Hello, and welcome to our first section and how to lead guided meditations. And what we're going to focus on on this section are the mechanics of how to run a successful session. But before we begin, what I would like to say simply is just Bless you. If your heart has led you into doing this kind of work, then you're going to benefit people in ways that you cannot even imagine yet. So just learning how to take people into a relaxed state is going to help them de stress and that's going to improve the quality of their lives in and of itself. But if you take meditation into the world of healing, you're going to be taking people into facing their deepest fears and some of their deepest anxieties and you're going to help them release those and heal those issues in their life.

And that is just a tremendous service that you can give to anyone. And then if you want to take it even further, you can go into the world of helping people create what it is they desire in their And that is where meditation get absolutely miraculous. And so, bless you, there are not enough people like you in the world. So keep up the great work. Now, what we're going to do now is talk about how to set the tone for a meditation event, whether you're working with one person, or a group of people. And this is going to be geared towards talking about working with people in a live setting.

So a one on one audience or a group in a live setting or in a meditation group, or some type of event. So the first thing you want to do is you want to set the stage because what you're doing is taking people into a sacred space. And so you want to make sure that the environment that they're in, is reflecting that back to them before the begin. So there's a component of the matrix in this so you want to make sure that the stage is set properly before you get before you begin. So make sure that your environment is quiet and undisturbed and it will remain remain quiet and undisturbed for the length of your meditation. Make sure that you turn your cell phone off and make sure that your entire audience turns their cell phone off.

Because you know, a beeping cell phone in the middle of a session can be quite distracting. Make sure your environment is very warm. Make sure it's clean, comfortable and safe. And make sure when your audience is in the meditative state or the going into the meditation that they they can either lie or sit down. So I when I work with people one on one, they can either have their choice of sitting in a recliner chair, or they can lie on a massage table. And when I work in groups, people can actually lie on the floor if they'd like and have chairs available.

So anything goes as long as people are comfortable. Just make sure that their spine is straight. So make sure they're not lying on their sides, or that their arms aren't crossed or their legs aren't crossed because there is an energetic component in the meditation. Session itself, you want to make sure that your, your energy is, is open and free to run smoothly and freely throughout the session. So no legs crossed, your arms crossed and set that this the tone of the room with lighting also. So you can light a candle if you want, make sure that the lighting is subdued, so you don't want it dark.

But you don't want it bright light either. So you're in a quiet room, the mood is set, you know, the lights are dim, and it's just very sacred, like you're gonna go in to do this really wonderful quiet thing. Music is also a great enhancer. I use music a lot. It's not required. I didn't use it in the beginning, but I've used it more as I've as I've led people to meditations more so I'm talking about meditation music or soft ambient music or nature sounds that are in the background that are quieter than your voice so that it doesn't drown out your voice and and keep in mind that your voice may taper off in the session.

So maybe sure that the background noise or the background music is much lower than what your voice will be throughout the session. And if you can eliminate any background noise as much as you can. So for instance, if you have something like the washer and dryer on in the next room, make sure to turn that off before you get started. However, sometimes you may be in an environment where you cannot eliminate the background noise. So so you're working in an office and someone in the room next to you is working, you can hear them moving around or whatever, or maybe there's a lot more going on outside. So that noise that is coming into the session or into your meditation, you can actually use that to your benefit.

So you can have your audience actually focus on that noise. So just listen to the noise in the next room, say something like that. And then allow that sound to take you into a deeper state of relaxation. So you're actually dilute your lose, you're using, excuse me, your entire environment to create a meditative event so you can use sound or what would seem like distract To actually benefit you. And one thing story I'd like to tell is like, I remember one session in particular, where I was taking someone into their past to, to release some emotions that they had suppressed in their subconscious. And they went back in their mind's eye to when they were an infant.

And then during the session, we could hear an infant crying down the street, is pretty surreal. So that's happened a number of times in meditations that I've done with people, is that the natural world or your surrounding environment actually start to interact and respond to what's going on in the meditation itself. So that makes it very dynamic, kind of surreal and exciting. So one other thing that's very important, in terms of the mechanics of running a meditation is that you need to create trust with your audience because what may be happening is that you may be taking them and leading them into experiences that they've never had before. So it may be like relaxing, new and they don't know what's going on. Where you might be into taking them into experience emotions or memories from the past.

You know, that might be a bit unnerving for them. And so you need to establish trust. And that's a very huge, unnecessary component. And the easiest way to do that is to just be yourself. Be honest, be genuine, be straightforward, and be very supportive and nurturing and people will respond to that. Just naturally in the structure, relax if you are relaxed and calm yourself.

So what I like to do in my sessions, I spend 15 minutes to a half an hour, preparing for the session by relaxing or getting into a meditative state. So when people start to show up, I'm already relaxed, and in the zone. And if you're working one on one, like in a therapy session with someone, you want to make sure to listen to your client before the session begins. And so most all the time people are going to want to unload a little bit and get what's ever on their mind. They're going to want to verbalize it and vocalize it. So you don't need to do anything.

All you need to do is listen and to acknowledge what they're saying. So that will help build trust and take down a help you take them into a relaxed state. And then remember that meditation is a learned skill are taking people into a meditative state is a learned skill. So you need to practice and so and you'll be surprised when you start doing this with people if you ask your friends or family or whoever, your workmates how eager they will be to let you take them into a relaxed state. So I was kind of nervous about doing it beginning but I found that people were really eager to do it. So it was great.

And then as you do more and more sessions, and as you practice and get better, you're gonna start creating successes where you can see the cause and effect of what you do. And those successes will help build your confidence and help build your skills as a meditation leader. So that's it for this section. Now let's move on to the actual components of a meditation session. So I'll see you there