I chose was Guided Meditation and it seriously felt incredible. While I was meditating I just tried to focus on my breathing and in a sense blank out, I did not want to think about anything I just wanted to enter deep relaxation. Many thoughts were trying to come into my mind but I tried blocking them by strictly focusing on my breathing. It was a bit challenging at first with the noise in my house like for example talking and television but as I got more into it I slowly learned how to block those noises from my mind. I would definitely try meditating again in the future, I was actually very excited when I learned that my EC Reflection was on meditation because since we did a chapter on it I have been wanting to try it. Overall it was an amazing experience and I would totally recommend it for all of you to try.