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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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In this meditation, we'll practice seeing our life with a child-like curiosity, developing a sense of freshness and novelty in each moment.
Let's start by finding a comfortable posture. This could be sitting down, lying down or standing. If it feels okay to do so, you can close your eyes. And let's take one deep breath together. In through the nose.
And slowly out through the mouth. Inviting the jaw to soften. Let the shoulders be at ease. And the belly and hands. As the body relaxes the breathing, it can fall back into its natural rhythm.
The theme of this meditation will be beginner's mind. A childlike curiosity for the moment, as if we've never seen this moment before. Let's start by bringing that to the breath. If this were the first time in your life you became aware of the fact that you were breathing. Let's say you lived your whole life on autopilot, unconsciously.
And then realized, wow, my body is breathing me even when I don't pay attention to it. What a mystery, what a miracle. How might you pay attention if it were that for the first time? And try to embody that right now. This wonderful, mysterious breath. Every moment moving into the body.
Expanding the belly, a slight pause at the top and then an exhale. And then we get another one. Sometimes it's longer. Sometimes it's shorter. And take that same beginner's mind awareness, now direct it to any aspect of your experience.
Something you weren't aware of before or something very familiar, like feeling your heart beating or noticing what it's like to hear. Just bringing that childlike curiosity to being alive. Let's take one more deep breath together. In through the nose. And out through the mouth.
When you're ready, you can let your eyes open again. Great job. As you go about your day to day, try to bring that childlike, beginner's mind into more aspects of your experience. I think you'll really find that it, it enriches your life. So thank you for your practice.
And until we talk again, take care.
Beginner's Mind
In this meditation, we'll practice seeing our life with a child-like curiosity, developing a sense of freshness and novelty in each moment.
Duration
Your default time is based on your progress and is changed automatically as you practice.
Let's start by finding a comfortable posture. This could be sitting down, lying down or standing. If it feels okay to do so, you can close your eyes. And let's take one deep breath together. In through the nose.
And slowly out through the mouth. Inviting the jaw to soften. Let the shoulders be at ease. And the belly and hands. As the body relaxes the breathing, it can fall back into its natural rhythm.
The theme of this meditation will be beginner's mind. A childlike curiosity for the moment, as if we've never seen this moment before. Let's start by bringing that to the breath. If this were the first time in your life you became aware of the fact that you were breathing. Let's say you lived your whole life on autopilot, unconsciously.
And then realized, wow, my body is breathing me even when I don't pay attention to it. What a mystery, what a miracle. How might you pay attention if it were that for the first time? And try to embody that right now. This wonderful, mysterious breath. Every moment moving into the body.
Expanding the belly, a slight pause at the top and then an exhale. And then we get another one. Sometimes it's longer. Sometimes it's shorter. And take that same beginner's mind awareness, now direct it to any aspect of your experience.
Something you weren't aware of before or something very familiar, like feeling your heart beating or noticing what it's like to hear. Just bringing that childlike curiosity to being alive. Let's take one more deep breath together. In through the nose. And out through the mouth.
When you're ready, you can let your eyes open again. Great job. As you go about your day to day, try to bring that childlike, beginner's mind into more aspects of your experience. I think you'll really find that it, it enriches your life. So thank you for your practice.
And until we talk again, take care.
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