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Meditation for Managing Stress During Unemployment

posted by dprice

Suffering a job loss and being unemployed can be very stressful,
physically and emotionally. So, it is very important during this time to
pay special attention to your health and well-being. If you can remain
calm and balanced, it will be easier for you to stay focused, positive
and receptive to manifesting that perfect new job.

One of the easiest ways to reduce stress and achieve a sense of calm and
balance is to meditate daily. In fact, meditation is now scientifically
proven to be one of the most effective ways to manage stress and improve
your health and well-being. When you’re looking for a job you need to
be at your best, so practice this simple meditation daily.

Ocean Meditation

I love the ocean. It’s the place that I always return to for spiritual
nourishment and to restore my sense of well-being. Unfortunately, I
can’t always get to the ocean when I need to rejuvenate so I created
this meditation to bring the ocean to me. It works quite well…I hope
it helps you, too.

To begin, find a quiet place to sit comfortably where you will not be
interrupted for at least ten minutes. Close your eyes and visualize
yourself sitting on the sand, facing the ocean on a warm summer day. You
are the only one on the entire beach. Feel the sun against your skin,
taste the salt in the air, see the waves crashing in and out before you.
Once you have created this image firmly in your mind, begin to take deep
breaths in and out with the rhythm of the waves.

Breathe in as each wave comes to shore. Breathe out as each wave returns
to the ocean. Hold each inward breath to the count of six and then
exhale fully to the count of six. Keep your eyes closed the entire time
and continue to hold the vision of yourself sitting on the beach in your
mind’s eye. Once you have established this breathing pattern, imagine
that your own breath is the sound of the ocean waves moving in and out
to and from the shore. Now with each breath you take and each wave that
comes in, feel yourself breathing in positive healing energy. With each
exhale, feel yourself releasing any negative energy you may be holding
into the vastness of the ocean where it simply disappears.

Do this meditation daily for at least ten minutes or whenever you feel
your stress level increasing. It’ll make a difference!

Peace and Blessings!



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Sara Thyr, N.D.

posted April 8, 2009 at 8:12 pm


Hi Deborah,
That is a beautiful and simple meditation. I feel that this is critical in this time of great stress. But when old systems are torn down, new and better things can emerge. It is similar to lifting weights. That process actually produces small tears in the muscle, but eventually this makes it stronger,
I believe that we are in all of this huge stress because the universe is helping us to get rid of some ways of being and relationship (especially to money!) that are no longer serving us.
I thank you for your blog and your uplifting words of wisdom. I look forward to seeing it every day!



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Sara Thyr, N.D.

posted April 8, 2009 at 8:20 pm


Just a thought…and please don’t take this the wrong way. But you seem to be more of a financial prosperity coach, or maybe a financial wellness coach, rather than “crisis.”
I remember when you stopped people at BNI from saying negative things about the economy – we just get more of it.
just my two cents :’)



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