Transformational
Counseling is about assisting others to transform their life.
Practicing Staying Present to
the Now
by Harry Henshaw
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Transformational Counseling
is a process of assisting others to learn how to let go of the past
and live fully in the present. To live fully in the present is to
become awaken to what is truly real and to our own natural power.
Much of our life is spent living in the past, and in the process,
attempting to fix it, to make it something that it is or was not.
It is from living in the past that we also attempt to create our
future, the result always being a living of life as it was in the
past. Transformation takes place when we learn to exist in and be
present to the Now.
The practice of staying
present to our natural power and to that which is real is becoming
conscious to what is so, to the Now, to the present. What is so,
the Now, has no meaning and exists outside of thought and language.
As human beings we tend to give meaning to everything, including
other people, ourselves and even life itself. It is in our meaning
making that we leave the present and create our life from the past,
a life that can be filled with a great deal of anxiety, fear and
stress. What is so merely exists and it is in the experience of the
Now that we begin to live a life of power and freedom, a life and
way of being free from our past.
A specific technique that is
very powerful for practicing staying present to the Now is
meditation. It is in meditation that one creates the space to
experience a very deep state of relaxation, a state that is very
healing to both the mind and body. As we know, in meditation ones
metabolism slows down, including heart rate and blood pressure. The
consistent practice of meditation will reduce anxiety and stress.
For some the practice of meditation allows them to access true
Being. For others it is way of reconnecting to the Spirit within
us. It is in the consistent practice of meditation that the subject
and object distinction inherent in language, thought and meaning
making collapses thereby resulting in our access to the present, to
the Now.
The meditative process can
be enhanced by the use of therapeutic relaxation music. Music has
always been a very powerful modality for promoting a very deep state
of relaxation and even healings. I have found that musical
compositions that are harmonically slow, repetitious, with sustained
voices, which are rhythmically, random in tempo assists an
individual in experiencing a very deep state of relaxation. A
second important component of the use of therapeutic relaxation
music is the use of binaural audio tones that have been interwoven
into the music. The binaural tones, through a process referred to
as entrainment or frequency following, gently guides or directs the
mind/body to generate more of the targeted frequency of brain wave
activity for an even more profound state of relaxation.
The meditative process of
practicing staying present to the Now is as follows:
1. Take a comfortable
position in an upright sitting position.
2. Allow your legs and arms
to be open.
3. Allow your eyes to focus
upon a chosen object. The chosen object could be a candle light in
a darkened room or any point that you choose.
4. As you focus on the
chosen object, allow your muscles to slowly relax from the top of
your head to the tips of your toes.
5. Take three slow deep
breathes in through your nose as you inhale. Hold each breath to
the mental count of four. Slowly exhale each breath out through
your mouth. Continue to breath at a slow pace after the three
breaths.
6. Continue to focus on the
chosen object. When your mind wanders to some thought or thoughts
slowly and gently bring it back to your focused concentration upon
the chosen object. Simply let go of the thoughts that arise. The
thoughts are from the past. Stay focused to what is so.
7. Continue the practice
for a prescribed period of time and then go about your daily
activities. Each day that you practice you may even choose to
lengthen the time you spend with this technique.
The ability to stay in the
present, to access the Now, can be enhanced with the consistent
practice of meditation. What this will necessitate is one making
the practice of meditation apart of his or her daily schedule. With
the consistent practice of meditation one will also create the
ability to stay even more present to what is so even when not
actively engaged in the meditative process. It is through a
commitment to the practice of meditation on a daily basis that one
will begin to live more fully in the Now.
Harry Henshaw, Ed.D.,
LMHC,
http://www.enhancedhealing.com
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