Matt Clark Unplugged

Relaxation, Meditation, success from slowing down!

// April 20th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Personal Development, Success Tips

Tension Tires… Relaxation Renews!

Successful people achieve results. They are able to accomplish more in one day than most people do in a week or even a month. What is the secret to most of these outstanding results orientated people? How can they continue to work at such a highly productive rate day in and day out.

I personally found this incredible success principal two years ago and it has allowed me to grow in every area of my life. I am able to do more in less time than ever before. I now spend about 20-25 hours a week on work and make 4 times the income. What is this magic practice? Relaxation…or what most people know as Meditation!

That is right meditation, allow yourself to relax and you will find yourself getting more done in less time. You see, stress slows us down, if we are stressed and tense we actually accomplish less even though most of us feel we are so busy and that we could not do anything more. Stress is not created by the situation or circumstances we face, stress is created by the way we respond to those situations.

Meditation allows us to calm or mind and body and clear the stress and tension. Some of the benefits of Daily mediation practice are, eliminate stress, improve health, improve problem solving, and allow us to be more productive. Research has scientifically proven that meditation is a safe and simple way to balance your physical, emotional, and mental state and its countless values have been known and practiced for thousands of years.

Here are some tips to start the practice of meditation:

1. Practice at least twice a day, ideally do it 3 times— morning, afternoon and evening.
2. Make sure you are in a place that you are comfortable, it is also best to sit up so you do not fall asleep.
3. At the beginning using a guided meditation audio will help you learn the practice. As you get better at it you will find you will not need the audio anymore.
4. Have fun and enjoy this time with yourself and discover all the power you have within you.

I have included an audio of a guided meditation technique called Mindfulness Mediation. Enjoy and Relax! You can also download this meditation audio here»

You can also order the full audio CD “The Art of Meditation” from Amazon

Mindfulness Meditation Part One

Power of Personal Development Podcast

 

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Mindfulness Meditation Part Two

Power of Personal Development Podcast

 

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Visualize, Not Just for Athletes

// January 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Personal Development, Success Tips

Today I am going to share a great technique to bring your goals towards you at a more rapid pace. This is something that should be practiced at least once a day and is simple and does not take much time.

The Power of Visualization has been know and used by professional athletes for years. Tiger Woods talks about visualizing the perfect shot each and every time he takes and shot and we all know how that is working for him. I learned the power of visualization when I was an athlete playing football. It propelled my game far further then just the training and practice would have done alone.

Visualization is way for you to begin to see and feel what it is you want to accomplish. Now that you have a A1 goal the power of visualization can bring that goal towards you at a much more rapid pace.

Just like anything we have excelled at, it takes practice. So begin today and practice it each and every day an you will get better at it and will begin to manifest things on demand. Think of it as way to consult your future self to ask what you need to do today to accomplish what you want tomorrow.

Steps to Visualization

1. Make sure you are in a quiet place, and you won’t be disturbed for 12-15 mins.
2. Find a comfortable chair and sit down and begin to relax. Read your A1 goal and begin to run the movie in your minds eye of what that goal looks like to you. Keep breathing deep and relaxed and play the movie in your mind and continue to add detail to it.
3. Start to feel your body letting go of all the tension. Keep the movie playing in your minds eye. Continue to add details, where you are, what are you doing, if you are outside what is the weather like. What do you smell in the air? Engage all your senses and emotions bring as much detail as you can into that movie playing in your mind.
4. Carry this image, keep breathing deeply and calmly. Enjoy being the person that is achieving the A1 goal. Feel yourself doing the actions required to achieve your goals. Be in complete gratitude for having what you set out to achieve.
5. Slowly bring yourself back to the room, remembering the movie in your mind, breathing deeply, open your eyes you will feel energized and refreshed.
6. Now carry this movie with you. When you think of your goal, like a snap the movie will flash in your minds eye.
7. Each day repeat the process and build on the details of the movie, get clear on the vision!

If you practice visualization twice a day that would be great even if the second session is shorter just pack it with emotion.

Daily visualization practice will work for you and it is a great way to recharge and prepare you for the stress and pressures of the day. You can stay focused on what matters and clear on where you are going.

Enjoy every moment because goal achievement is not about getting there it is about the journey.

I have included some guided visualization audios for you to download. These are great when you are first starting out put them on  your ipod and plug the headphones and and go to work!

What do you think?

Do you practice visulization now? How has it worked for you? Is this your first time, if so let us know how it works for you!