20 mins of meditation every day and still the negative thoughts, stress, and anxiety are crowding your head? It may seem like you aren’t getting it quite right. Meditation has been considered the stairway to peace and positivity, but you need an expert to guide you to achieve that Zen-like state. Yes, meditating has an SOP, and we’re no experts but here are a few tricks that may help you ease into it.
So, What Is Guided Meditation?
Nothing but practising meditation under the supervision of an individual with expertise in this domain. To put it simply, you’re guided or taught to meditate from scratch by a meditation expert guide. You can either watch a video of an expert and learn or attend a few meditation classes – either way, both work like a breeze. Lest we forget, there are podcasts focused on preaching guided meditation as well, if that’s more your pace.
How Guided Meditation Help?
Stress reduced to NIL
Our mind is usually occupied with various thoughts and other critical issues. There’s hardly ever a time when the neurons are catching a break. This is where you need a guide, someone who can walk you through simple stress-releasing movements.
Radiating With Optimism & Positivity
Meditation heals your mind, body, and soul, rejuvenating you within, reshaping wills, opinions, and beliefs. When guided properly, meditation can be your ticket to peace.
Concentration & Heightened Focus
No more zoning out. With guided meditation, you learn to increase your attention span and reduce the otherwise distracting streak.
Dehydroepiandrosterone Is Released
Dehydroepiandrosterone is an adrenal gland hormone that serves as a precursor of the male and female sex hormones. Meditation actually increases the release of these hormones which are beneficial since they take care of immune response, skin health, and energy levels.
Sleep Tight
Swear we could use this too. Living in a generation that is grappled with insomnia, a good night’s sleep is everyone’s envy. Enjoy a deep, full-night’s slumber, owing to your daily meditation routine.
How Do We Begin?
Spot Your Guide
Yes Molly, we know. There’s always the Mr. Right for you – and no unfortunately, its not Benjamin Bratt. However, you’re the one tasked with finding him. Remember, your guide doesn’t need to be someone you can meet every day. Your guide be someone you often watch online in a YouTube tutorial or podcast narrating the step-by-step guidance. Point is, the individual should help you feel calm.
Put All Gadgets On DND
A harmless (or not) notification can break your focus gathered through one session. We are prisoners of our own device (see the reference?) and a silly notification can ruin the entire session. Be sure to tune out of the world.
Dedicate A Specific Time
While we often shift the blame on time, not many will admit the fact that while we start the journey with enthusiasm and optimism, our interest waters down. We begin putting it off like the unwanted neighbours and ultimately give up. To make sure that you don’t end up the like rest (of us), make it a habit to reserve your time in advance.
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