| There are so many reasons to start meditating. | | | | Try Paraliminals or a meditation CD. Steve Pavlina, |
| Meditating can lower your blood pressure, create | | | | a personal development blogger, recommends |
| feelings of calmness and clarity, or help with | | | | Paraliminal CDs from Learning Strategies. They |
| depression. I started meditating because I wanted | | | | actually helped me bring my meditation practice to |
| feelings of calmness and clarity. I have a toddler, | | | | the next level. Paraliminals are meditation CDs, and |
| and a very busy daily life so I had hoped that | | | | are about 20 minutes long. They really helped me |
| meditation would bring a sense of calmness to | | | | relax and get into a meditative state very quickly. |
| my life. I started meditating about a year and a | | | | Click here to read Steve Pavlina's description |
| half ago and have found that it has brought a lot | | | | about them. |
| more than I was looking for. | | | | Meditation doesn't have to be a spiritual |
| I started to learn about meditation by Googling it. | | | | experience. You don't need to be a Buddhist or a |
| I really had not tried it before, though I did know | | | | spiritual person to reap the benefits of meditation. |
| the concept. I started by learning about | | | | Everyone can benefit from it. |
| mindfulness meditation. In this technique you learn | | | | Don't judge your meditation. This was the best |
| to quiet your mind, and bring awareness back to | | | | piece of information I ever received on |
| the present moment. I started to meditate by | | | | meditation. I read a book called Getting Unstuck |
| lying down for about 5 minutes at a time, and | | | | by Pema Chödrön, and in it she |
| clearing my mind. Since then I have learned so | | | | explained how she does not have a perfect |
| much. Here are a few of my tips to help you get | | | | meditation every time but she does not judge |
| started meditating: | | | | whether it was a good or bad session. Once I |
| Start slow. Choose one type of meditation, and | | | | was able to let go, and just sit without |
| do it whenever you can fit it in. You can meditate | | | | expectations, it made all of my experiences with |
| in the car, in the park, or even at work. There will | | | | meditation exponentially better. Once I no longer |
| never be the perfect time to meditate, but the | | | | worried about wasting time or how many |
| more often you do it the easier it will become. | | | | thoughts I had, I started to really enjoy |
| Don't set a time. What worked for me was to | | | | meditation and I have since gained so much from |
| start meditating without a set time. I started with | | | | it. |
| short 3-5 minute sessions because that was all I | | | | Since starting to meditate I find it easier to take |
| could fit in. It helped bring meditation into my life | | | | more time for myself. I do not get caught up in |
| without making it a huge time commitment. | | | | the story, so I am able to see each situation |
| Make sure you are comfortable. A lot of | | | | from an outside perspective. I am able to live in |
| information on meditation suggests to sit when | | | | the moment more. I am able to live without as |
| meditating. I found it very uncomfortable! It took | | | | much judgment. And even without seeking it, I |
| me a long time to be able to meditate while sitting | | | | am a more spiritual person. For me, bringing more |
| cross legged. Laying down was a lot more | | | | stillness and meditation into my life has made me |
| comfortable for me. | | | | a better person. |