Do you use guided meditation or do you prefer to just guide yourself and how does one get to the point where they no longer need a guide?

I use a guide because I enjoy feeling and experiencing a variety of ways of meditating. During the day I may take a minute or two to meditate if I am feeling anxious or some other unhelpful state of mind. I don’t know when someone doesn’t need a guide.

I like guided meditation more because you know what to do, when to do it and when I do it by myself I feel awkward like I need to do something, and stop.

I prefer guided meditation. It helps me focus on the doing and not the telling. But I find it easy to guide oneself after you learn how to give yourself suggestions

Hi fabulous user, do not worry, do what you feel right for now and let things evolve naturally. I started to listen to guided meditation a while ago, then after a period of time I switch to silence meditation, sometime I still use guided meditation because I feel like it. Don’t worry, guided is not better or worst then silence, there is thousand of meditation types, what is important is that you feel it right for yourself, we all have different minds and there is no one recipe that fits them all. Best of luck

Currently I prefer a guided meditation because without one my mind moves too fast and I become anxious. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to guide myself unless I’ve written down specific things to bring my thoughts back to when meditating. I just thought of that, I think I’ll try it out 😂

I use guided meditation because I lack the expertise to do unguided. I don’t think I ever want to do unguided meditation because my mind would wander too much.

I prefer to guide myself, at least for most of my meditations. Would be great if Fabulous can provide an easy way to run a silent 20mins meditations with a bell every 5mins and 3 to mark the ending

I prefer to guide myself. I’m not sure how you get to the point where you no longer need a guide, I started on my own. I guess it entirely depends on what you want to achieve through meditation. I wanted to relax so I didn’t think I needed a guide, but if your goal is more complex than that then you’d probably prefer a guide.

It depends on how I’m feeling that day. For me, it’s about either sitting with my emotions and thoughts or about processing them. If I don’t feel well-equipped to process, then I turn to guided meditation or yoga nidra or pranayama. Either way, it’s your journey and you deserve to make it however you choose. And don’t feel bad about taking more or less time; the duration doesn’t matter so much as the intention and practice!

I use guided imagery with music that are available on line at sites such as https://www.innerhealthstudio.com/relaxation-mp3.html