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A Mindfulness & Meditation Guide for Beginners
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Your Mental State Matters
Mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness and shouldn’t be neglected.
Including mental dexterity exercises into your daily routine can help you reap the benefits of a sharper mind and a healthier body for years to come.
Meditation and Cultivating a Mindfulness Practice can also help Relieve stress related Illness
Meditation might also be useful if you have a medical condition, especially one that may be worsened by stress.
A growing body of scientific research supports the health benefits of meditation, although some researchers believe it's not yet possible to draw conclusions about the possible benefits of meditation, research still suggests that meditation may help people manage symptoms of conditions such as:
- Anxiety
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Chronic Pain
- Depression
- Heart disease
- High blood pressure
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Sleep problems
- Tension headaches
Meditation isn't a replacement for traditional medical treatment, but it may be a useful addition to other treatments.
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is our basic human ability to be fully present. When we work to cultivate mindfulness, we become more aware of where we are and what we're doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what's going on around us. The goal of mindfulness is to wake up to the inner workings of our mental, emotional, and physical processes and become more present to the current moment.
Mindfulness is always available to us, whether through meditations and body scans, or mindful moment practices like taking time to pause and breathe when something happens rather than reacting immediately.
There are many proven benefits to Cultivating a Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness is the practice of purposely bringing one's attention to the present-moment experience without evaluation, judgement or reaction.
- Reduce Stress and Anxiety
- Enhance Performance and Cognitive Function
- Gain Insight and Awareness of your Wellbeing and Others'
- Tune into your Intuition and Inner Guidance System
Mindfulness can help you change your relationship with alcohol
If you think that AA is the only answer when it comes to changing your relationship with alcohol you are wrong! Yay! There is finally a new way to change, and it starts with CURIOUSITY and you guessed it, mindfulness!
Mindful drinking is a technique used to help find freedom from alcohol without willpower, counting days or feeling miserable for the rest of your life.
When we cultivate a mindfulness practice, we get more in touch with what our body wants and our mind needs. With the right tools and techniques to reprogram our thoughts around drinking and create healthier habits, over time the desire to drink may naturally fall away.
Have you ever wished you could make alcohol small and irrelevant in your life without having to commit to traditional recovery methods?
Meditation Isn't "New Age"
It is an ancient technique that has been practiced for thousands of years
A simple way to reduce stress
When you meditate, you may clear away the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to your stress.
Create self-awareness and resiliency
Focusing your attention is what helps free your mind from the many distractions that cause stress and worry. You can simply focus your attention and come back into your body without reaction or judgment.
Invite healing and inner peace
Meditation is a simple, natural technique that allows your body to settle into a state of profound rest and relaxation and your mind to achieve a state of inner peace, without needing to use concentration or effort.
The Good news,
There is no WRONG way to meditate
People think they’re messing up when they’re meditating because of how busy the mind is.
Getting lost in thought, noticing it, and returning to your chosen meditation object— breath, sound, body sensation, or something else—is how it’s done.
That’s about it. If you’re doing that, you’re doing it right!
What people are saying about mindful awareness
Do you have that one friend who’s always gushing about meditation?
She finds time for it, doesn’t have a problem sitting still and claims it’s transformed her life.
Admit it: You kind of want to know her secret!
9 Women on How Meditation Changed Their Lives
For me, it began in the last few moments of yoga class during Savasana. At first, it was hard to lay there and hear the silence around me, but I soon embraced the downtime. Before long, I found myself taking Savasana breaks at home for a few minutes at a time. Ultimately, I think meditation is most helpful at helping us focus on our actions so they align with what we really want. For instance, I may not react as quickly to something that upsets me, which helps my body avoid harmful cortisol or adrenaline surges that come with being an anxious person.
https://yogamedicine.com/meditation-testimonials/
The meditating thing is something I resisted for decades. It used to irritate me when people used to say, “you should do that.” Actually, I’ve found it completely transformative. As a culture, we’ve become not used to taking a still pause. It’s so good for you. I’m blown away by how helpful it’s been.
— Kate Beckinsale
Actress, Los Angeles
Mindfulness practice is just that, a practice. If you want to fully integrate the benefits of meditation, just like any new skill, it takes time and commitment. But first things first, get the guide and see if it's something you're into. Second, stay compassionate and know that you can practice as little as 2 minutes a day and still benefit. In fact, shorter more frequent practices are actually recommended over longer, less often sessions. This means that we can all try our best and it still makes a difference. Kudos to you for even being interested in how you can better your mental and spiritual health through the amazing art of meditation and mindfulness.
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