You?ve come across a few sites that offer meditation scripts and
you?re really interested! Oh, what to do next?! More like, what
to do first!?
If you're someone who loves to meditate (or wants to start) and
has loads of meditation CD's why not try something novel? Record
your voice using meditation scripts. Imagine this, each visually
guided session personalised through using your voice. You now
have the power to adjust your rhythm, volume, tone, and pitch to
exactly how you like! When you want to change the way your
meditation sounds, you can easily do this by re-recording the
script! All the more power to you!
Setting the Mood
Before you begin your recording session check out the next 10
points first:
1.Choose the quietest room you can work from. Will there be
background noise? Close off doors and windows and shut down
(where possible) anything that will create background noise.
2.Pencil in some recording time in your diary and let people
know you?re going to be off-line for an hour or so.
3.When you?re ready to start your session switch on the
answering machine (if you have one) and reduce the ring tone
volume. If possible also decrease the number of times the
telephone rings before going to the answering machine.
4. Put some relaxing essential oils in an aromatherapy oil
burner such as lavender, geranium or bergamot ? you probably
have your personal favourites - go with what you prefer. Get the
full benefit of relaxation before you even begin meditating!
5.Prepare audio equipment of your choice (see - So what do you
actually use to record your voice?).
6.If you?d like to, have your favourite relaxation music playing
quietly in the background.
7. Read each script aloud and thoroughly prior to recording your
voice. When you read aloud you?ll pick up more easily where your
pauses should be and if you?re happy with the speed, modulation
etc.
8.Finally ? before you press the record button, take a few deep
breaths ? relax and continue to relax until you have a sense
that you?re totally present and centred.
9.When you?re ready and you?ve practised your rhythm, speed,
volume and pitch to a stage where you?re happy with it, record
the first script. When you?re done, replay it and assess if
you?re happy with it. You?ll soon hear whether you?re going to
be happy with it. The great thing is you can always re?record
the scripts.
10.If you?re unhappy with the sound of your recorded voice (some
of us are) maybe your partner or a close friend (who is willing)
will loan you theirs.
So what do you actually use to record your voice?
You can record these scripts easily by using a blank cassette
and a cassette recorder. Alternatively you might prefer to
record them using a voice recorder such as the Windows Sound
Recorder - you'll find this on every installation of Windows.
When you've completed your recording, you can burn it to a CD
using a commercial CD copying program. Not only that, there are
many free audio editor, software programs available for
downloading on the internet - why not check out a few?
About the author:
Michaela is a Transformational Coach, certified practitioner of
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), writer and Metaphysician who
is totally committed to helping others create positive and
action oriented changes to their lives.
Michaela is the author of several e-books including Book of 10
Colour Meditation Scripts, and publisher of a monthly newsletter
called From My Desk (see
http://www.michaelascherr.com/Newsletters.htm).
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