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With the fast pace and hectic demands of everyday life, many people feel stressed, anxious and overwhelmed.
Meditation is a fantastic way to bring inner peace and wipe away that stress and tension.
Spending just a few minutes a day in meditation can restore your calm and inner peace.
Find an experienced meditation practitioner to guide and teach you and once you have learned how to do it, you can practice meditation almost anywhere.
In meditation a person learns to focus their attention on a particular thing something such as the coming and going of your breath, a word or phrase or a candle flame. This mental discipline attempts to get beyond the conditioned, thinking mind into a deeper state of self-awareness and calms your mind in the process.
It is important to set time aside to meditate and find a quiet location. Break away, however briefly from the world by turning off your mobile phone, the television and shutting down the computer to minimise distractions and interruptions.
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Sit on the ground, with your back straight keeping good posture, it will be easier to breathe as your lungs will have more space to expand.
Relax and pay attention to the flow of your breath. Visualise a place that calms you and try to keep out all other thoughts or images.
Often people say, “I tried meditation once and just couldn't do it” but that’s like going for one jog and expecting to be fit instantly. It takes time to train a busy mind to be still and some days your meditations will be turbulent. Whatever happens there is still great benefit in sitting quietly.
Once you have trained your mind to focus on just one thing, the next step is to focus on nothing at all, essentially clearing your mind. This requires great discipline but is the pinnacle of meditation.
Meditation has shown to have many beneficial health results and helps to restore balance between mind and body. It is also an ideal way to help you focus and concentrate at work, in sport, during school exams and can help you sleep better.
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