| If you are new to meditation, it is easy to feel | | | | reinforce my learning. |
| overwhelmed and stressed out in your desire to | | | | What is your time availability / daily schedule like? |
| find out how to meditate. | | | | To successfully learn anything, you have to invest |
| If you look in your local book store or even go | | | | a certain amount of time and energy into it. |
| online, you will find an array of books, DVDs and | | | | Meditation is no exception. If you know you have |
| websites devoted to teaching you how to | | | | a very packed schedule and limited time to attend |
| meditate. | | | | a regular class, then maybe it is better if you |
| As you search through these resources you can | | | | invest in a home study programme where you |
| easily become lost, confused and eventually feel | | | | can work at your own pace and in your own |
| weighed down and give up your search. | | | | time. Alternatively, you maybe the sort of person |
| Alternatively, you may continue to wade through | | | | who enjoys bouncing ideas and discussing |
| the myriad of titles and end up with a headache | | | | experiences with others. If this is the case, sign |
| and eye strain. | | | | up for a class and learn that way. |
| The following three tips are offered to help ease | | | | Be gentle with yourself |
| you through the confusion, soothe your frazzled | | | | Have you ever seen someone meditate and |
| nerves and offer you a quick and easy start to | | | | marvel at how easy it looks? On the surface, all |
| your meditation practice. | | | | they may be doing is sitting still with their eyes |
| Do you prefer to learn by listening to something? | | | | closed. What is hard about that! But as you learn |
| Reading about it? Taking notes or drawing | | | | to meditate, you realize that it requires great |
| diagrams? | | | | discipline; a certain amount of skill and most of all |
| Everyone is different and has a individual learning | | | | patience - to learn how to sit still, focus your mind |
| style. The main three learning styles are auditory, | | | | and meditate. It is not an overnight thing. Bear this |
| visual or kinaesthetic. Think about your past | | | | in mind when you begin your journey. It can take |
| learning experiences and recall what parts of the | | | | you months, even years, just to feel comfortable |
| learning process you enjoyed the most? Did you | | | | sitting with a straight back and focus your mind |
| prefer to learn by yourself from a book or | | | | on your object of concentration. |
| looking at diagrams or illustrations of people | | | | As you can see, learning how to meditate takes |
| meditating? Maybe you prefer to listen to an | | | | time and effort. Once you consider the above |
| audio broadcast or watching a video/DVD. You | | | | points, I am sure you will find a class, teacher, |
| might even learn best when you write things out | | | | method of learning that will suit you and allow you |
| and use the check-list approach. | | | | to experience the life enhancing benefits of |
| Once you are clear about your preferred learning | | | | meditation. |
| style, use this information to help you narrow | | | | I would love to hear about your experiences. |
| down your selection of learning materials. I am a | | | | Please feel free to contact me and let me know |
| visual learner, so prefer to read about and watch | | | | how you are getting on. |
| a meditation DVD/video to help me learn and | | | | |