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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?
Benefits of Mindfulness: Mindful Living Can Change Your Life
Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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In this meditation, we'll practice taking the perspective that life may be happening FOR us rather than TO us.
Let's start by finding
a comfortable posture.
This could be sitting down, lying
down or standing .If it feels okay
to do so, you can close your eyes.
And we'll take a deep breath
together to settle in.
Breathing in through the nose.
And slowly out through the mouth.
Inviting the jaw to soften.
The shoulders.
And the belly.
And you can allow any other tension in
the body that you might be holding on
to to feel as though it's melting away.
As the body relaxes, the mind can relax.
And we'll let our breath settle
back into its natural rhythm.
And let's spend a few moments, just
connecting to the breath with our
awareness as a way to stabilize our
attention and deepen our presence.
As the mind wanders, which it always will,
just give it a gentle acknowledgement.
Hello thought.
Thank you, thought.
Goodbye, thought.
And then bring that attention
right back to this breath.
This is the bicep curl for
the mind over and over.
And as you attune to the breath,
it's impossible not to feel this
life force moving through you.
You're alive right now.
The body is breathing you.
And you may start to feel the strength
that comes with that and the possibility
for how you'll show up in each
moment, the quality of presence and
the mindset that you'll bring to it.
So as you show up with presence right
now, feeling yourself breathing, feeling
your innate aliveness, seeif you can
take the perspective that life is
happening for you rather than to you.
With each breath in,
you're taking in life.
And with each breath out,
offering something back.
The breathing in is a gift.
It's an opportunity.
It's life itself.
And in each moment of our life where
receiving something, some sort of
stimulus, an experience, sometimes what
we want and sometimes what we don't want.
It's a very different experience though,
going through life with the perspective
that everything is happening for me.
There's something to learn
something to meet as a challenge
and something that might strengthen
me in ways I can't yet perceive
So take a few moments to feel
that in your presence right now.
We'll take one more
breath before we close.
In through the nose.
And out through the mouth.
When you're ready, you can open your eyes.
Well done.
As you go throughout your day,
try to infuse this perspective
shift into your presence.
Life is happening for you.
You can meet it and you can grow from it.
Thank you for your practice.And
until we talk again, take care.
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