I’m talking about the Silva Method’s famous mind conditioning systems. It took my father, Jose Silva, 22 years of research and more than $500,000 to develop them. They are based on various mind frequencies and can be used to access the various levels of the mind such as the Beta, Theta and Alpha level.

I want to share with you an exercise that will guide you to your center brain frequency, the Alpha level—the level for deep relaxation.

While at your center you will experience many beneficial effects of deep meditation. These include:

• the reduction of stress
• positive influence on your health
• mental programming
• the kicking of bad habits
• goal setting through creative visualization
• the enhancement of creativity and intuition

I’ve put up the the exercise audio for you below, but before you take a listen, it is very important that you understand Meditation and Levels of the Mind. In case you want to refresh your memory, you can read what I wrote again.

Once you’ve clearly understood Meditation and Levels of the Mind, you can then start to use the Centering Exercise.

But first, please keep in mind the points below while practicing the Centering Exercise, so that you may experience the maximum benefits of this exercise.

The Three Things You Must Do

• First, practice on your concentration. Concentration is a basic skill. Concentrate on what the instructor tells you to do via the audio
• Second, practice using your imagination. We want you to learn how to exaggerate your imagination because you will be in a better position to control your creative visualization. At the same time, it will keep you active while going through the exercise. By being mentally active, you’ll avoid drifting off to sleep.
• Third, you must practice coordinating your physiological relaxation with your mental relaxation. It is easy to go into mental relaxation. But you must learn to let your body relax too. It takes a little longer for you to relax your body than it does for you to relax your mind.

You do not have to maintain a fixed, rigid position (that’s right, contrary to popular belief – you don’t need to sit in full lotus position to meditate). If you have to adjust your body to be comfortable, do so. If you need to scratch an itch, do it. Make yourself comfortable and you will be able to relax better.

If you feel uncomfortable for any reason, or if you feel that you want to open your eyes, then open your eyes immediately.

Tell yourself—mentally or verbally—to relax, that everything is okay. Then when you are relaxed, go back to the beginning of the recording and start over.

A  Few Things to Keep in Mind:

1. When I  say “project”—or “concentrate”—your sense of awareness on your scalp area, that’s where you start practicing concentration. Establish what your “awareness” is. Let’s pretend, for example, that it is a ray of light. Blue-white light. It is easier for us to focus a ray of light into that area than anything else.
2. Next you are instructed to detect the vibrations in that area, a “feeling of warmth caused by circulation”. Naturally, it is the blood circulation we are talking about. Concentrate on trying to feel the pulsations of those vibrations in that area. You may not feel them on your first try, but by the second or third effort, you will.
3. Then you are instructed to “release and completely relax all tensions and ligament pressures from this part of your body”. Don’t just recite it, concentrate on it, and exaggerate your imagination. How would you imagine your scalp being fully relaxed? Think. Concentrate. Maybe you would feel better imagining your scalp as if there is a warm, wet cloth draped over it. Use your imagination.
4. I will also say positive affirmations such as “every day in every way I am getting better and better”. Another affirmation you will hear is “I am now learning to attune my intelligence, and developing my sensing faculties, and learning to project them to different locations”. This is an affirmation we use in our seminars to train people to develop ESP.
5. At a certain point, I will tell you “When you next hear my voice one hour of time will have passed at this level of mind”. I will then go silent for 30 seconds before you hear his voice again. This is a mental suggestion to make you feel as relaxed as if you just had an hour of rest. One hour of time does not really pass – only 30 seconds will pass. But your subconscious mind will take this suggestion as being true and so you will feel the effects of having just had one hour of time pass at the alpha level of mind. You’ll feel more relaxed and calm.

When you combine your physiological relaxation with your mental relaxation you will be much more relaxed at the end of that exercise. The more you practice, the easier it will be to relax completely. Please remember, the secret to success is discipline. Practice makes perfect.

This is no different from training your physical body and getting into shape. If you exercise your body only once per month you get very different results than if you exercise daily. The same principle applies when you train and exercise your mind. The more you go into alpha, learn to visualize, relax, and tune into your intuition, the healthier and better your life becomes.

Side Note: Please listen to the exercise first, to make sure you don’t get any surprises that may take you off the flow.

Some Applications

With practice you will be able to tap into your intuitive feelings or hunches.

It just takes practice, and the knowledge that it is possible and that you can do it. In Silva Life System Seminars, the majority of participants are able to tap effectively into their intuition by day two of the seminar and perform health case readings on people unknown to them.

It is important that you continue to practice the Silva Centering Exercise regularly. We encourage graduates of the Silva Life System to practice it once a week for three months after they graduate. Many of us continue to practice it at least once a week even after that.

Once you have learned to relax in a sitting position, if you want to find a more comfortable position—to stretch out in a nice reclining chair for instance—then do so. First learn to enter deep, healthy levels of mind with conscious awareness—without going to sleep. After you’ve learned this, then you can enter deep levels even when lying down comfortably, and you can still remain awake for as long as you desire.

Now, let’s enjoy the Silva Centering exercise.