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Staying Awake and Aware During Meditation

There are many forms of Meditations and they can all lead you to a state where your mind drifts or you become drowsy. If you encounter a problem staying awake or alert during guided relaxation sessions or meditations try the following:

1. Do meditations when you are feeling fresh; when you are feeling at your best; when you re wide awake and energetic.
If you feel sleepy, take a short nap before beginning the session.

2. Maintain a sitting posture in a comfortable chair or on a pillow on the floor, keeping your back straight.

3. Take a brisk, ten-minute walk to invigorate yourself just prior to listening to the audio program or meditating.

4. Leave the lights on and have the temperature in the room on the cool side.

5. Listen in a room where you never sleep so there is no association of relaxing with falling asleep.

6. Keep your eyes open while you start to meditate or while you are listening to a guided session.
Gradually close them for portions of the sessions and eventually close them for the entire session.

7. With guided visualizations and meditations maintain a slightly relaxed state and if you tend to fall asleep, fast forward past the relaxation instructions and participate in the visualization and affirmation portions or the more active portions of the meditation while you are alert.

8. Should you feel like dozing off, increase your breathing rate, open your eyes, and say to yourself, “I am mentally alert and awake.”

9. Consider drinking a small portion of tea or coffee prior to meditating.

10. Listen to my CD SuperCharger

For more information and for hundreds of guided visualizations and meditations please visit my website: The Quantum Quests Website