Meditation is extremely important for physical, mental, and spiritual health. Meditation reduces stress and anxiety, promotes emotional health, enhances self-awareness, improves focus, memory, cardiovascular health, and enhances your immune system. It also reduces physical and emotional pain, can help you reach enlightenment, and much more. Personally, I use meditation to cleanse my energy, manifest, heal myself, relax, ground and center myself, and align specific chakras - in addition to all the reasons listed above. Meditation was a struggle for me in the beginning, but I was determined to master it and make it a part of my daily routine because I knew it was a necessity. I'm going to share some tips with you all that made meditation easier for me:
-Find a comfortable position. Some people like to meditate sitting "cross-legged", some people like to meditate lying down. Find whatever is comfortable for you, and you can even alternate between different positions.
- Pace yourself. It's ideal to get to a place where you're meditating for at least 20 minutes, 5 times a week. What helped me was starting off doing 10-minute meditations, and over time, I was able to comfortably increase the length of my meditations.
-Meditate around the same time every day. This helps you get into the habit of meditating on a regular basis. An extra tip - try to meditate within the first 30 minutes of your day. This makes your meditation better because you're less distracted and your mind is less cluttered.
-GUIDED MEDITATIONS. I cannot stress how important guided meditations are for those who are new to meditation. A guided meditation is usually 10-20 minutes long, where someone guides you through it, telling you how to breathe, what to envision, what to focus on, etc. It gives you the direction you need to have a successful meditation. You can find these on YouTube.
-Focus on your breathing. This is going to be the easiest way to get into that deep relaxation mode and have a really good meditation. One of my favorite tips is to take a deep breath on the inhale, hold it for two seconds, and exhale, hold it for two seconds, and repeat.
-Establish intentions. A meditation consists of three components: relaxation, intention, and return. It is important to always establish intentions before beginning meditation. Reflect on "what do I aim to achieve in today's session?" and when concluding the meditation, ensure you take your time to ground yourself before continuing with your day.
-When your mind starts to wander off, focus on breathing. Inhale, exhale. Take deep breaths. Your mind is going to wander off; it's normal. Don't try to block out the thoughts, just become more aware of your breathing.
-If you find yourself having more thoughts than usual during meditation, consider it a positive indication. This suggests that you are growing more conscious of your thoughts and are starting to connect with them. Having an increased number of thoughts than usual indicates that you have successfully filtered out unnecessary distractions, signaling that you are progressing towards meditating effectively. Simply refocus on your breathing to stay on the right path.
Remember that meditation is something that can take a while to get the hang of. It took me about 2 years of practicing before I got to a space where I was able to meditate effortlessly. Have patience with yourself and don't forget that each meditation will bring you a different experience - no meditation is the same. Hopefully, some of these tips were helpful, and you can use them to become a master at meditation.
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