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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, and welcome to your daily mindfulness. My name is Cory Muscara, and I'll be guiding you through this seven day series. Each day, I'll share a short video in meditation with the new theme, designed to help you cultivate more happiness and wellbeing in your life. It will take less than 15 minutes a day, but if you stick with it, you'll gradually start to notice your quality of life improving. I'm excited to begin this series with you.
So let's get started. In today's session, we're going to discuss the happiness of presence. To begin this discussion, I want us to try something. I brought these bells with me. You know, sometimes we can look at these bells and think, "all right, it looks a little mystical", but the main reason I bring them is because they make a very pleasant ringing sound.
What I'm going to do is ring the bells, and all you need to do is bring your full focus and presence to the sound of the bell all the way until that moment, when it dissolves back into silence. Okay. If you'd like to close your eyes, you're welcome to, and we'll begin now. Great job. So, I'm curious what that was like for you.
When I do this exercise in workshops or on retreats, many people say they feel a little more calm, settled, and even peaceful. And I think that has a lot to do with our attention stabilizing more into the present moment. So often, our attention isn't actually here, we're caught up in ideas about the future, thoughts about the past, or even judgments about the present moment. But when we bring our full attention to the sound of the bell..... Much of that mental chatter that we're often consumed by, starts to fall to the wayside.
And there's a natural piece that arises. So, what does this mean? Does it mean that we have to carry bells with us wherever we go in order to calm our minds? No. As pleasant as these bells are, the peace we experience has less to do with the sound and more to do with the quality of awareness and presence we're bringing to the sound of the bell. What would it be like to bring that quality of presence into your day to day life? During a conversation with your child, while walking in nature, or even while eating a good meal. You might even be able to start to sense what that's like right now, when you drop in and bring that quality of attention and presence to this moment.
When we step out of the story of our minds and more intimately into the 'here and now' we get to experience a different kind of richness in our lives. So in today's meditation, we're going to continue practicing, stabilizing our attention in the present moment so that we can experience a more natural joy and peace. I'm excited for this first meditation together. I'll see you there.
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Hi, and welcome to your daily mindfulness. My name is Cory Muscara, and I'll be guiding you through this seven day series. Each day, I'll share a short video in meditation with the new theme, designed to help you cultivate more happiness and wellbeing in your life. It will take less than 15 minutes a day, but if you stick with it, you'll gradually start to notice your quality of life improving. I'm excited to begin this series with you.
So let's get started. In today's session, we're going to discuss the happiness of presence. To begin this discussion, I want us to try something. I brought these bells with me. You know, sometimes we can look at these bells and think, "all right, it looks a little mystical", but the main reason I bring them is because they make a very pleasant ringing sound.
What I'm going to do is ring the bells, and all you need to do is bring your full focus and presence to the sound of the bell all the way until that moment, when it dissolves back into silence. Okay. If you'd like to close your eyes, you're welcome to, and we'll begin now. Great job. So, I'm curious what that was like for you.
When I do this exercise in workshops or on retreats, many people say they feel a little more calm, settled, and even peaceful. And I think that has a lot to do with our attention stabilizing more into the present moment. So often, our attention isn't actually here, we're caught up in ideas about the future, thoughts about the past, or even judgments about the present moment. But when we bring our full attention to the sound of the bell..... Much of that mental chatter that we're often consumed by, starts to fall to the wayside.
And there's a natural piece that arises. So, what does this mean? Does it mean that we have to carry bells with us wherever we go in order to calm our minds? No. As pleasant as these bells are, the peace we experience has less to do with the sound and more to do with the quality of awareness and presence we're bringing to the sound of the bell. What would it be like to bring that quality of presence into your day to day life? During a conversation with your child, while walking in nature, or even while eating a good meal. You might even be able to start to sense what that's like right now, when you drop in and bring that quality of attention and presence to this moment.
When we step out of the story of our minds and more intimately into the 'here and now' we get to experience a different kind of richness in our lives. So in today's meditation, we're going to continue practicing, stabilizing our attention in the present moment so that we can experience a more natural joy and peace. I'm excited for this first meditation together. I'll see you there.
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I have been on a journey of healing and learning self-love. Amidst the work, I have been using the mindfulness app for the gentle reminders, guides to the moment (especially the difficult ones).
Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
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Truly life changing. This isn't solely meditation and mindfulness...this is about striving to be the best the versions of ourselves.
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Relaxing and assuring beyond description... thank you, Cory.
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This is the app I turn to when I want to feel calm and loved.
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Melli has a beautiful way of guiding and reminding us of the stillness within.
- Adrienne James
I have been on a journey of healing and learning self-love. Amidst the work, I have been using the mindfulness app for the gentle reminders, guides to the moment (especially the difficult ones).
Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
- Tara Brach, PhD
Truly life changing. This isn't solely meditation and mindfulness...this is about striving to be the best the versions of ourselves.
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A necessary tool for those who feel lost.
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Shamash's guidance is a gift of wisdom to help us in our busy and stressful lives.
- Paul Gilbert, PhD, FBPsS, OBE, Centre for Compassion Research and Training, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Excellent! Cory gently guides you into internal peace.
- Steve Ericson
A necessary tool for those who feel lost.
- Piper
Just want to say a big thankyou to all involved as this has had a positive impact in my daily life 🙏 Valuable teachings that have allowed me to have a better relationship not only with those around me, but with myself. Heal ourselves and we heal the world 💫✨🌍
- Marty
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