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I have taken an Eastern approach to higher consciousness in this series of blogs that can assist you as an entrepreneur to achieve a higher state of consciousness and clarity for your business and for your life!
We begin by looking at the ancient practice of yoga.
Yoga is a journey from the externalized, distracted, and often-crazy flood of thoughts in our minds … to the inner peace and wisdom of our deeper consciousness at our heart centers. All the poses, pranayama, meditation, and mantra we practice have a host of benefits for body, mind, and spirit, but they share a single goal: Bringing us to a place where we can be silent, still, and focused enough to connect with ourselves at the soul level. This is where we access a deep well of wisdom that always has been within us. This is where we find our inner guru.
Why Take This Inner Journey?
We all feel stress from a fast-paced, over-stimulated world. We all spend a lot of time thinking about where we are going and what to do next—so much that we are rarely present to ourselves. This can make us feel disconnected, unsure, and imbalanced.
Stress, and the impulsive decisions it triggers, is a major contributor to serious illnesses, including:
- Cancer
- Stroke
- Heart disease
- Depression
- Drug addiction
- Alcoholism
Self-awareness, pure presence, stillness, and silence bring us into harmony and homeostasis. We access a deeper inner knowing, make more conscious decisions, and live in greater wellness on all levels when we make time to be present with ourselves in silence.
Meditation: 8 Steps to Higher Consciousness
Find a few minutes to sit in stillness and silence every day. Follow these eight simple steps into the deeper consciousness of yoga, and notice how it makes you feel.
- Close Your Eyes
This simple act is a transition from externalized to internal awareness. Notice what it feels like inside of you.
- Connect With Your Breath
Breathe more deeply and fully as you cultivate a sense of awe at the miracle of your breath. See every in-breath as an empowerment and affirmation, every out-breath as a healing release.
- Feel Your Body
Experience your body as the temple of your spirit, a sacred vessel always seeking to support you. Send your breath to all the outer edges, and flood all the inner space of you.
- Notice Mother Earth
Notice how Mother Earth fully supports you as you sit in this meditation. Feel her in every cell of your body. Have profound gratitude for all the abundance she brings into your life.
- Still Your Mind
Begin to silently chant the mantra I AM. This is like a yoga pose for the busy mind. Allow it to still the turbid waters of your thoughts. I AM.
- Enter Your Heart
Visualize your awareness flowing down from the mind to your heart center, as if there is a golden flame there that illuminates you. Breath into that light, feeling more radiant in every breath.
- Be Fully Present
Slip fully into the present moment: In your body, in your breath, in the palms of Mother Earth, in the light of your heart. I AM.
- Remember Who You Are
Remember that you are fully connected, indigenous wherever you go, and that you always have been—and always will be—one with all that is. I AM.
Go to this place of inner awareness whenever you feel the need. Ask your deeper self for guidance in facing challenges and making decisions. Listen to your inner guru as you own your power and live your truth. I AM.
– Dr. Doug Werner
Entrepreneur expert in Health and Higher Consciousness
Bio: Dr. Doug Werner is a national board certified physician acupuncture and Ayurvedic medical practitioner. He holds a masters degree in medical education and taught anatomy and human biology for Keiser University. He holds a doctorate in “clinical applications of Asian medicine in the Western medical setting,” and has practiced some form of complementary and alternative medicine specialty since 1979. He specializes in wellness therapy utilizing Oriental and Ayruvedic medicine. Website
