Mind How You Meditate

Hints & Tips for Meditation Practice

Meditation can help you to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.

I’ve been teaching deep relaxation and meditation for a number of years now. Sharing hints & tips on music, breathing techniques, visualisations..

Read on for my most important meditation tips..

• we naturally go into an altered state hundreds of times a day, so we can all do it!
• however it can take practice to consciously reach a relaxed state, practice is required
• you don’t have to be sat cross legged on a beach! Seriously, bin the media portrayal & stereotypes!
• just make an effort be comfortable, favourite chair, wrapped in your favourite blanket, or gazing out of the window, just be comfortable
• whilst it’s good to have a space free from interruptions, you don’t need it to be silent, learning to relax amongst the coming & going’s of everyday life is a good thing
• 5 mins is just as valuable as 30 mins
• focusing on your breath helps, bringing you awareness to your breathing can help you to relax as it gives your mind a focus, however you don’t have to use any special breathing techniques as for some this can bring tension & stress to the mind and body, a meditative state is a natural relaxed state, so your natural breath rhythm is enough
• we all have chatty minds, don’t try to stop your thoughts, we have to learn to let them go, to let them flow through..
• your mind can only do so many things at once, give it a few jobs to do - like focusing on your breathing and listening to a guided soundtrack encouraging visualisations - will confuse it, keep it busy and help to stop the ‘monkey mind’ chatter
• use YouTube or apps such as Calm , Headspace if they work for you
• join a community if you like to feel connected by group energy, online works just as well as in person, and there are many places that don’t charge to join - like my Sunday night zoom events
• have a 1-2-1 session if you want to build confidence
• just give it a go!
  
  

Get in touch if you would like ideas, suggestions, guidance.
​
And don't forget come along on sun eve to the LoveReiki Holistic Healing Therapies zoom sesh, you can wear your pjs, have your camera turned off, bring your dog.. whatever works for you!!!
x