Can you take control of your anxiety?

Can you use guided meditation to control your anxiety?

Guided meditation to control anxiety.
Mental Core Training – guided meditations

Firstly lets understand anxiety, it comes from your amygdala (link). It is a powerful part of your mental core and is hard wired to protect you (important to remember it is there to protect you, to keep you safe). However, in the modern world it can (it is powerful but a little dim) have an issue with perspective. It can perceive everyday situations, change and things you are naturally nervous about as being a critical risk to your safety and wellbeing. It feeds off your own limiting beliefs, beliefs you generated for yourself when you were just a child (link) and can amplify them to such levels that it creates the same reaction you would expect if you were in a life and death situation. It is real, it can be debilitating and it can understandably cause you to allow it to control what you do (and don’t do) and miss those wonderful opportunities to learn and experience new exciting things.

Learning to control it really does depend on you and what you can allow yourself to believe about yourself. I can tell you that you have the power within yourself to take control of that feeling, you can read here that the answer is simply to educate your amygdala that, even if you may be nervous or even a little worried, your life is not in danger, that it is Ok to feel a little anxious about things that you see as important to you. Actually, just reading this last paragraph – as long as you can see the truth in it – is the first step.

The second step is to start training it to be more rational, to re-align to what your really want to do in your life – to how you really want to be. This you do situation by situation, your anxiety will have triggers – some have one or two – others can have multiple triggers that set the old amygdala off pumping you full of adrenaline usually at exactly the time you want to be relaxed and calm. Imagine it as a big burly body guard following you around everywhere you go. The body guard is there to protect you from all the bad people in the world, but the body guard (for extreme anxiety) believes that every person wants to do you harm. So if anyone looks at you, smiles at you or even just comes close to you the body guard bounds over and punches them in the face. The ‘people’ in this analogy are opportunities (which can be people too in your life) and this is what anxiety caused by an uneducated amygdala can do, it can (with only positive intentions) run havoc in your life punching every opportunity you have to love, develop and experience new wonderful things in the face – all in the name of ‘keeping you safe’.

So what you need to do is start training the body guard to only punch the truly bad people in the face on your behalf (obviously sticking with the analogy  – I would never condone violence) and to welcome the good positive people (opportunities) into your life with a VIP pass. To achieve this it needs your help, it needs your guidance. So the second step is to start training it. Each time you start feeling anxious, you will recognise the starting points which are personal to you complete the below Mental Core Training guided mediation session. Don’t expect your anxiety to just suddenly disappear, even though with really receptive individuals it can, acknowledge that you will need to invest some time in the training of your body guard (Amygdala) it has a whole lifetime of habitually punching opportunities in the face so may need a little time and repetition before it really becomes aligned to who you really are now and what you really want to experience in your life. The quick guided meditation will enable you to rationalise and decide for yourself where your own boundaries are, define how you want your body guard to protect you.

The third step is really important, you must give it praise when it gets it right. You must give yourself credit when you start to take control and start making a positive difference to your life. Even if it starts really small, even if it just begins by feeling a little calmer – any positive step you (and your body guard makes) must be met with praise and recognition. Saying thank you to yourself for starting this journey, thanking the body guard for letting you take that first step of trying something new, meeting someone or just having fun must be met with praise, it has to know when it is getting it right for you. Remember, the amygdala is there to serve you, it wants to keep you safe but it also wants you to be happy and enjoying your precious life.

Do the quick 5 minute guided meditation below to get started. (Please feel free to laugh as I try to hold my breath, count to 4 and give you instruction all at the same time :))

The fourth step is, once you have made progress and can genuinely notice the difference then tell people about it, talk about this change and how you did it. So many in our modern world suffer in silence with anxiety, you know that from your own experiences, seeing/hearing and knowing that someone else felt that same and then found the way to make themselves feel better can be the starting point of them getting control of their own body guard and stop it punching all of their opportunities to love, learn and experience the world in the face.

Mental Core Training – The Core – Introduction

What would you say if I told you that everything you have experienced in your life up till now. Every success, every failure and every ‘wall paper’ moment has been a result of the sub-conscious Mental Core Training that you have already been doing since you first started to experience the world?

Literally everything that makes you the person you are today is controlled by your mental core. A deep, dense mass of neurons situated at the centre of your brain at the end of your spinal cord.

Our beliefs (about the world, others and ourselves), our values, our passions and desires are all controlled from this mass of powerful neurons that, when combined, are the most powerful part of our brain. Until now, reading this simple, many of you would not of been aware. Once you understand this and accept it as your reality then you can start to control it. To be the positive influence in your own life that can, if you let yourself, lead you to be the best version of yourself.

The guided meditations in Mental Core Training are designed to enable you to directly communicate with your mental core. To eradicate your limiting beliefs and negative behavioural traits and replace them positively.

To put this into context we are talking about your subconscious. Of course many have no idea the power of the subconscious (otherwise it wouldn’t be ‘sub) to give you an idea of the power you have at your disposal, it your conscious mind was the size of a Pea your subconscious would be one and half times the circumference of the earth. This is why Mental Core Training guided meditations can be so powerful.

Learn a little more about your Mental Core by watching the mini sessions below….

Mental Core – where is it

Mental Core – Basic programming
Mental Core – the four main players

Now that you get an idea of what Mental Core Training is really all about. Positively tuning your mental core (your hugely powerful subconscious) to be totally attuned to your conscious rational mind.

The guided meditations in Mental Core Training do this with being scientific, instead they are all experiential. Meaning, they take you to a mental space (Level 3) where you can communicate with both your Workers (conscious mind) and your Core (Your subconscious mind).

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Mental Core Training – The Workers – Temporal Lobe

So how does it sound? yes you guessed it, our temporal lobe processes all the noises we hear.

So, critical to listen and allow yourself to hear when doing the Mental Core Training guided meditations. It also plays a huge part in memory as you will see.

Watch these short mini sessions to learn more…

Temporal Lobe Part 1
temporal Lobe part 2. What is it doing now?
Temporal Lobe Part 3 How it remembers.
temporal Lobe Part 4. Its role in your meditation.

Sounds good? You can now understand the role the Temporal Lobe plays in maximising the benefit of doing your Mental Core Training Guided meditations.

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Mental Core Training – The Workers – Occipital Lobe

I am sure you will see what this is all about. If you do it will be your Occipital Lobe doing the seeing for you. Remember, your brain does not see, hear, smell or experience the outside world at all. It feeds off your senses and processes the data to construct your own version of the world around you.

The Occipital lobe creates what you see, it creates the version you see for yourself. It can also create your imaginary world in wonderful pictures when meditating during your Mental Core Training guided meditations.

Watch these short videos to learn more;

Occipital Lobe Part 1.
Occipital Lobe Part 2. Its as blind as a bat
Occipital Lobe test 1
Occipital Lobe Test 2
Occipital Lobe Test 3
Occipital Lobe Part 4. Its role in memory
Occipital lobe Part 5 Its role in meditation

So you can see (excuse the pun) the Occipital Lobe is probably the lobe we believe the most – I can see it with my own eyes – and it is also the lobe that can me manipulated to only show us what we want to see.

It is vital to really allow yourself to use the Occipital Lobe in your guided mediations to create the best and most believable (the more you believe the easy it is) outcomes for yourself.

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Mental Core Training – The Workers – Parietal Lobe

One of the most mysterious parts of your brain. In that most neurologists believe we only really understand a tiny fragment of what the Parietal Lobe can do for you. It controls your perception of space and time.

In meditation the Parietal Lobe is so valuable as some of the Mental Core Training guided meditations take you one a personal journey through time and positively change your perception of space.

Learn more by watching this quick mini sessions;

Parietal Lobe Part 1 Introduction
Parietal Lobe. Do this quick exercise to experience what it does.
Parietal Lobe Part 3 What it does for you now.
Parietal Lobe Part 4. Do this exercise to see how it can change your emotions and feelings.
Parietal Lobe Part 5. How it works in your meditation.

So, you can see the Parietal Lobe plays a huge part in getting the most out of your Mental Core Training guided meditations. It also plays a huge part in how you feel about where you are at any given time.

Some believe it can do a whole lot more, maybe you will discover 🙂

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Mental Core Training – The Workers – The Frontal Lobe.

This is where my neurological geekiness really starts to peak. If your brain was a bus (just try and imagine that) the frontal lobe would be the driver. Skilled and capable and ultimately responsible for getting you to the final destination (and each stop along the way).

So it is powerful, clever and responsible. However, it does not decide the route or the destination. It follows the orders that come from your mental core, it follows the instructions you send it consciously/sub-consciously.

This is why the guided meditations in the Mental Core Training program work so well. They enable you to send it clear positive messages, enabling you to start planning your own route and destinations. After all, he is YOUR bus driver.

Watch these short learning sessions to

The Frontal Lobe Part one. Where is it? )you could probably guess!)
Frontal lobe part 2. What does it do for you now.
Frontal Lobe Part 3. It role in memories
Frontal Lobe Part 4. How it enhances meditation.

So you can see your frontal lobe, once you can harness its brilliance can unlock all of the world wonderful experiences for you. Meditation with mental core training can enable this.

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Mental Core Training – The Workers – Cerebellum

Are you sitting up, reaching for a cup of coffee/playing with your hair or doing anything else completely normal without even thinking about it?

That’s what your cerebellum does for you in the present – right now. Learn a little more about it and also the role in plays in enhancing your Meditation experiences for Mental core training by watching the videos below.

Cerebellum Part 1.
Cerebellum Part 2. How it works for you.
Cerebellum Part 3. How it remembers.
Cerebellum Part 4. How it enhances your Meditation experiences.

So you can see your Cerebellum is an amazing piece of kit. Through the Mental Core Training guided meditations you can start to make it work even better for you.

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Mental Core Training – The Workers – The Cerebral Cortex

The two main hemispheres of the brain, split into to halves each half plays a different role. We all have a logical half – takes care of you, makes practical sense of the world around you. We also have a creative half – enables you to imagine, to believe to see the bigger picture and create your own ideas/concepts.

Its all of the workers all combined together, so you can see how each of them play a role on making sense of the world right now, processing/storing your memories and also how each element can support your meditation with the Mental Core Training guided sessions.

Watch these three very quick videos to understand more;

Cerebral Cortex Part 1.
Cerebral Cortex part 2
Cerebral Cortex Part 3

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Mental Core Training – Introducing the Workers

As you can see already your brain is an amazing machine. It, when your communication with it is clear and positive, can be your biggest ally as you can have all of its power working for you. However, if you are sending it mixed (or negative) messaging it can be your nemesis – holding you back and making sure you stay in the shaddows.

Meditation is a tool you can use to ensure that it gets those clear positive messages and Mental Core Training is specifically designed so that it can harness the full power of your brain to work for you to achieve exactly what you decide you want to achieve.

The workers play a part in this, they feed off your mental core (the hub of your internal communication) and help in two ways. Firstly, to make your meditation experiences as vivid and realistic as you choose for them to be. Secondly, to support your planning, rationalising and experiencing what you need to make them a reality.

Watch these mini learning sessions to really get an understanding of you will learn about each of the ‘Workers’. They are very short, and set you up for the next sessions where we look at each worker in turn.

Introducing the workers Part 1

Now go back to the main menu or the next post to learn more about your brilliant ‘Workers’

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Sitting by the fire – quick guided meditation

Another really quick guided meditation that delivers a nice relaxing experience for those that enjoy being by a nice crackling fire.

Interesting how we all can find different things relaxing, calming and soothing. Part of Mental Core Training is comprehending what makes different things work for you and helps you discover what they are.

Quick guided meditations – what are the benefits?

The benefits of guided meditation is really defined by you, the person experiencing the meditation experience. Like everything in life, how much you believe it will help you and make you feel differently or behave more positively then th bigger the benefit you will feel.

Guided meditation can have a profound effect on some, it can genuinely be the missing piece of the personal jig saw puzzle that enables the individual to unlock their full (huge) potential. It can also, for some, just be a nice way to spend a few minutes that just makes you feel calmer and happier within yourself.

So, in short the benefits of guided meditation are defined by you. Think about what you want it to do for you, what can you believe it can do and then just allow it to be exactly that.

If that makes sense to you and you want your guided meditation to really unlock your potential then sign up to the full Mental Core Training program.

If you want to try and few different things first then go back to our Try it now section.