Making Meditation Work For You

My favorite thing about meditation is that it is incredibly flexible.

You can meditate anytime you want and once you get a little practice under your belt, you can meditate just about anywhere.

There are so many different ways to meditate from ancient traditions to using an app or following this website to help you.  HTTPS://MARIEPARKERONLINE.COM/HOME

All these options and all this flexibility may seem a little overwhelming at first, but it’s a good thing because it allows you to make meditation work for you, no matter what.

You may read and hear a lot about what you should be doing and how you need to meditate to make the most of it, but at the end of the day, it’s something you can tweak so it works for you.

If you find that sitting cross-legged on the floor isn’t comfortable, or even worse, causes you pain, don’t do it. Sit in a chair instead or lay on the bed or a comfortable mat.

If you can’t fit in a morning meditation, do it in the afternoon or evening.

If you can’t get to thoughtless awareness with breathing meditation or start to giggle when you try to chant, try a few different guided meditations until you find something you like.

Last but not least don’t think that you have to invest a lot of time and energy into meditation. There’s no need to spend hours practicing each day. You can start with just five or ten minutes a day If that’s all the time you can find. There is nothing wrong with sticking to those short meditation sessions.

You will benefit from it no matter how little time you spend on it, provided you make it a daily habit.

The point is that there are so many different ways to meditate and all of them will benefit your body and your mind. The trick is to try as much as you can, experiment with it, have fun with it, and find what works well for you.

Another good thing to keep in mind is that how you meditate can and will change over time. Building meditation habits are good but don’t feel like you’re stuck with them once they are established.

The key is to make meditation work for you and that will mean trying different approaches at different points in your life.