Regina Lahner - Meditation Made Easy: With Singing Bowls

The quieter you are, the more you can hear.(Chinese proverb)For all who want to change something (to himself)Cover design: Friedrich G. M. Roedig, VallendarResources: Own & stock.xchngvi www.sxc.huImage of Regina Lahner: Robert GrafLectorates: Senta Konopke and Anna LahnerTranslator: Dr. Georg WoodmanBibliographic Information: Deutsche NationalbibliothekISBN: 978-3-7412-3109-41. Edition in English 2016 2016 Regina LahnerProduction & publication: BOD - Books on Demand GmbH, NorderstedtImportant Notice: The texts and instructions given in this book are carefully compiled and written to the best of my knowledge and belief exclude author and publisher from any liability, by the application or utilization of the here described meditations arise directly or indirectly to the user or third parties. Whether a person is with his feelings or states for a meditation lies in its sole discretion and own responsibility.

By all kinds of health disorders or diseases, especially in severe or chronic, for longer lasting or even with worsening symptoms, we strongly recommend a doctor or medical practitioner should be consulted. About the author: Regina Lahner was born in 1965 in Mnchengladbach/Germany. Shes been living since her age of 2 in Bavaria/ Germany and occupied herself early on in life with natural healing and all health-related topics. In 2000 she underwent an education-program of 1 year as a Dr. Edward Bach Flower Essence Remedies Therapist, and later on worked independently in the field of advice, education and seminars, and since 2005 shes offered a distant-study program of 10 months to become a Dr. Bach Flower Essence Remedies Therapist.

In the same year she accomplished her education Tibetan Sound-Bowl-Massage at the Sebastian-Kneipp-School in Bad Wrishofen. As a referent and seminar-chair in the field of Dr. Bach Flower Essence Remedies (speeches/workshops) and singing-bowls (courses, workshops, meditation, and creational sound-painting) Mrs. Lahner is active at numerous public schools in South-Bavaria. For some years now Mrs. Lahner teaches interested persons through intensive-seminars to become Singing-Bowl Sound-Massagists.

Detailed information can be retrieved via www.bluetenberatung.de and www.tibetische-klangschalen-massage.de

After my first book Sound Massage With Singing Bowls Easy Done calls and emails from interested readers, students or course-practitioner reach me who have learnt and participated in meditation. Examples: I've gotten an offer to conduct a course. Could you render some concrete tips how to add a sense-journey afterwards, or a meditation with Singing Bowls? Or: I'd urgently need a meditation-text for my students (kindergarten-kids, clients, patients, home-inhabitants, etc.). Can you help me? And: My children are oftentimes restless, so, what Singing Bowl phantasy-journey could I conduct with them? This all has compelled me to compose the nicest and prettiest texts compiled into a book. I now wish you lots of fun in trying, converting and using the texts applied. Notice: You certainly may use all my materials in private sector of application, however, I'd like to ask you, if or when used in commercial application do refer to me as the original author of the ideas.

In case of using any printed materials of mine I'd ask to inquire for a prior authorization for such. (Copyright!)

One appointment chases the other, and we're rushing through the day, week, month, and the year. In daily life as well as at our jobs, it's pretty much always the same: 1000 things must be organized and done, smoothly, and we've got to function every day, standing our man, eh, woman. Oftentimes there's no time for taking a breather. And then, even on weekends, things which have been put aside have now to be done. And, ergo, there's no time remaining for recharging our drained batteries.

But then - at last: vacation, holidays!! Would be nice, wouldn't it? The stress still goes one when packing (have I got everything?), then at arrival, the weather at location, the accommodation, the food, the kids, the partner... Does that not all sound just too familiar? In our constantly in hectic increasing world is it now not even more inclining important to retrieve some placidity back into your life, and create some oasis for tranquility and relaxation? But I already hear some objections... Well, I've got some much, up to my ears. And there then I'm supposed to take some time out?! Just to lie down there?! And do nothing? Yep, exactly!

• Take a break here and there, brief, but do it.
• Pause briefly ever now and then.
• Set a clear Stop!
• "Carpe diem", cease the moment!
• Become attentive again.
• Become tranquil from the inside.

...and then being able performing better again! Well, yeah, that sounds about right. But, HOW do I achieve that? Regretfully, no panacea-solution for that. The methods to find to one's inner balance differ as multitude as there are people.

For one there's sport, for another a walk into the steam-room, and yet for another a retreat into a corner steeped into a book, or, one then does try meditation after all. Important though, one must take the time for it!

There's nothing esoteric about meditation, though. To me it just an simply means to take a brief break from daily life, to be by oneself, and to have spirit, body and soul come to rest, so to regain needed energy for the daily drudgery. Especially the stressed person has initially issues with relaxing. Thoughts keep drifting off, to one's unattended errands, or one's imagination is too impaired to undergo meditation. Here the sonorous sounds of the Singing Bowls can do wonders.

Subconsciously they remind us on our time in mother's womb, as we conceived the impacts in a dull sound and in floating conditions. Even if one just concentrates simply on the sound of the bowls one enters soon a relaxed constitution, which then soon disallows any disturbing thoughts to emerge. In case the Singing Bowls are placed rather near the meditating person the vibrations might be even felt through the underpad one's lying on. In a meditation-case solely with Singing Bowls it's quite helpful to have 5 different bowls available. But, I suggest so, the sounds of these bowls must be in harmony to one and the other. Sizes of the bowls are not relevant, though.

I recommend to use at least 3 bowls, 2 matching darker sounds, synonymous to one's heartbeat, and a middle-tone, that would be quite pleasant and 1 lighter one for the 'wake-up'. In case you plan to arrange both massage and meditation at one then it's certainly better when the bowls are selected based on size, sound and weight as well. In the massage it depends much on the to massaging person's bodyweight which seized bowls to be used: 300-500g = (small heart-bowl, light sound) for the upper body-region and the 'wake-up'. 500-900g = (large heart-bowl, still light sound) for the upper body-region. 900-1100g = (joint- or also universal bowl, medium sound) with a large sound-spectrum and for the joints. 2500-3500g = (large pelvis-bowl, very dark sound) as above. 2500-3500g = (large pelvis-bowl, very dark sound) as above.

If the practicer performs the meditation in a small group, the skilled person can place a bowl directly onto a person and strike it there.

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