First-Aid Kit For Your Mind

I have just found the best meditation YouTube channel ever!

It’s called Great Meditation, and the woman’s voice there is soo calming. The kind of voice that makes you feel safe.

A while ago, I was feeling really anxious. My brain was full of worries that didn’t even really make that much sense. It was already 2 AM and I decided that I need to do something. I can’t go to sleep feeling this heavy. So I searched on YouTube: great meditations for releasing worries. One of their videos popped up: There’s No Need to Worry

I started listening… and I didn’t even notice the time passing. When I used to try meditation before, I would think how many minutes left? or why is this taking so long? But with this channel, it didn’t feel that long at all. I didn’t notice that it has already been 10 minutes.

Of course, my mind still wandered. I caught myself thinking about the things I was worried about. Every time I noticed it, I try to bring myself back to the voice and my breathing. And even if my thoughts weren’t perfectly quiet, I still felt like meditating helped even just a little.

When I opened my eyes, everything looked brighter and clearer. I even thought my eyesight suddenly improved. I have blurry vision (especially in my right eye) but after that meditation, it was like the world sharpened. It felt really nice.

Now I’m reminded of the first guided meditation I did back in high school. I’m not sure if I know it was meditation at the time. Our adviser asked us to sit outside on the grass, close our eyes, inhale, exhale… And then when I opened my eyes, I remember being so surprised by how beautiful everything looked. The grass, the sky, even the school building. It all seems extra bright and clear, like the feeling of wearing a new pair of glasses.

Right now, I’m writing this because I’m still worrying about things. I don’t worry over things like this but this one just feels kind of heavy. It doesn’t even make sense anymore. There’s this quote that I used to think whenever I’m overthinking and worrying. I can’t remember the exact quote but it’s something like: When you overthink, you just waste your time or energy over nothing. You’re just torturing yourself over something that you’re not even sure is going to happen and when it really happened, you only suffer twice.

I really needed that reminder today.

So, the channel is called Great Meditation. If you’ve been wanting to try meditation but you’re not sure where to start, I recommend starting there. Their guided meditations doesn’t feel overwhelming or “too spiritual” or anything.

I also realized something about meditation today. I always think that meditation is like, you wake up and just do meditation, like the same kind of meditation everyday. That didn’t work for me so I wasn’t able to be consistent with it but something I realized today is that you can use meditation based on what you need on that day. For example you’re stressed about money, you can search for the a guided meditation about manifesting abundance or money mindset or when you need to do alot of things that day, you should try meditations for productivity or focus. You can treat it like a little emotional first-aid kit and pick what you need.

I think that’s what I’m going to do. I’ll just choose meditations based on what I’m actually feeling instead of forcing myself into a repetitive perfect routine.

If you’ve been feeling heavy too, maybe this is your sign to try one. Pick a guided meditation that speaks to you and just let yourself be guided. Your mind will probably wander (mine did), but that’s okay. You can always gently bring it back.