People think that to meditate you have to sit quietly, humming or so. Meditation is the simple act of being aware of your body. You can meditate on a word that impacts your day, like feminism, dream or goals. How are you changed by those words, or by an idea that a word brings in to your world? You can also meditate on a song, a dance move, or whatever. My key to meditation is to bring something to my day that will help me to understand who I am or how I feel under some situations. Find something that you love doing and use that as your meditation. Hope I helped. Cheers
Hi! I don’t meditation unfortunately, I have done sporadically but I’m bad I must admit. The few occasions I have done it I’m feeling much better about myself and I guess it’s just my discipline and actually prioritizing my own self… I will work on that and hopefully get it into a habit!
I use a meditation app that has guided meditations. There are also meditations on YouTube that have helped me get used to meditation.
I played two different apps every night. One is called stop breathe think and they’re all there is called Headspace. I put them on for 10 minutes each and play a different one every night.
I use the insight timer app. They have a zillion guided meditations of all kinds and options to just use a timer with different background sounds
I meditate at night listening to guided meditations on my phone. It’s not ideal because I often fall asleep before finishing but it’s a better way to settle my brain down than screen time or just laying there thinking. I’m starting to learn to quiet my thoughts and it’s easier to build it into a habit if it’s just part of my bedtime routine.
I sit, close my eyes and focus on my breath. Every time a thought passes by, I label it and try to focus on the breath again. Or I choose a subject and then think about it or a question that I want to answer.
By first focusing on my breath. Going in, going out. I might take a few deep inhales and let it out slowly, but my aim is to become the observer of my breathing. Once I am observing without interfering with my breath, I try to refine my focus on a very small part of my body; below the nostrils and above the upper lip. Once I can sustain this for a few minutes I shift that refined focus, first to the top of my head. Then I slowly concentrate my focus down my entire body, observing the sensations of my body, without interfering. Just observing. This is the technique of Vipassana.
I like to close my eyes, open my ears, and observe the sounds around me. It really helps to bring me into the present moment.
Each morning I begin my day with yoga. It helps me get centered, balanced. Once I’ve completed my session – anywhere from 15 – 30 minutes, I get comfy, place the crystal I need most in my hand (depending on the day) and set my Calm app for 5 minutes. It really helps me stay calm throughout the day.
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