{"id":23132,"date":"2020-04-29T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-prefer-guided-or-non-guided-meditations\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:26:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:26:56","slug":"do-you-prefer-guided-or-non-guided-meditations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-prefer-guided-or-non-guided-meditations\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you prefer guided or non-guided meditations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">An G.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">As a new meditator, it\u2019s good to follow guided meditations to open up our mind; then non guided meditations will feel much more natural.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-3532551164\"><div id=\"thefa-3875552866\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Habit building made easy<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Start now<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Javier F.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Guided but very simple and short guidance. You can\u2019t focus and relax when the narrator talks all the time. When no one talks, you might lost in thoughts. However, just enough guidance, short and effective, then letting you do your thing is best in my opinion. All the best<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Anke J.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Definitely guided. With non-guided meditations, my mind wanders quickly, and there is nobody to make me aware of this and bring my focus back.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Kara F.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I prefer guided. If I am left to myself, I will start to make lists of things that I need to do, should be doing and should already have complete.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Norah Y.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Guided. I wouldn\u2019t be able to clear my mind in silence. I also like waves in the background. Find your relaxing sound. Some people like rain.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Elise Q.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Definitely guided but only if it is a good guided meditation that doesn&#39;t put me off. Having said this is have started to do my own non guided every so often. I usually fall back on the full body scan, this really helps me to focus.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Paula T.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I prefer guided meditation because I think that non guided are for more advanced people in meditation, the ones that can meditate almost without any interference of thoughts. So that\u2019s why for me, to keep the thoughts away, is better the guided meditation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Pit Goras Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I\u2019m not sure why but I prefer guided meditation. Sometimes I do non-guided but the reassurance and sense of routine means it can really help me when I need to relax most and when my mind is really going crazy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An G. As a new meditator, it\u2019s good to follow guided meditations to open up our mind; then non guided meditations will feel much more natural. Javier F. Guided but very simple and short guidance. You can\u2019t focus and relax when the narrator talks all the time. When no one talks, you might lost in thoughts. 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