Meditation and Yoga is a very crucial part of my life and its been long that I have not talked about it on my blog.
I was introduced to it when I was a young girl of 17, since then I have made it a point to meditate every single day.
My younger sister was introduced to it at a much younger age and practices it as well, hence I thought that it would be a great idea to see yoga and meditation from the eyes of a young Indian teenager. Our talks extend to politics, culture, religion,spirituality. I think interviewing her and knowing her point of view really amazed me and opened my mind to new possibilities, here it goes.
I remember, you were introduced to spirituality at a very young age, when you were like 12 years old. what thing popped into your mind when you heard the word meditation?
The first thing that popped in my head was "It is going to be boring" , it is not something for children. it is something for the adults. It is something for old people, not for the young ones.
It is for people who go to the temple daily, like my grandmother.
What actually happened to you when you did your meditation for the first time?
Actually, nothing happened to me when I first did the meditation. Nothing much happened during the process but I realized that after doing the meditation, my state of mind was pretty much changed, it became very calm.The process was very boring but after the process I realized that there was a lot of change in me, in my attitude.There was a change in me for a while.
ok, how long was that while?
about 12 to 13 hours.After that you need to get yourself recharged again. That is why Meditation is very much essential to be performed daily and very much important to be done in today's competitive and challenging word.
weather it is a young child or a teenager or a adult, it is very much important to perform meditation because it is the only refuge one can take.
What problems do you face as a Indian teenager and student, and how did meditation helped you to overcome such problems that you face in your daily life.
Well being a "Indian teenage girl", it is quite difficult. Girls are never told about what is going to happen to them when they are going to turn 11 or 12 or 13.
Puberty was a difficult situation for me and not much initiative was taken by my mother or my teachers to help me through it. My aunt and my elder sister helped me to a bit but the way society views you, changes in a swish. That was a stressful condition for me. Meditation helped me a lot.
I was a very introvert girl during my teenage,It helped me to be more confident. I started talking to people, I gathered some courage and more than anything else it gave me peace which is the biggest need of a teenager.
According to me these Meditation classes should be given to the teenagers.Teenage is such a confused and vulnerable stage, rare do parents and teachers take the initiative to make them understand things.Meditation helped me, I think it is going to help others as well.
Do you think there is a change in state of mind after Mediation? like, from annoyed to excited and interested , from sad to happy and Hopeful?
for me, it has always turned out to be peaceful. excitement can also be bad sometimes. when you are peaceful you can carry out things perfectly.Meditation gives you energy in perfect balance.
Rest of the interview will be carried out in my next blog.
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