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Full Guide to Meditation

I used to not meditate.

I used to struggle with the act of sitting down with no distractions and only focusing on my breath.

It was boring and I remember the first time I ever did one, which was in November 2023.

I just searched up on YouTube this follow-along meditation and I did 10 minutes right away.

I wish I had gone ahead and got the better of my ego and had made it actually sustainable for myself because it made me want to quit how I was doing it.

I did not enjoy the process of this and I just want to tell you: imagine there was a way to do the meditation process without it feeling difficult, with it actually being enjoyable and with it getting you healing results.

Wouldn't that be the best case?

Of course and in this post I'll just tell you exactly what I did to achieve that so without further ado let's do it.

The benefits

Presence.

They say that a present name is happy.

That's actually true but a lot of people say that but you probably don't know why.

It's because whenever your mind isn't wandering and whenever you're spending time with a friend or whatever or you're immersed in a task that gets you in the flow state, then what does your mind fixate on?

Usually negative thoughts and that's why having a present mind is much better for your happiness, your healing journey, and all this nervous system regulation.

2. Positive feedback loop.

Whenever we have more friends and connections in our life, our nervous system will get more regulated and at peace because it's been like, "Oh well I've got a group of people," because your nervous system is still, it still thinks it's thousands of years ago, right, and it only sees survival instincts like "Oh food, water, social connections, all that," and this will help with that, meditation will improve your social life due to increased happiness.

3. Improved focus.

Whenever you start meditating, even for a little as I would say, even three minutes, you will be able to focus better on what you care about, like maybe starting to be a doctor or something like that, or being an online culture something.

Whenever you excel in the goal that you want one day, for so long, and you make progress and what you think is your purpose, that will make your life satisfaction and your life quality go up so much.

It's really awesome.

Action step:

Download this app called Medito.

This app is fantastic because it shows you exactly how many minutes you've meditated for and shows you a streak, although I don't really believe in streaks personally and think they're nonsense, but it's there.

It gives you a little course done by professionals that's very simple, easy to follow, and will show you how to meditate.

This is a great place to set timers for your meditations and all that.

The app is on both Apple and Android.

The actual process for meditation:

Focus on something.

Usually that's your breath.

What I do for this is I sit down and I take an inhale from my nose and then an exhale from my mouth. I count the breaths so whenever I do an inhale I'm like "one" in my mind, of course, and then two.

I do that all the way up to ten and repeat the process until my timer is up.

2. Losing your focus to the breath.

Say if I was doing the five-minute meditation, which I do daily, and I lost my focus, that's part of the meditation too because the rep is mentally for this: whenever you bring the focus back to your breath.

3. Bring your focus back to the breath.

Remember that it's a good thing to lose your focus and that's the whole point of meditation. Don't feel bad about that and now for step three, bring your focus back to the breath.

4. Simply repeating that process again and again.

Now you simply do that three-step framework again and again and that's how you do it.

Do that until your timer's up.

I would also recommend making a habit tracker so you stay consistent in this and just let me know in the comments or whatever if you'd like to know how to do that.

I would say if you're a beginner, try with three minutes per day.

That's very realistic and sustainable and bump it up to at least five minutes minimum, basically every day for the rest of your life because it would do so many benefits and make you the best life possible, which is what we all want, right?

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Full Guide to Meditation