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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, welcome back to
your Daily Mindfulness.
In today's session, we're
going to talk about the minimum
effective dose of stress.
Now, there are some people who might
say that we don't need any stress.
We should to be able to go throughout
the world in a more Zen calm state.
But that hasn't been my experience.
I have sometimes found that a little
bit of stress can be useful for me.
And I have found this for a
lot of other people as well, at
least through their self report.
I think for many of us though, we
tend to associate a level of stress
with being able to do something well,
especially if it's something that
is important, like a deadline or
remembering to take care of someone.
All of those things often make us feel
like, Oh, I need to be in a stressed out
state in order to stay on top of this
or to make sure I don't forget about it.
And so let's start by honoring
that maybe that's a possibility and
let's evaluate the level of stress
we need on a level of one to ten.
So if we think about a recent scenario
where we felt like we needed to be a
little bit stressed in order to do that
thing well, what you can do for yourself
right now, Assess on a scale of one to
ten, how much stress did do you think
you need in order to do that thing well.
Where ten is the maximum amount of
stress and one is no stress at all.
So let's say what comes up is a seven.
Seven, good amount of stress helps
me do this thing really well.
First question I want you to ask is how
come I chose a seven and not a nine?
What is it about a nine that tells me, Oh,
that's too much stress, but seven is good.
And then you can ask, well, why did
I choose a seven and not a five?
Can I do what I need to
do at the level of a five?
And explore what would it be
like to try to be productive
with a little bit more stress.
There's no right answer to this, but
assessing your stress on a number
line from one to ten, seeing what you
perceive you need and then exploring
what would it be like to drop it down
a level or two levels or three levels.
And can I still do what I need
to do at a lower stress level?
It might give you some
interesting responses.
Sometimes we do need
stress to be productive.
And sometimes we just think we
need stress to be productive.
So you can use this technique throughout
your day and your week to explore how
much stress is actually necessary for you.
And what you might find it's
less than you think you need.
Thank you for your practice.
And I'll talk to you
soon in the meditation.
Take care.
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