I have decided to start sharing some tips on wellness and self-care, as this seems to be a difficult area for many of us. It takes a lot of deprogramming to realise that our wellness stems from within, from the soul and the mind. Our instinct is to look for something outside of us to address any imbalances and while that is going to be of temporary benefit to us, permanent and positive transformation is a journey that takes us inside. It is therefore important to me that I share some meditation tips.
I believe it all starts with meditation. Now there are a lot of ridiculous misconceptions around meditation, like the idea of having a blank mind or a quiet mind. Or that you have to be able to visualise. Or that you need to be able to sit in a lotus position. All of this is bollocks. Let me set you right.
All you need to do is SIT. Or lie down, if that works better for you- I myself will lie flat when I am experiencing issues with my lower back. A straight-backed dining chair can work perfectly well. I will mostly kneel and place my bum on a yoga block.
Get your phone. Put it on a timer- there are plenty of good timer apps. If you want to go fancy, you can try pure tones on headphones, or binaural beats. But the only thing you really need to do is focus on your breath.
Start with five minutes and make sure you do it every day. If you do forty minutes but don’t do it every day, it won’t be as effective as getting up and making a routine of five minutes every day.
Focus on your breath. Don’t worry if you aren’t excellent at focusing on your breath. Don’t worry if you are worrying about being not terribly excellent at focusing on your breath. Simply pick yourself up, put yourself back on track when you find yourself no longer focusing on the breath. Feel the coolness enter your nostrils and leave. Find that one point and focus on it, keep returning to it.
And that’s it! For a daily practice, that is all you need to do. The main thing is that it is a daily practice, and that you return to it. As time goes on, you can start doing more advanced things like chanting, or sitting for longer, or visualising. You can get a candle and place it so that the flame is backlit by a blank surface- and merely concentrate on that candle flame for ten minutes. It all begins with this. It all begins with your breath, with sitting down, and nobody needs to sell you anything more or less.
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