Interested in beginning meditation but don’t know where to start? The good news is that all you need is 5-10 minutes a day to get started.
Are you thinking to yourself, ‘Ten minutes, I don’t have an extra ten minutes a day! My life is already jam packed with work, family, social obligations, and I’m not even mentioning my growing to-do list”?
Well, what if I told you that the benefits of meditation include a reduction in stress, sharpened concentration, improved circulation – and as you get further into your practice you’ll experience a quieter mind, a more open and receptive heart, a sense of inner freedom – and perhaps even a streak of creativity that’ll help you make films like David Lynch. (Lynch has been practicing Transcendental Meditation for over thirty years.)
Sound good?
Here are six easy tips and meditation techniques for beginners that will help get you started.
6 Tips for People Who Don’t Have Time to Meditate – PickTheBrain
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I feel that you can always make time. Just put meditation time ahead of other time. Don’t schedule a meeting or start your plans 10 minutes later.
Once in the habit of meditating you realize what has been missing, all this time.
When life becomes chaotic there is nothing more beautiful then finding that place of pure stillness and ease. And if practiced daily, you can access that feeling of peace anytime-because you know where it is located (inside yourself).
Thank you Darla for your article!
Meditation for 10 min/ day will have you wanting more, in no time.~ Heather
I agree Heather. And I’ve come to find that sitting quietly, although challenging at times, helps me to become centered with that place in myself that is at peace…always. Other forms of meditation have also helped me, which include:
~journal writing, especially in a gratitude journal
~meditating on an object (holding a rock in my hand, sensing it, focusing on it, for example)
~observing nature (whether sitting in my backyard taking in the energy of a tree or talking a walk and enjoy the chaos of our busy neighborhood)
All can be places to enter into the inner stillness that exists within and can’t be taken away.
~Namaste~
Reading Bible is a meditation for me it relaxes not only my mind but
also my inner soul. Very nice article.:)
When it comes to exercise, the biggest excuse people always come up with is “time”. Yes, I don’t have time to do it, isn’t that something you hear all the time? Time is precious, especially we are pressured by work, kids, social networking ,…. the list goes on and on, who has the time to exercise? Well, people don’t realize that your quality of life depends largely on how healthy you are. if you spend 30 minutes each day to walk, to meditate, yoga, swim, or anything other than sitting there, you will get twice as much energy so you can do a whole lot more with the limited time you have and feel good about yourself.
Just a thought – Matt
Good point Matt. I think also many people think that when they do meditation they are wasting time. They think it’s about doing “nothing” and don’t understand the benefits you talk about. I think that’s often why people come to in a time of crisis or when they’ve hit bottom, maybe as a last resort… And then they see the benefits and stick with it.