This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.For some people when starting out, they need a guided meditation or music in order to relax at all. But the most beneficial types of meditation make you the guru of your own mind. They let you do all the work so you get all the benefits. This journey…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.Do these thoughts sound familiar when you've begun to try meditation: This is taking forever! How long until I feel something? Am I even doing anything?!?! Our normal thinking mind will grasp at anything to latch onto, and many of us have had thoughts like these. However, even…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.When learning any new skill, it comes with a lot of questions and a lot of challenges. Knowing those answers and preparing for those obstacles before they come up can help us succeed instead of stumble. Here are some of those most common questions and predictable pitfalls: Is…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.The only wrong way to meditate is to not meditate. Some types of beginners’ meditations have certain benefits and more advanced types have different ones. But if you take the time to turn your attention inward, you will have more peace and gain a deeper insight and understanding…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.There is no one best meditation, just like there isn't one best medicine that treats every illness. Each meditation has its own benefits. For most people, a mantra helps calm the chaotic mind. After doing this for a while, moving on to breath-awareness meditation becomes easier. With heightened…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.Some people became depressed or anxious. Others became restless. And some people feel all of their senses uncomfortably heightened. These people are not experiencing issues from meditating too much. It is from not meditating enough. They had spent all of their lives lost in constant thought, always doing, never…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.Depending on who you learn meditation from, you’re most likely going to be taught either mantra or breath meditation. Your instructor will likely tell you that their technique is the best. But what is the truth between mantra meditation vs breath meditation and which one is better?I have…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.The fact is, it is very common for a wide variety of sensations and reactions to occur when we meditate. It's not that meditation causes these feelings, but rather that it allows buried emotions, trauma, or pain to rise to the surface so we can begin the healing…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.A mantra trains our mind in the lost skills of focus, patience, and concentration. It puts us in a very relaxed state that de-stresses us and provides many health benefits. Some people will find it difficult at first. When we're used to constant stimulation, constant doing, and constant…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.A lot of people tell me they have a hard time sitting still and meditating. However, meditation doesn’t have to mean sitting still. The context of meditating isn’t about being still. It is about being present. It is not about having no thoughts. It is about being free…
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