Experience the Power of Meditation Even in Simple 10 Minute Sessions
It seems now-a-days folks are incorporating more holistic practices and mindful practices into their daily lives.
For some people, it’s a daily practice, while for others it’s just for emergency situations.
Have you been thinking of taking on the practice of meditation?
Perhaps you might feel it’s too time consuming and not worth the trouble?
Well there are many benefits to meditation which might just delight and surprise you!
And what if I told you you could reap some of those benefits with as little as 10 minute session of meditation.
Want to find out more?
Power of Meditation
I've put together a special Power Of Meditation EBook for you which you can flip through here
or download here
Give it a read then tell me what you think!
Here's some of what is covered in the EBook in a checklist format:
Meditation Checklist
Important Steps to Remember
Pick and Choose the Meditation Techniques Which Work Best for You
o Centering
o Shielding
o Grounding
o Breath Meditation
How to Get Started in as Little as 10 Minutes Per Day
o Make time, not excuses
o Practice meditation anytime, anywhere
o Check in with yourself. See how you are being and what you want to create
o Clear your mind
o Foster gratitude
How to Get Started as a Beginner
o Start Slow
o Set up a space just for you
o Be clear with others about your intention to begin meditation practices
o Create a routine
o Stand in integrity
o Get a partner to enjoy meditation with
o Get an accountability partner to keep you on track
o Explore the many types of meditation to see which one is right for you
Step-by-Step Guide
o Choose your method of which works best for you
o Create a space
o Pick a routine
o Get comfortable with whatever comfortable means for you
o Create a routine
o Make it a habit
o Wait for the results – don’t hurry out of your first attempts too quickly. Give it time. If it gets too intense you can slow down. If you don’t see results right away, be patient
o Practice your breathing techniques even when you are not in your spot and meditating
Once you put this checklist into practice, you will begin to reap the rewards and see the benefits. Not only that, everyone around you will also begin to see and notice the change in you.
I cordially invite you to Mindful Life community, which is only just beginning in the @naturalmedicine server here.
Goals of 'Mindful Life'
• To unite meditators across the Steem blockchain so that we can share and strengthen our own practices
• To provide a space to discuss the philosophy, science and practical application of such practices in our lives
• To inspire and motivate each other
• To provide support if we might be struggling, connecting with like minded people who might offer solutions
Discord 🧘About If you are a meditator wishing to connect to others or strengthen your practice in a group setting - on Wednesday May 1, we're having our very first group sitting in Discord, and we'd love for you to join us! Find out all about it here
Sounds like a nice book to have. Wonderful breakdown of the book. Something that gives someone new to all of this an idea of what to do.
That was my idea when posting this to give a starting point to those just beginning.
You can download the book as a pdf from the link I gave in the post which is https://sqribble.net/editor/display/pdf/39301/Power%20of%20Meditation
I plan on it. Just had a few other things to work on tonight. I'll grab it in the morning 😊
Nowadays, we are often rushed and stressed and forget to take down time to listen to ourselves. Few minutes of meditation can help in many aspects. Thanks for sharing your technique.
I know it's made a big difference in my life, yet still I need those reminders that hey! just stop , cut out the business for awhile and take the time to meditate.
A big thing for me too, is to enter into it with integrity, having every intention to put a full effort in to make the most of my sessions.
The new "Mindful Life" discord community (a section of @naturalmedicine) has been wonderful for helping to strengthen my practice and I'm really looking forward to the first Group meditation -tomorrow May 1st 8pm GMT/UTC! More info here
Will you be coming?
Unfortunately that converts to a time when I’ll be commuting to work early morning.
Ah! The Mindful Life Community will be holding other group meditations at different times -perhaps one time will be suitable to them.
It was great gathering with fellow meditators and it made for some great conversation afterwards!
Such a generous act! Xx
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Wow....that was a great e-book, thank you for putting all this together 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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You're most welcome!
Here in Asia where meditation is integral to the Buddhist way of life, no one would dream of starting with sitting meditation. Young novices start with walking and sweeping meditation - true mindfulness - for YEARS before they ever "sit". I do wonder at the western way of teaching meditation and how much true mindfulness in everyday life is overlooked and sidestepped. Intrigued as I read these western "how to's" in contrast to the Thai and Asian practice that is a normal part of my day to day.
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@artemislives Comparatively, the Western aspects are watered down. Mindfulness only truly became introduced as a therapeutic means of coping with stress, anxiety and PTSD to name a few. While it is based of what you have been taught, there are many aspects that I am sure are missing.
I would be very interested to hear more about true mindfulness. I know mediations are very different in different parts of the world as is what resonates with a person. What works for one doesn't work for another. If you would like to put together something new as in a basic how to on starting your process. I'll put in the Mindful Monday post.
I would be interested in hearing more of the ways in Thailand and Asia for it is a very foreign/different country to Canada.
Wonderful to have more mindfulness ways incorporated into your culture! I have never really experienced much of their culture, just taken up some of the Buddhist teaching. Lots of material from the Pali Text Society.
Yes, having come from Nepal, land of the Buddha, it is not surprising for me to see many different techniques of meditation since Buddha taught over 100different meditation techniques (to start) depending on the state of mind and matter. So someone with very active mind might do better with dynamic meditation involving movement (at least at the beginning) while others with quieter mind state may go deeper with sitting meditation. I was following Ajan Brahm (English-Australian Monk) who spent many years in Thai Monastery under Ajan Chah and he was saying that in Thai tradition walking meditation is common, whereas in Theravada (Nepal, Indian, Burma etc.) tradition sitting meditation seems to be prevalent but even in that tradition, as Buddha said in Satipthanna Sutta, as we we go deeper into meditation one should be aware of the rising and passing away of phenomena (in mind and matter) in 4 position while sitting, standing, walking and lying down. I think healt sector really started to embrace mindfulness (in meditation lite version) when Jon Kabbat Zinn introduced it about 2 decades ago. He spent over 14 years practicing Zen and made mindfulness popular in medical field as I understand it - although it probably has been used in medical field way before that. And agree, implementing the mindfulness in day to day life or each moment is the goal - regular practice will support that goal 😊. 🧘🏼♂️🧘🏼♀️
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Thank you for enlightening us on the different aspects of meditation in different traditions!
You are very knowledgeable and I appreciate you sharing that knowledge with us!
Great introduction, start easy and build on ones success. O will be joining your community.
Thanks.
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Excellent @mytechtrail ! Can you make it to our first group meditation, tomorrow, May 1st 8 pm GMT/UTC? More info here
Simple session of meditation but big benefit for our life.
Nice post 👑
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This is such a thoughtful and helpful list for beginners @porters! I love the conversations that all of these fresh and inspiring posts that the Mindful Life group are putting out, have started to create.
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Not sure whether or not this is normal, but I find that when meditating, I always end up somewhere; as if I'm on the edge, between dimensions. It's cool, though is it always supposed to occur like that?
That is a cool experience. Meditation is a dynamic experience, ever changing as you develop it and go deeper into it.
Good. I'm not doing something wrong.
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These are such great tips, @porters! I think it's really neat that meditation has so many different benefits. I'm glad for this reminder, as I too often forget to incorporate it into my day.