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Dehon Tau
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Originally Posted HERE
Daily meditation is an essential part of a mentally healthy life. The enormous scientifically proven benefits of
meditation make it as vital to good health as
exercise or nutritious food and yet so many people struggle to make it a
daily routine in their lives. These five tips are a great way to
establish a daily routine and make meditation an enjoyable part of every
day.
1) Meditate at the same time every day.
We all have an internal ‘body clock’
which can be programmed. By choosing to meditate at the same time every
day it becomes a set routine and is much easier to keep the commitment.
The best times are either 20 minutes after you have woken up or an hour
before you usually go to sleep. It’s also best not to meditate straight
after eating because your body naturally gets tired after eating and
that can detract from the clarity of meditation and make you prone to
drifting into a dull sleepy state.
2) Have a special place in your home for meditation.
Meditation is the greatest gift you can
give yourself, it helps to de-stress, release physical and emotional
tension, gian clarity and perspective and keep you in touch with that
quiet stillness within. Therefore your meditation practice deserves a at
least a small corner somewhere in your home dedicated and set up
specifically for meditation training with your favourite meditation
cushion stool or chair. This helps to honour your practice and show that
you respect it enough to afford it some room in your life.
3) Use a timer.
Make your commitment to meditate for at
least 20 minutes a day. Setting the timer for 20 minutes when you sit
helps to forget about the time and so you can relax and enter into a
deep and peaceful meditation. It’s also important not to go over time,
get up quietly bringing your meditative awareness with you when you get
up. Don’t cut the meditation short if your struggling and don’t go
overtime when you are enjoying it. This helps to make it a regular and a
normal routine.
4) Switch off.
Don’t forget to switch off phones and
other devices, also let anyone else in the house know that you are not
to be disturbed for the time of your meditation. This creates a sacred
and quiet space to practice meditation, some genuine personal alone time
which is so important. Remember that you don’t just meditate for
yourself, instead you are taking the ‘time out’ of your day to becoming
clearer, calmer and wiser – this will not just benefit you but will help
your entire family and everyone else in your life.
5) Trust the process.
It’s important not to judge every
meditation or think that it’s not working. Trust the process. Some
meditation sits will be difficult others will be pleasant it depends
what state of mind you come to your cushion with. Don’t expect miracles
with meditation. My teachers have said that meditation is very ordinary
its simply being aware of what’s going on without reacting to it. As
stated above meditation has enormous benefits
but sometimes the benefits from meditation come during the day and not
on the cushion or sometimes there won’t be any difference at all,
because there will simply be an absence of stress or anxiety or
distraction which will just feel normal rather than extraordinary.
*For How to Practice Meditation see full instructions here.
Written by Chad Foreman
For A Free Guided Meditation with Chad CLICK HERE
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