Everyone experiences particular times when life simply delivers greater amounts of everyday stress than usual - for some it might be the end of the year, for others it might be from the loss of a job, a relationship, health issues, financial pressure, etc.

During these unsettling times it is easy to let the good habits, particularly regular meditation, slip away and become lost in the external busy-ness and confusion. But these are the very times when you need meditation most.

When you meditate regularly, you create a core of inner peace which flows through your mind and body at the cellular level - and this deep inner relaxation is the very thing that sustains you, whenever things are getting a little crazy externally in your life.

When you meditate, it minimizes, absorbs and evaporates stressful situations. While stressful situations can still have an initial effect upon us while we are coming to terms with it, there are usually no long-lasting effects from the stress - as our core of inner peace quickly re-establishes our equilibrium so we can think clearly once again.

This means that you reach a point where stress virtually bounces off you, much like "water off a duck's back".

Of course, if the stressful situation is particularly difficult or extremely emotional, then it may be necessary to increase the regularity of your meditations during that period, even if it means adding an additional shorter meditation at the other end of your day.

This will make it easier to move through the situation more quickly and easily, and being able to think more clearly and eloquently throughout the event. Emotional issues dissolve and disappear far more quickly for those who meditate.

External stress cannot affect you for very long when you have internal peace - and this is why it is important during these times to maintain your meditation.

If the situation puts you under extreme time pressure where meditation is difficult to fit into your day, then simply reduce the length of your meditation, but increase its frequency.

For instance, this would mean that, rather than doing a 38 minute meditation once a day, you might do a 14 minute meditation twice a day, instead.

Once the crisis has passed (and it will), you simply revert back to your regularly daily meditation routine once more.

Meditation reminds us that these issues are simply temporary, external and often perceived to be worse than they actually are. But the peace we have inside of us is real, internal, and permanent.

So whatever you do, keep it up - in whatever form you can. Meditation is your insulation and protection for dealing with stressful situations that life throws at us from time to time.

"The best of health, inner peace and success" 
Craig Townsend

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