The Peaceful Meditator

Welcome to Meditation for Beginners!

If you've never meditated before, this is a great place to start. I’m here to provide you with a solid foundation to build your meditation practice. My goal is to demystify meditation and simplify it in a way that makes it attainable for you to succeed in your journey.

When starting a meditation practice, several steps are involved, and I will cover them in a mini-series on my ad-free blog, The Peaceful Meditator. Join me as we embark on this journey to become a meditator. 

If you have never meditated before, start here. If you already have a meditation practice and want to improve, make changes, or grow in your skills, you can start here as well. There is always something to learn from each other’s experiences and understandings.

One of the first things I want to address is the importance of having a meditation mindset. Our mindset is crucial as it drives how we think, feel, and the direction our lives take. By dedicating just a few minutes to setting intentional ideas during your meditation practice, you can empower both yourself and your journey.

The first step is cultivating a meditation mindset. This means viewing meditation through the lens of what you want it to be. Your perspective will shape your experience, and what you wish to achieve through meditation will depend on your beliefs and ideas about it. 

Let’s explore perspectives first, as they largely govern how we approach life, ourselves, and our meditation practice.

One of the perspectives we can have is regarding our meditation practice and our healing journey.

Initially, it's crucial to be intentional about the perspective we adopt, which will vary depending on our personal intentions for ourselves and our meditation practice. 

Our perspectives can and do change over time. For instance, as children, our views differ significantly at ages four, six, eight, twelve, and even twenty. Similarly, as adults, our perspectives continue to evolve. 

When starting a meditation practice, you'll develop a set of perspectives that align with how you want to approach meditation and what you hope to achieve through it. Meditation serves as a tool to enhance the quality of our lives, and there are various ways to utilize it. 

Research suggests that brief periods of meditation throughout the day, even just one to five minutes, can effectively disrupt a continuous stream of thoughts. This interruption might create the opening you need to shift your perspectives and improve how you feel. 

If your goal is to learn how to meditate and incorporate short sessions of one to five minutes throughout your day, you can become a more deliberate creator of your daily experiences. Taking small breaks during the day is one practical tip for enhancing your practice. 

Ultimately, your intentions for meditation and your perspectives will go hand in hand.

What are your intentions for practicing meditation? Are you seeking to heal something within yourself, incorporating meditation into a therapeutic process? Do you want to engage with your energetic system, working with life force energy, chakras, auras, chi, and other related aspects? 

Meditation can certainly help you explore these areas. 

Do you wish to use meditation to enhance your emotional intelligence? This can involve working with your emotions, giving them space, and finding ways—through breath, visualization, and intention—to shift your emotional state and improve your mood. 

Meditation is a powerful tool that allows you to access feelings, experiences, and memories, enabling you to work with them consciously and intentionally. By utilizing breath, you can release a lot of what you may be holding onto. 

It can be beneficial to work with a licensed therapist or doctor when incorporating meditation into your wellness routine, especially if difficult memories or emotions arise. Having the proper support ensures that you have the necessary resources when simply releasing these feelings isn't enough. 

Meditation can enhance various aspects of our lives, including our thoughts, emotions, demeanor, and the intentions we set. When we start our meditation practice, it's essential to be clear about what we want to achieve. By aligning our perspectives with our intentions, we empower ourselves to engage in the meditation practice we desire.

Meditation enables us to regulate our thoughts, which can often escape our control. It's easy to lose track of time while our minds are occupied with thoughts we may not even want to have. During meditation, we can observe our thoughts and emotions, which is a foundational practice of meditation. This observation enables us to become more aware of our thinking patterns and the feelings that accompany them.

Through this practice, we can assess whether specific thoughts are beneficial or if we've been holding onto them for too long. Observing our thoughts helps clarify our mindset. By recognizing how our thoughts influence our emotions, we begin to understand their effects on our physical bodies and overall mood. This awareness can motivate us to be more mindful of our thinking, especially if we aim to improve our emotional well-being.

Often, our thought processes can hinder us from being fully present and enjoying the quality of our lives, with all their imperfections, including our own. By learning to meditate in a way that helps us step outside our thinking patterns, we can become more present. 

In meditation, we observe our thoughts and begin to disidentify from them. This allows us to recognize which thoughts we don’t want to hold on to and which ones empower us. As conscious creative beings, we have the power to choose our thoughts and understand the frequency those thoughts create in our bodies. I will delve deeper into this in future videos.

The teachings on my ad-free blog, The Peaceful Meditator, are designed to support your success in meditation practice. When I began my journey creating products and services, my primary focus was on providing guided meditations for listeners, rather than teaching meditation techniques. However, I’ve received many inquiries about how to meditate and the purpose behind it. For those who have never meditated before, it’s essential to have a frame of reference.

In this series, I aim to provide that frame of reference. Now that I understand your need for this, I am creating content specifically tailored to meet it. The teachings on this blog will also form part of my meditation courses, which are designed to teach you how to meditate, explain the value of the practice, and offer guided meditations for you to follow along.

I’m excited for you to join me on this journey! Sending you much warmth and love.

Can I teach myself to meditate? Absolutely! I did, and I have been practicing meditation for twenty-five years. I'm here to share the skills you need to meditate effectively and to introduce you to all aspects of meditation so you can use it as a tool to improve the quality of your life.

So, join me on this journey.

When a client comes to me wanting to learn how to meditate, one of the first things we do is explore their reasons for wanting to meditate. Understanding our motives for meditation is crucial, as it significantly increases the likelihood of sticking with the practice. Without clarity on why you're meditating, it’s easy to give up, especially when it becomes challenging.

Before you begin your meditation practice, take a moment to identify your intentions and motivations. This understanding will help you choose the right meditation techniques, determine how often you practice, and assess your progress. Success in meditation can greatly enhance your life, but if you don't know what you're striving for from the start, it will be difficult to measure your level of success.

As you grow in your meditation practice, you may find that success in one area inspires you to use meditation to improve other aspects of your life as well.

First, it’s important to clarify your intentions and motives. Next, I discuss with the client what meditation is and what it isn’t. In its simplest form, meditation is the practice of becoming conscious of our unconscious thoughts, emotions, and energy. Once we become aware of these aspects, we can decide if we want to continue engaging in them.

The reason we aim to become aware of our unconscious patterns is that it allows us to evaluate our thoughts and feelings. We can then determine if they align with how we want to think and feel. This awareness offers us the opportunity to make new choices—choices we may not have considered without understanding our current behaviors.

To illustrate this concept, consider that time will pass whether we are mindful or not. One minute, five minutes, or ten minutes will go by regardless. We have the capability to use that time to observe our thoughts and make new choices.

Observe what we're feeling and give those emotions an opportunity to be expressed in a healthy way through breath, and determine what we're doing with our energy.
Is this how we want to feel? Is this the mood that we want to carry around throughout the day? This enables us to harness the power of intention, focus, and visualization to create the changes we desire.

Meditation is not an unattainable supernatural goal; it resides within us. When creating new habits, simplifying the process makes it easier to achieve our goals. Simplification is crucial at the beginning since it allows us to experience small wins that motivate us to continue. Our lives and their quality depend significantly on how we think, feel, and believe. Through a meditation practice, we gain greater influence over these aspects compared to when we are not consciously aware of them.

In the first step, it is essential to understand our motives and intentions. Can you teach yourself to meditate? Absolutely—you can! I did, and I have been practicing for twenty-five years. On my ad-free blog, "The Peaceful Meditator," I will teach you the skills to meditate effectively. I will cover various aspects of meditation so you can use it as a tool to enhance your life.

When a client comes to me wanting to learn how to meditate, one of the first things we do is explore their reasons for wanting to meditate. Understanding our motives increases the likelihood that we will adhere to our practice. If we lack clarity around our motives, we are more prone to give up, especially when the practice becomes challenging.

Before you begin your meditation practice, take a moment to reflect on your intentions and motivations. This self-reflection will help you determine the types of meditation to pursue, how often to practice, and how to assess your success. It's important to feel successful as you embark on this new journey, as it allows you to track your progress and celebrate your achievements. You may become very successful in your meditation practice!

When you begin a meditation practice, you may find that as you become successful in one area, you want to use it to improve other aspects of your life as well. 

Step one is to be clear about your intentions and motives. Next, we will discuss what meditation is and what it isn’t. Simply put, meditation is our ability to become conscious of what we are doing on an unconscious level with our minds, emotions, and energy. Once we become aware of these unconscious actions, we can decide whether we want to continue them.

The reason we want to become aware of our unconscious behaviors is that it allows us to determine if the thoughts we’re having are ones we want to keep. Are we feeling the way we want to feel? This awareness opens a new set of choices—ones we may not normally consider unless we become mindful of our current actions.

The best way to illustrate this is to remember that time will pass regardless. Whether it’s one minute, five minutes, or ten minutes, that time will go by. We can use those moments to observe our thoughts and make new choices. We can examine our feelings, express those emotions in a healthy way through breath, and evaluate our energy. Is this how we want to feel? Is this the mood we wish to carry throughout our day?

This awareness enables us to harness the power of intention, focus, and visualization to create the changes we desire. 

When I refer to transformation, I'm talking about breaking free from the confines of our current mindset or "box." This box may include our perceptions of ourselves, our personalities, circumstances, and identities. Over time, we often come to believe that our personalities are solely shaped by our family backgrounds, the neighborhoods we grew up in, the dynamics we experienced, and our life experiences. These factors contribute to the formation of our egoic selves.

There's nothing inherently wrong with the ego; it is a natural aspect of our existence in this world. When we are born, our ego begins to develop. However, as we progress through life, we can start to disidentify from the layers that have been added to us over time. It would be ideal if we could enter the world without these attachments, but reality is different. Each of us carries the weight of names, experiences, and identities that shape who we are and create our personality structures.

At some point, we may begin to question whether this structure truly reflects our authentic selves. We may wonder if we want to continue holding onto it. After all, had we been born into different circumstances—different families, neighborhoods, or times—we would likely be entirely different people. Everything we experience in life influences us, often in ways we might not desire. These experiences can lead us to identify strongly with the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and our life situations, further solidifying our egoic structure.

The journey involves breaking free from this and liberating ourselves from those identified structures. This process often happens gradually, piece by piece, but occasionally it can occur in more significant shifts. Through meditation, we can move forward on this path—letting go of various aspects and undergoing true transformation.

Transformation does not mean leaving this "box" and suddenly becoming completely enlightened. That level of insight typically takes time. Rather, it can mean liberating ourselves from limiting beliefs we hold about ourselves or releasing the energy patterns formed by past experiences. We gain the ability to interact with ourselves, others, and the world differently, allowing for profound transformations in our lives.

When we have the ability to let go of aspects of ourselves that no longer serve us—moving away from personality and ego—it creates a significant shift and transformation. When that box is opened, the limiting beliefs we hold about ourselves begin to fade away, allowing us to break free from what constricts us. This transformation can come through a meditation practice.

You don't have to cling to what you've been holding onto or express the same feelings repeatedly. Letting go of these attachments is one of the best things you can do for yourself, and meditation facilitates this process. During meditation, we set our intentions and focus, allowing transformation to take place through the power of grace. 

Some of the limitations we carry can deeply hurt our true selves, restricting us and holding us back. These limitations can keep us stuck in relationships or jobs we no longer want. When we release the identities that no longer fit us, we step into our authentic selves and gain the ability to interact with life in a renewed way. Our perspective shifts, and we begin to enjoy life differently.

I emphasize transformation because when we no longer identify with our past limitations, we become different people. Although we may inhabit the same bodies and lives, our experiences and interpretations of life change. This shift in experience leads to different interactions and relationships, marking a true transformation. 

Growth often involves letting go of what is not real, true, or authentic. This process in itself leads to significant transformation. My work is grounded in creating the space for you to achieve the transformation you desire. For instance, if you often find yourself feeling cranky and identify as a cranky person, it’s possible to change that narrative.

A meditation practice can profoundly transform how you deal with the aspects of yourself that contribute to feelings of crankiness—those thoughts you're having, the emotions you're experiencing, and the interactions you're engaging in. By establishing a meditation routine, you can reduce your crankiness until you find that you’re no longer feeling that way at all. Eventually, you realize there was nothing to be cranky about in the first place. 

This transformation affects not just you but also the people you interact with; they will notice a change in your demeanor. We strive for these shifts primarily to reconnect with our authentic selves, shedding the parts of us that cause pain or limitation, allowing us to feel free. 

Sometimes, the limitations we face come from the boxes placed around us by others, while at times, these self-imposed boxes are meant to keep us safe. When we break free from these constraints—whether they're the expectations of others or the structures we've built around ourselves—we often discover new versions of ourselves that we enjoy being. 

Investing in a meditation practice and engaging in inner work can significantly improve our lives. While the process can be uncomfortable at times, the rewards of emerging as a more authentic person are immensely powerful. 

These shifts not only help us attract what we desire but also allow us to let go of what we don't want in our lives. The value of doing this inner work lies in freeing ourselves from trauma and the ego patiently, bit by bit, until we can release larger burdens and feel a sense of relief. 

As we stop carrying certain parts of ourselves, our life experiences change dramatically. We begin to interact with the world and those around us in new ways, becoming different individuals. However, transformation can be uncomfortable for others who may not know how to engage with this new version of you. It will take time for them to adjust to the changes taking place within you, so it’s important to be patient through this process.

The transformations we experience offer us the opportunity to explore the deeper aspects of our true selves, beyond names and forms. As we delve further into this exploration and let go of our ego-driven personalities, we may shed more layers of our personas. This process allows us to feel lighter within ourselves and brings greater clarity to our minds. Our energy systems can also shift, achieving a different vibration and attracting qualities that align with our transformed selves.

Engaging in this journey through meditation can be incredibly positive, as it invites us to reflect on who we have become. Change is natural and can occur in many ways. We have the ability to move in directions that resonate with us, and embracing transformation helps facilitate this growth.

So, enjoy the attached meditations, filled with warmth and love.

Meditation App

One of my products is a meditation app, which offers three meditation programs. Customers can access my spiritual teachings and guided meditations through either a monthly subscription or an annual plan.

My meditation apps include: “7 Core Chakra Meditations,” “Clear Our Aura & Minor Chakras,” and “Meditations for Our Emotions.” Each app features a video teaching section that explains how to meditate, accompanied by meditation videos. I will also share insights about the app's content, the benefits of meditation, and how it can enhance the quality of your life.

All three meditation programs offer guided meditations designed to help users warm up for healing meditation, as well as meditations that promote presence and power, allowing you to experience the power of now. Additionally, they include meditation videos for relaxation and letting go.

The “7 Core Chakra Meditation” system is designed to promote healthy, clear, and vibrant chakras and aura. I will guide you through seven steps to balance your chakras: 1) Open, 2) Clear, 3) Element, 4) Restructure, 5) Color, 6) Rebalance, and 7) Affirm. Each of these steps will be applied to all seven chakras, providing you with a comprehensive meditation practice that can potentially create a healthy chakra system.

Additionally, this chakra meditation app includes spiritual teaching videos that help listeners understand their chakras, auras, life force energy, and the importance of meditation for their energy system.

-The “Clear Our Aura & Minor Chakras” Meditation course is designed to help listeners clear their auras, bringing about health in their energy field, peace in the soul, quiet in the mind, emotional intelligence, an overall sense of well-being, and balance.

The meditation here assists the listener in working through various issues they may be facing, helping them release negativity in their space and bring healing vibrations into their trauma and energy field. There are also meditations to clear all of their minor chakras throughout their energy bodies, which can bring about relief in the body and a sense of lightness in the being. 

This program includes spiritual teaching videos that explain to the viewer what their aura is, their personal energy system, and their life force energy, as well as how to use the guided meditation I provide to achieve the wellbeing they desire for themselves.  

The "Meditation for Our Emotions" wellbeing app is designed to help listeners release negative emotions such as despair, depression, and anger. It also includes guided meditations designed to cultivate positive emotional states, such as love, joy, and peace.

The program is structured on an emotional scale to help individuals elevate their emotional states.   It organizes emotions into related groups, allowing for focused meditation on similar feelings. Additionally, the emotions are listed in alphabetical order for easy reference.

Other meditations in this program focus on clearing the emotional center and addressing emotions through the energetic system from a higher perspective. 

This program includes video teachings that explain why wellbeing is important, how our emotions affect our bodies, energy systems, and vibrations. It also provides techniques for addressing emotions through breathing exercises, visualizations, and the power of intention. Overall, this program is designed to help individuals develop emotional intelligence.

Meditation Membership and Community App

My membership benefits include over 250 guided meditations, providing members with access to my entire collection. This collection encompasses a diverse range of topics, including the aura and minor chakras, the seven major chakras, emotions, trauma, body issues, mental health, clarity, and more.

Members will have the opportunity to participate in teaching and healing circles, where they can ask questions to support their meditation practice or healing journey. I also offer a healing space within these circles for vibrational healing to take place.

Additionally, the membership features a community aspect, allowing you to interact with others who are on their meditation journeys. Having a supportive community where you can share and inspire one another can be incredibly beneficial.

We also host live events, including live meditations, group distant vibrational healing, teachings, and Q&A sessions. Amazing transformations can occur when we come together with a shared intent and common goals.

Members receive direct support from me through direct messaging and an initial intake interview, during which I help them chart a meditation course based on their goals. This membership provides a solid foundation for building their meditation practice.

When we meditate, we will access the power of grace. We tap into that power because a benevolent force can move through us, empowering our intentions. So when we sit in a grace-based, love-based meditation, we allow ourselves to take in that grace and let grace do its work for us.

What we're doing is directing it. What we're doing is saying, " This is what I want to achieve in my meditation. This is what I'm trying to accomplish. This is the experience I want to have. And when we make those kinds of determinations and then go into the meditation, we let the power of grace do that work for us and allow it to take place.

The power of grace is by far the best way to get the kind of results that you want to get in your meditation practice. And in my meditation practice, that's what I do. I tap into the power of grace, and I have that ability because I have been meditating for so long. I've been in the healing arts industry for 30 years, and I've been actively meditating for over 25. In that meditation practice, really, I have been able to tap into the power of grace.

And when I facilitate meditations, it brings in that power of grace to the people who are listening, and that's what we use. And that's what you're feeling when you do these meditations with me. It's the power of grace. It's not my energy. I'm a human. I'm asking. I'm asking for all of us to have that support. And when we have that support, we can move out what we're trying to move out. We can create what we want.

There is great love here for us. And it can be hard to tap into it because we're in life, and sometimes what we're surrounded by doesn't feel like love, or look like it, or even have a hint of it. But that doesn't mean that love doesn't exist, and that doesn't mean that you can't bring in that force. And it doesn't mean that you can't bring in the power of grace to help you create what you're trying to create in your life.

And the more you cultivate that within yourself, the more you do these meditations with me, and the more you practice accessing the power of grace, it starts to become an energy field around you. You know, it's a spirit that's around you. Grace will start to be around you. The more you meditate in it and work with it, and have it do the heavy lifting for you, because that's the heavy lifting. Moving out trauma, that's heavy lifting. That's something that grace does for us.

And so that's why I work with the power of grace. Then, when you're in situations, the more you practice these meditations and access the power of grace, the faster it comes when you need it and call on it. You know, when you're stressed at a stoplight, and things are happening, you can stop and access the power of grace, and you can make quicker shifts. You'll be able to shift your emotional states much faster by using this power.

And so I get very excited because this is really important. We can go through our whole lives and not even know there is a benevolent force there to help us with all we need and all we want. We just need to tap into it, access it, ask it for assistance, and cultivate that within ourselves. And that's what I'm doing with you here.

You know, you're going to start to release stuff. When you bring in something of a higher vibration, things of a lower vibration go. So just be aware, it can be uncomfortable when we shift. Breathe. Don't give in. Don't give in to darkness. Don't give in to negativity. Don't give in to what you don't want. You know, if you don't want to be angry or sad or frustrated all the time, don't give in to it.

Practice accessing the power of grace, bringing in a higher vibration, and in time, sometimes all at once, you could just drop something that you've been working on for a while. And sometimes it takes a little bit. You just chip away, chip away, chip away. But eventually, if not all at once, you'll reach the state you want because you're consistent in what you ask for. You're consistent with asking for grace.

I look forward to meditating with you, 

Kim Owen, The Peaceful Meditator.com