Meditating as a Family

By Aluna Michaels, M.A.

Summer offers many fun activities. It’s also wonderful to have extra time to be together with your entire family. On the other hand, the heat and humidity can get to people and tempers can flare! Too may options and too much togetherness can suddenly become stressful.

Meditating as a family is a helpful way to bring harmony back to your brood. A period of centering will cool everyone down. You don’t even need to focus for a lengthy time. Five or ten minutes of united effort will yield amazing results.

It is obvious that you could meditate as a family when you’ve been on a long drive and everyone is getting on each other’s nerves. But you can also use meditation to stimulate group intuition. When meditating together, each person’s intuition is strengthened into a powerful creative force. For instance, one family member might get a great idea while sitting quietly in the group that they wouldn’t get trying it alone.

You could meditate together in order to choose the family vacation spot for the summer. You might also use this technique as you all sit peacefully in the car in an unfamiliar town and decide between a cluster of restaurants—or which motel seems best for that night. On road trips, try pulling over at scenic spots to sit quietly and breathe to refresh everyone’s attitude and intuitive faculties.

In this way, meditation can help each member of the family feel valuable. And you can make it clear that even if each person doesn’t have an idea that arises, everyone can know they contributed to the collective peacefulness that helped another member gain an intuitive insight.

In addition, when children observe their parents meditating, it gives more credibility to the “time out” concept. It shows them that adults sometimes need to quiet down too! Furthermore, working together as an integral part of a unit will help children build self-esteem. Pay attention when your kids have spontaneous ideas. Children are especially receptive to intuitive energy. If their idea isn’t obviously silly, why not try it out?

When you are traveling, even on a day trip, it is important for everyone to feel that they are “home.” Meditation helps you feel that your “home” comes with you, and that you always have a safe, centered space where you can go—even in the midst of a screaming crowd at an amusement park, in a long line at the airport, or in an unfamiliar hotel room.

Just a little time sitting quietly in the morning can help the whole day run smoother, since each person will have their intuition “tuned up” throughout the day—plus, the day will be more harmonious in general!

Aluna Michaels is a second generation astrologer and has been teaching and consulting for more than two decades. She holds a Masters in Spiritual Counseling. Aluna is available for readings in her home or by phone. Call (248) 583-1663 or visit www.ascension.net/aluna.