Meditation: #1 EASIEST NO EXCUSE mini meditation great for beginners and stress |
- #1 EASIEST NO EXCUSE mini meditation great for beginners and stress
- I just did non-guided meditation for 11 minutes.
- Would anyone else agree that even posting about experiences on this subreddit would be considered an ego driven activity?
- Meditation is Not a Happiness Pill or a Shortcut to Fix All Your Problems
- We are one!
- Loving myself is a set of actions, not just a feeling.
- Affirm
- Dealing with fear of the mystical
- How have you learned meditation?
- Not able to become aware of the observer
- How do you get off the cycle of desire?
- I notice resistance within me to the next phase of my life.
- Excellent interview with meditation author Daniel Ingram
- Wim Hof AMA! Post your questions now!
- Seriously... how do you guys deal with death?
- Meditation for lymphatic drainage
- What’s the problem with guided meditation?
- Appreciation Post
- I overthink meditation and I think this is what prevents me from practicing it consistently. Any advice would be appreciated
- How to meditate while lying down?
- Dentist
- Consistency
- Do you meditate outside or indoors?
- Mindfulness Vs. TM - What are your experiences?
| #1 EASIEST NO EXCUSE mini meditation great for beginners and stress Posted: 22 Oct 2020 08:36 PM PDT This is my #1 Easiest meditation that anyone can do. Great for beginners, people who have a hard time sticking to the habit of meditation, great for stress, you can do it on breaks at work, directly before or after, you can do it anywhere (except while in the middle of working or operating a vehicle OBVIOUSLY) morning bedtime anywhere. This whole meditation should only take 3-4 minutes. If you had a hard time sticking to meditation use this. Step 1 Take 3 DEEP and SLOW (Box) breaths Inhale 4-6 seconds HOLD 4-6 seconds Exhale 4-6 seconds PAUSE 4-6 Seconds Step 2 Breath normally again and COUNT each breath! Counting up from 1 - 10 One inhale + one exhale = 1 breath Step 3 (Skip if not being consistent with meditation habit or very short on time) Still breathing normally count backwards From 10 back down to 1 Step 4 Repeat Step 1 Step 5 Take at least a few seconds (5-10 seconds) to think about someone you care about (whether it be a friend, neighbour, co-worker or family member) , and imagine them being happy, laughing, smiling giggling. Take those few second to FEEL that joy for them. Step 6 Note 1 thing you are grateful for. Mentally tell yourself or say out loud. "I am grateful for Xyz" Tip: Make sure for the step 5 pick some one you care about alot when you start then try to alternate between different people. For step 6 try to think of different things you are grateful for. Please note if you are extra short on time no need to do Step 3 Feel free to do this more then once a day or to supplement to your routine (if you already do longer sessions). [link] [comments] |
| I just did non-guided meditation for 11 minutes. Posted: 22 Oct 2020 05:24 AM PDT I've been at this meditation since Sunday. I've been doing guided meditation only until today. I set a stopwatch before starting, lay down in bed and I just started paying attention to my breath. My mind did wander but I kept breathing. It felt good. This may be a coincidence, but the things I've been anxious about I now have in much better perspective. I don't need to be anxious anymore. I still have over active alarm bells going off in my head but at least I now have this clarity to go by. I'm optimistic that a mixture of challenging my thoughts when they come and meditation and mindfulness will seriously improve my relationship with anxiety. [link] [comments] |
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| Meditation is Not a Happiness Pill or a Shortcut to Fix All Your Problems Posted: 22 Oct 2020 12:10 PM PDT I see a variation of this question asked almost every week: I started meditating, when do I start feeling peaceful? There is a dangerous assumption in there: Meditation is like a happiness pill, you pop it and off you go all blissed out. This assumption comes from the marketing of meditation, where meditation is sold as this sexy thing that will solve all your problems. In reality, meditation can make your problems worse. Many people become more depressed after meditation. The reason is simple: Meditation is like a Laser that brings attention to your own mind. Anything suppressed, usually emotions of self loathing , disgust and hate come rushing up to the surface. Eventually, the pain will go away, but you cannot use meditation to hide from all the pain, to bypass your suppressed emotions, as it were. The garbage you have been avoiding has to be faced, it has to be confronted and dealt with. And so meditation forces you to face the same mental pain you thought you could avoid via meditation :) This is a long term path, like training for a marathon. So certainly start meditation, not to feel happy, but as a means to understand yourself better, to discover your true self. Your true self is one of peace and joy, so there is some truth that meditation leads to peace. But that doesn't mean the journey there will be all lubby-dubby. tldr: If you want short term pain relief, try weed; if you want to understand your true self and discover peace(but longer term), then try meditation. If you want to know more, I created a video [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 12:03 AM PDT According to Ego there is a difference between you and me, because we have had different experiences during our lifetimes. But there is no difference between your awareness and my awareness. And that is what we are, "Pure awareness". We are nothing else. Therefore We are one. [link] [comments] |
| Loving myself is a set of actions, not just a feeling. Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:48 PM PDT Why has this not been obvious to me before? Lol. I was just meditating after feeling upset after getting into an argument with a friend. The details don't matter except that it suddenly occurred to me during my session that loving myself is a set of actions not just a feeling. Indeed like any other feeling it can't be something I chase or will into existence. Like any other feeling it is based on the circumstances of my life, and my thoughts, and those are ultimately influenced by the actions I choose to take and things I choose to focus on. This occurred to me because my friend claims to love herself but I would say her actions don't fit that picture, indeed I would say her actions are the opposite. This is not to say it's easy mind you, nor am I blaming her for a nanosecond. A life time of abuse and trauma as my friend has experienced mean that we seek that which is most comforting and familiar, even if it is toxic and harms us. We run from fear and end up believing in our own powerlessness, it's a trap we are stuck in and our belief that we can't escape it keeps us stuck. It's a trap to have tremendous compassion for though for I have been in it myself most of my life, though not nearly as deeply as my friend. But it occurred to me I have been taking actions of late that show I love myself regardless of how I feel. Including meditating. And that's kind of when it hit me that loving myself isn't really about how I feel in the moment. Cause I was feeling fairly bad about myself when I went to meditate. But that doesn't change my decision to do the meditation, nor my exercise, nor my diet, all of which are integral to my happiness now. These form part of my actions of love toward myself I now take. It does not mater how I feel, I perform these actions because I owe it to myself, because I wish to love myself. Not because I necessarily feel the love in the moment. I know that the feeling will come and go. And that is ok. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2020 05:23 PM PDT I am blessed with an incredible family and wonderful friends. [link] [comments] |
| Dealing with fear of the mystical Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:51 PM PDT I've been meditating daily since the spring, just for 20 minutes every morning when I wake up (initially using an app then unguided). This morning towards the 17 minute mark I started feeling something new happening, I was going deeper and my head started feeling heavy and my body was starting to disappear. I knew that if I stayed with this feeling something interesting would happen but I started getting too afraid, so I opened my eyes. How do I overcome this fear in meditation? [link] [comments] |
| How have you learned meditation? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 01:24 AM PDT I have completed the course "Waking Up" by Sam Harris and honestly am very happy with the results and how I've advanced at meditation. I'm wondering where to go from here. Any suggestions? Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Not able to become aware of the observer Posted: 23 Oct 2020 02:11 AM PDT It's getting really frustrating now. I focus on the breath and then when I try to search for where am I focusing on the breath from I go blank. I'm trying loch Kelly's course and Douglas Harding's way of headlessness. But I'm just not able to turn awareness on itself. Please help. [link] [comments] |
| How do you get off the cycle of desire? Posted: 22 Oct 2020 05:23 PM PDT I've noticed a pattern in myself where I get a taste for a certain kind of thing and then it turns into a cycle of always wanting more for a while. Sometimes it's clothes or makeup, sometimes it's conveniences like taking a lot of Ubers, sometimes it's the pleasure of saying "fuck it" to my budget or my diet for way longer than I should. What starts out as a reasonable indulgence can get big and overly consuming. Currently, it's my home. It's the first place I've lived where I can truly make it my own which started out great, but now I want to do increasingly major projects and want to make it more "me" with furniture that I don't need and shouldn't be paying for. I truly have everything I need, but I am still vulnerable to being consumed by the illusion that more of something will finally bring me peace. I always picture that if I just hit the peak of whatever I'm wanting, I will feel good and peaceful and like the world is coming at me at the correct pace - but obviously a new couch is not going to do that How do I get off the treadmill of desire? [link] [comments] |
| I notice resistance within me to the next phase of my life. Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:58 PM PDT I've been meditating over a year now 20 to 40 mins a day and it has been transformative!! It hasn't always been easy and I still struggle many days with emotional work for myself but this is increasingly ok as well. In the last couple of months I have also thrown myself into a strict healthier diet and rigorous exercise routine. I feel happier and more at peace than I have felt in years!!! But I also realize I haven't taken action and moved forward in key areas of my life that I have always felt needed change. One is finding a relationship, the other is a fulfilling career. What I have done though has been HUGE! I have largely let go of a lifetime worth of self hatred and self criticism ( though this is ongoing work as I mentioned ). I have gone from being a very unhappy person 5 or 6 years ago to a quietly content and even increasingly joyful person. I find myself now however conflicted over what I want my life to be. Many of the old wants of my ego remain and I don't think these are all bad things. A relationship for companionship, emotional and physical intimacy, a fulfilling job that utilizes more of my potential than the retail jobs I've been working. And yet I also find myself very content with the present moment. Thinking of my future however I know I do not wish to be where I am now in 20 year's time. All things change anyway and I wouldn't be here most likely anyway. I notice within me though a great resistance toward taking the necessary actions to get to where I feel I would like to be. Dating, school, career shifts. These all entail a lot of work, anxiety, risk. I notice a huge resistance to "rocking the boat" when I have found such peace in the present moment. And yet I know for my long term emotional health and joy these are things I must face. Fears I must conquere. Being kind to myself in this case does mean facing my fears eventually and moving forward in life, not staying stuck here forever no mater how sweet the smell of the flowers. But the resistance seems to be something I can't yet get over. [link] [comments] |
| Excellent interview with meditation author Daniel Ingram Posted: 22 Oct 2020 06:24 PM PDT Really interesting interview - his back story Ep14 Daniel Ingram - The Arahant - Guru Viking Interviews [link] [comments] |
| Wim Hof AMA! Post your questions now! Posted: 22 Oct 2020 08:35 AM PDT Hello r/BecomingTheIceman, I am the actual Iceman, Wim Hof. Ask Me Anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/BecomingTheIceman/comments/jg0s57/hello_rbecomingtheiceman_i_am_the_actual_iceman/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Also give this post a like and ask your Mods to pin it up so we can get as many questions as we can! Thanks guys! [link] [comments] |
| Seriously... how do you guys deal with death? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 02:23 AM PDT My dog is living her last days. Any day could be the one where things just fall apart. It's a really scary place to be. Kind of like you're walking on the edge of a precipice. I'm terrified of the future right now to an immense degree. I keep trying to prepare myself for my precious friend's death. I try to imagine exactly how everything is going to look, where it's going to happen, what her body is going to look like when life leaves it. So many questions about the future come into my head. How am I going to react? How is it going to make me feel? Am I going to go insane? Am I going to react at all? I have ocd and for me it's in the form of never ending questions about the future that I can obsess over an unhealthy amount. What if's really can consume me. It's like I really want to know what I'm up against. Because I'm terrified. But I'm pretty certain that no one can really prepare for death. Whether it's your own or someone else's. I can't prepare because I've never had a loss like this. I lost my last dog at 13 but then I was young and naive and I didn't have the strong relationship I do now with my current dog. I liken the feeling to Pippin when he's in Gondor with Gandalf and they are waiting for the impending war in Return of the King. "I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse." It's exactly how I feel. So nervous and anxious and terrified of the unknown before me. I feel like I'm really about to be tested. Me and all that I've learned these last few years. I'm trying so hard to tell myself to focus on the present and do what I can with that. Instead of obsessing over a future that's not set in stone, go be in the presence of your dog while she is still here. Make beautiful moments while you can. But I'm still very scared of how I'm gonna react to her passing and what impact it will have one me. I'm trying to let go. Leg go of my strong tendency to obsess about the future that hasn't even come to fruition. When it really comes down to it all we can do is breathe in the worst moments right? How do you guys deal with death when it is near to you? I could really use some tips. Thanks for any responses! [link] [comments] |
| Meditation for lymphatic drainage Posted: 23 Oct 2020 01:21 AM PDT |
| What’s the problem with guided meditation? Posted: 22 Oct 2020 08:09 PM PDT I'm finding several comments about guided meditations not being ideal vs unguided. Can you shed some light as to why that is? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:00 PM PDT Hi folks. I don't know that I have anything substantial to say, and I'm not even very active here. But I wanted to share my appreciation for meditation with you all. I dismissed it for years as hokey spiritual BS, and damn was I wrong about that. I've been using Headspace for about two weeks and I can't say my life is largely transformed, but I can certainly attest to feeling lighter and more grounded. Today I had a hurricane of anxiety, so I spent the past half hour with some guided sessions and it helped me through those feelings almost entirely. I get so caught up in feeling shame and guilt for past mistakes, as well as fear of hypothetical situations. I hadn't noticed until meditating how much dead weight I carry with me, and that allowing myself space to process those feelings is also giving me the space to let them go. I guess this post is for the skeptics and perhaps fellow newbies here. Give it a shot and stick with it when you do. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2020 12:34 PM PDT I tend to overthink and overcomplicate meditation in my head. Thinking things I have to meditate at the same time every day(which is hard bc my schedule can be unpredictable) for it to be effective or I doubt whether I should use TM or mindfulness. Don't know for how long I should meditate each day. No matter what I do I feel like I'm doing it wrong and at times I doubt that I will receive the benefits of mediation. I know this may seem silly but any input would be appreciated [link] [comments] |
| How to meditate while lying down? Posted: 22 Oct 2020 09:13 PM PDT How to meditate while lying down? I can't concentrate fully while sitting cross-legged meditation, I feel my body moving a lot, and I feel tired of having to sit cross-legged for a long time without a back, I'm interested in meditation while lying down, but I don't know how to do it, so how to meditate while lying down? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2020 09:08 PM PDT I had a dentist appointment today. I'm not one to sweat such things, so I didn't think about meditating before or during, until I was in the chair. I was bored in the chair, and thought about Sam Harris would say about boredom. So that reminded me about meditation. I meditated until someone came in, and then again when my eyes were closed, getting a filling. I found a lot of benefit in my ability to tolerate all the annoying and painful things they did to my teeth. Just thought I'd share how meditation helped me, to help remind and motivate others. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2020 08:35 PM PDT I always meditate when I'm stressed and it seems to help, but I feel as though I am not really unlocking the true potential of consistent meditation. How do you all stay motivated to meditate even when your life is relatively stress free at times? [link] [comments] |
| Do you meditate outside or indoors? Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:45 AM PDT Whenever I sit outside it feels much easier to focus and get into a meditative rhythm. Does the location of meditation matter for you guys or no? [link] [comments] |
| Mindfulness Vs. TM - What are your experiences? Posted: 22 Oct 2020 08:20 PM PDT Hi Guys, I have been practising TM for a couple of months now after I attended their training. Before that, I was more into mindfulness. I tend to mix the two, switching between them depending on how I am feeling on the day. I was wondering, if there is any downside to doing is, i.e. constantly switching between practices? Also, for anyone who has tried both for a decent amount of time. I would love to know, what key differences did you find, which one did you like more and why? Thanks [link] [comments] |
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