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  • #50387
    Luz
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    I would really like to start meditating,I am going through a bad time in my life as a woman in her early 20’s, I also enjoy this site! Getting rid of things that I don’t need and being positive,it takes time but I need help on how could I start meditating,any tips?

    #50416
    Kim
    Participant

    Hi Luz,
    You could start with an app like insight timer, whicht offers both silent and guided meditations. Also you could read some more about meditating, for instance from jon kabat zinn if you want to try mindfulness meditation. There are many different forms of meditation with different practices, viewpoints and effects; you don’t need to figure this all out in advance but it can be useful to explore the differences and see what resonates with you most. For meditations that helps with feeling negative (about yourself) you could try some self-compassion guided meditations by Kristin Neff. Also finding a group or a teacher nearby can help your practice and understanding tremendously.
    Enjoy the road!
    Love,
    Kim

    #50725
    Derek @ Flawd
    Participant

    I’m busy, so I simply don’t have time to sit for hours on end. I’d recommend you find a comfy pillow and start sitting still for 5 minutes a day. Add a minute every few days until you’re up to 10 minutes a day. If you’re really in a time crunch, I’ve found that singing bowls work extremely well for bringing me into the present moment in a short period of time.

    • This reply was modified 10 years, 10 months ago by Derek @ Flawd.
    #50912
    Becka
    Participant

    I recommend using the calm.com they also have an app for the iPhone if you have one. http://www.calm.com/ I am using this for my meditation practice myself. It’s very helpful.

    #52009
    Kelly Rojas
    Participant

    There are tons and tons of videos on YouTube at your disposal. I usually lie down but it took me some practice to meditate laying down without falling asleep. I’m also in my early 20s and I usually try to do it daily (doesn’t happen often) and whenever I am feeling particularly stressed, anxious or sad. It helps a lot!

    #52053
    Luz
    Participant

    Thank you!
    These tips are so helpful I downloaded and listened to all of them.

    #53790
    Cameron
    Participant

    Hi all

    I also began to meditate from last month. In the beginning, I tried metta mediation coz many people recommended it but I found it to be too difficult for me. I became very anxious when it’s about time to send loving-kindness to the person I have difficult with. I chose to send loving-kindess to my recent breakup ex and I found that I was unable to do it. Unfortunately, I always ended up crying or feeling very sad after the meditation. There’s one point when I was very reluctant to meditate coz I knew what the outcome would be. So I stopped.
    Anyone experienced similar situation? Any advice?
    Thank you.

    #54584
    louise
    Participant

    Hello LIz

    I dont know if you are familiar with a verse in scriptuer that simply says “be still and know?”
    That is all there is to meditation. Just sit quietly twice a day, thoughts will pass through your mind, just allow them to flow by without falling into them.
    thats my meditation that IAm sharing.
    It is my spiritual journey.

    louise

    #55013
    GMPete
    Participant

    Mindfulness works for me.
    http://bemindful.co.uk/

    The ‘go to’ guy to Google is Jon Kabat- Zin.
    Hope that helps.

    • This reply was modified 10 years, 8 months ago by GMPete.
    #55384
    leeza donatella
    Participant

    Hi:

    It sounds like you are new to meditation and there has certainly been a lot of great advice already provided, but I wanted to weigh in since what I am going to say, may help someone else who may still be struggling. I have been successful instructing people who have a hard time meditating, so let me just say this. It is normal to get distracted every 5-20 seconds when you meditate. Your mind wanders and thinks about a host of things. And this happens to people who have been meditating for years. What changes is the recovery time, noticing the distraction and getting back on point of becoming calm. Sure you can meditate to a visual or a sound, mantra, etc., but the best mediations performed are ones that go deep into the cellular level to rid us of the muck that has become trapped in the deepest layers of our being. For this it’s just you in a darkened room with nothing but your breath. Feeling your breath at the opening of the nostrils and going back to that nostril location every time you’re distracted proves to be such an intense meditation, it will have you floating as you eliminate the muck, that is stuck. Hope that helps.

    LeeZa Donatella
    Spiritual Spew

    #55409
    madera
    Participant

    I Can only tell you mine. It is simple and has changed my life.
    I just sit quietly for about 20 minuets, allowing my thoughts go by until a moment of silence.
    That moment ls the moment of new insight. It is a Judeo christian meditation.
    madera

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