Let me a see a show of hands of who thinks that meditating is some weird religious cult-ish thing that only hippies do? How surprised would you be to learn that it simply is whatever you want it to be! If you want it to be a religious experience, it will be. If you want it to take you back to past lives, it can. If you want it to just be a relaxing, stress free state of mind, it will be. You might be surprised to know that more and more doctors are recommending meditation to relieve stress. Even the Mayo Clinic supports meditation on their website as an easy, free way to reduce stress levels. I don’t think anyone can deny that our bodies are amazing machines capable of feats we can’t even imagine. Meditating is a way of completely relaxing your body and brain so you can control both. I don’t have to tell you how beneficial stress relief is but for me, I love to meditate to try and unlock secrets in my brain that give me a deeper understanding to my life. Ok this is where I guess I start sounding like a hippy but it really helps me and that’s all that matters, right? I have questions about the beginning of my life, my birth story, my first 6 weeks in a hospital as an orphan that no person will ever be able to tell me about. My only hope is that I can unlock my experience through meditation. I experienced being inside my mother’s belly, I experienced the birth, I experienced those first 6 weeks. Those feelings and memories didn’t just disappear into thin air; they are still in my brain somewhere. My hope is that through meditation I can journey back to that time and get all the answers I want and need. Meditation is going to be the foundation for my journey of awakening. Is that crazy? Maybe… Is it worth a try? Absolutely, it is! I’m sure each and every one of you has the same desire but maybe fear the unknown. I dare you to try it, take your own journey down memory lane. Let me know if you found something and how it made you feel! I’ll share, if you do! Come on ya’ll, change your life, take some chances.