{"id":58878,"date":"2023-10-04T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-prefer-guided-meditation-or-meditation-where-you-clear-your-mind-and-strive-to-think-about-nothing-just-to-be-still\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T08:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:00:44","slug":"do-you-prefer-guided-meditation-or-meditation-where-you-clear-your-mind-and-strive-to-think-about-nothing-just-to-be-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-prefer-guided-meditation-or-meditation-where-you-clear-your-mind-and-strive-to-think-about-nothing-just-to-be-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you prefer guided meditation or meditation where you clear your mind and strive to think about nothing&#8230; just to be still."},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Ella G.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I prefer guided but sometimes I don\u2019t have access to a guide so I will meditate shortly on my own &#8211; I\u2019m trying to master meditation with little guidance.  But guided meditations help me with specific situations going on at the time.<br \/>\nI feel as long as one is practicing, then either is fine.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-301827854\"><div id=\"thefa-1556876927\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Start living your best life<\/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>Try now<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ella G. I prefer guided but sometimes I don\u2019t have access to a guide so I will meditate shortly on my own &#8211; I\u2019m trying to master meditation with little guidance. 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