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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
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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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In this meditation, we practice bringing kindness and compassion to ourselves and our circumstance, aiming to expand our heart.
Let's begin by finding a comfortable posture. This could be sitting down, lying down or standing. If it feels okay to do so today, you can invite your eyes to close. And we'll start by taking a deep breath together. In through the nose.
And slowly out through the mouth. Inviting the jaw to relax. Letting the shoulders be at ease. As well as the hands and the belly. As you start to settle in, your breath can also settle back into its natural rhythm.
And the theme of this meditation will be keeping our heart open. And in my experience, the more we're able to keep our heart open to ourselves, the more we can keep our heart open to others and the world. So we'll do some loving kindness meditation for ourselves. If you'd like you can place one hand on your heart and one hand on your belly as a gentle touch and an acknowledgement of compassion toward yourself. And in your own minds, just saying: May I be happy.
May I be happy. And seeing if you can feel the intention behind those words, opening up to also the possibility of what it would be like to really feel a genuine happiness and to receive that wish from yourself. May I be happy. And then saying, May I be safe. May I be safe.
And can you start to inhabit a feeling of safety in this moment? May I feel safe. And then, May I be healthy. May I be healthy. And lastly, saying anything you feel like you need to hear, your wish to yourself that feels meaningful. And as we come to the end of our practice, let's take one more deep breath together.
In through the nose. Slowly out through the mouth. When you're ready, you can invite your eyes to open. Great job. These are powerful practices.
And the more we practice something like loving kindness, the more we're able to keep our heart open to ourselves and other people in the world. And especially with difficult experiences, these can shut us down or they can open us up. So I hope you can keep this in mind as you're going about your day, your week and your life. Thanks so much for your practice. I'll talk to you soon.
Until next time, take care.
Tragedy Can Harden or Soften Our Heart
In this meditation, we practice bringing kindness and compassion to ourselves and our circumstance, aiming to expand our heart.
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Your default time is based on your progress and is changed automatically as you practice.
Let's begin by finding a comfortable posture. This could be sitting down, lying down or standing. If it feels okay to do so today, you can invite your eyes to close. And we'll start by taking a deep breath together. In through the nose.
And slowly out through the mouth. Inviting the jaw to relax. Letting the shoulders be at ease. As well as the hands and the belly. As you start to settle in, your breath can also settle back into its natural rhythm.
And the theme of this meditation will be keeping our heart open. And in my experience, the more we're able to keep our heart open to ourselves, the more we can keep our heart open to others and the world. So we'll do some loving kindness meditation for ourselves. If you'd like you can place one hand on your heart and one hand on your belly as a gentle touch and an acknowledgement of compassion toward yourself. And in your own minds, just saying: May I be happy.
May I be happy. And seeing if you can feel the intention behind those words, opening up to also the possibility of what it would be like to really feel a genuine happiness and to receive that wish from yourself. May I be happy. And then saying, May I be safe. May I be safe.
And can you start to inhabit a feeling of safety in this moment? May I feel safe. And then, May I be healthy. May I be healthy. And lastly, saying anything you feel like you need to hear, your wish to yourself that feels meaningful. And as we come to the end of our practice, let's take one more deep breath together.
In through the nose. Slowly out through the mouth. When you're ready, you can invite your eyes to open. Great job. These are powerful practices.
And the more we practice something like loving kindness, the more we're able to keep our heart open to ourselves and other people in the world. And especially with difficult experiences, these can shut us down or they can open us up. So I hope you can keep this in mind as you're going about your day, your week and your life. Thanks so much for your practice. I'll talk to you soon.
Until next time, take care.
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Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
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