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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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In this meditation, we'll practice reconnecting to ourself with curiosity and compassion, beginning the journey of becoming our own best friend.
Let's start by finding
a comfortable posture.
This could be sitting,
standing or lying down.
If it feels okay for you,
you can close your eyes.
And we'll take one deep breath together.
In through the nose.
And out through the mouth.
Inviting the jaw to relax.
Letting the shoulders be at ease.
And inviting the belly
and the hands to soften.
Settling into a relaxed awareness
of the present moment, not
forcing straining, tensing.
Relaxing into it.
The breath can come back
to its natural rhythm.
And we'll take a few moments just to
anchor our attention at our bellies, using
that as a focus point for our attention.
As the mind wanders, just
gently bringing it back.
As you rest in awareness, connected to
your thoughts, sensations, your body,
emotions, just opening up your awareness
to receive and connect to all of it.
And the question I invite you
to drop into your awareness
is, what is it like to be me?
What is it like to be me?
So ask yourself that question.
And see what comes up in response to it.
There's no right answer.
It's just designed to drop us into a
deeper connection with ourselves and
specifically the felt sense of who we are
that only we can know and no one else.
So I'll give you some time in silence
to run this question through your
mind, and you can say it over and
over like a mantra, you could say
a once and give it some space.
What is it like to be me?
Okay.
So before we close, let's
take one deep breath together.
In through the nose.
And slowly out through the mouth.
When you're ready, you can
invite your eyes to open again.
Great job.
So this is a meditation you can
come back to, or you can bring
this question into your awareness
throughout the day as a way to create
more space for yourself and connect
more intimately to your experience.
As always, thank you for your practice.
And until then, take care.
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