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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
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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
slowing down and stopping reactivity.
So we've probably all experienced times
when we feel that rush of anger rising.
Perhaps someone says something
that triggers us, you know.
And then a thought arises.
How dare they or oh, really,
is that what you think?
Let me tell you.
So if we actually start to fixate on
thoughts like that in those kinds of
moments, we feel upset more and more
because it stokes the emotion, it
stokes more anger, more reactivity.
And then as our anger intensifies, the
mind responds by creating more angry
thoughts, then those thoughts magnify
the emotion, and you can see how this
just kind of creates a vicious cycle.
And we can easily get caught up
in that cycle of kind of throwing
more fuel on the fire of that
original moment of being triggered.
Let's say someone cuts in
front of you in a line.
You know, you feel that initial
flame of annoyance perhaps.
But then you throw fuel on it.
How rude.
You know, now anger's moving all
through the body and you think, what
the hell is wrong with this person?
Doesn't he care about anyone but himself?
So selfish.
Now you're really simmering.
And with every reactive thought,
you feed the fire and fan the flames
until you can barely contain yourself.
You know, we've all been
here at one time or another.
But what we often don't realize
in those moments is that it's our
thoughts that are blowing things up
and making things feel a lot worse.
But if we can learn to recognize in
that first moment of being triggered
that we're triggered, and we take a
mindful pause, we can deescalate things.
We can make the choice not to
throw more fuel on the fire.
It can be helpful here to take a few
deep, slow breaths in that moment
when we're first triggered, and then
mentally note the emotion to ourselves.
You know, ah, okay,
anger's here, or, okay.
I'm being triggered.
Then we can make a conscious choice
not to throw any more fuel on the
fire, not to escalate our anger
with more reactive thoughts so that
they can cool and pass on their own.
This is the invitation for today and
ongoing, whenever you get triggered,
take a pause, breathe deep, and try
not to add any more fuel to the fire.
In this way, you train yourself to
become a non-reactive person and promote
more peace, both within and without.
So I wish you well with this practice.
And as always, thank
you for your practice.
Let's settle in for today's meditation.
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