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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
Today, I'm going to talk about
allowing yourself to let go.
So in meditation, we want to practice
letting go of being caught up in the
mind and learn to rest in awareness.
Now while they sounds really
simple, it's not always that easy.
And that's because we tend to have a
very strong tendency to keep replaying
over and over again, in our mind,
our problems, our resentments, our
worries, our cravings, our to-do list.
And we kind of keep the mind
chewing on all of this stuff
like a dog chewing a bone.
And it actually takes quite a bit of
mental effort and energy to keep replaying
these thinking patterns over and over.
It actually is a very tiring
and draining experience.
Sometimes a very stressful experience,
when you really pay attention.
So how do we really unwind this habit of
being caught up in all of that thinking
so that we can tap into peace of mind?
Ultimately, it's actually very simple.
There are really only two steps here.
The first is to notice that you're
chewing on something in the mind.
So you, you want to recognize
that you're caught up.
Now, the mind will always try to
convince you that you really need
to solve this problem, or think
about this concern right now.
It has a bit of a gravitational
pull to it, allure to it.
But if you can remind yourself in that
moment that whatever it is that the
mind is chewing on, it really can wait.
Then you can move to step two, which
is a simply allow yourself to let go.
And letting go is really
not that complicated.
How do you go have a piece
of coal in your hand?
You simply open your hand and let it go.
So in this case, you simply open your
attention so you unhook from the thought
and bring it back to your meditation.
So if you were doing a breath
meditation, you simply bring your
attention back to feeling your breath.
Sometimes when it's really tricky, it
can be kind of helpful to mentally say
to yourself, it's, it's safe to let go.
Because sometimes the mind is
really trying to, you have to remind
the mind that it doesn't have to
work so hard to look out for you.
It doesn't have to keep
chewing on this thing.
You just remind the mind it's safe to
let go, invite the mind to let go, and
bring it back to the focus of attention.
So in today's meditation, we'll practice
this some more so that you can really
get a feel for this ability to let go.
So let's begin to settle in for that.
And as always, thank you for your practice
and your presence here in this community.
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