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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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In this meditation, we'll practice a simple strategy for getting through difficult moments with more ease, compassion, and self-care.
Let's start by finding
a comfortable posture.
This could be sitting, could be
standing and it could be lying down.
For this meditation, it's especially
important to find a posture
that feels comfortable for you.
When you're ready, and if it feels
okay, you can close your eyes.
And we'll take one deep breath.
In through the nose.
And slowly out through the mouth.
Inviting the jaw to soften and relax.
Let the shoulders be at ease.
And allow your belly to relax.
Along with the hands.
All areas of the body that tend
to grip and accumulate tension.
As the body settles in, the breath
can fall into its natural rhythm.
And for this meditation, you can place one
hand on your heart, maybe the right hand,
and then the left hand on your belly.
Sometimes we have resistance
to things like this.
It feels fluffy, or we're just not used to
offering ourselves this kind of kindness.
So I encourage staying with it.
That's a wall that we can
slowly start to soften.
And with your hands there, feel
yourself breathing into that hold.
Just focus on holding yourself
with kindness with self-compassion.
We have to go through this life alone.
We can have great friends,
family and support, but only you
can experience your thoughts.
Only you can experience your emotions.
Only you can experience your pains.
So, unless we can become our
own best companion along the
journey, it can be tough.
So here is your opportunity to
reacquaint yourself with yourself.
So that you can experience
all the goodness in your
life more fully and deeply.
And also remind yourself that
you'll be able to get through
whatever it is you're going through.
Especially if you continue to
show up for yourself with this
quality of self-compassion.
So let's take a few
breaths with this hold.
Breathing in a quality of kindness and
love, and exhaling any tension or worry.
Let's take one more deep breath together.
In through the nose.
And out through the mouth.
And when you're ready, you
can let your eyes open again.
So well done.
This is a meditation and a practice
you can always come back to no
matter what you're going through.
Thank you for your practice.
And until we talk again, take care.
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