Meditation How to

Techniques for Beginners

To fully appreciate the benefits of practicing meditation takes time. Often though, the results are actually quite fast and after only a short time of using meditation you may notice that you feel calmer and more peaceful. When practicing meditation you may soon find that your mind is a little quieter and more tranquil than before. You may become more relaxed physically. In addition, you may find that you have greater control of your thoughts and can banish negative thoughts from your mind much more easily.

Learning Guided Meditation

Using a recorded meditation is a great way to get started, but eventually you will want to meditate without using a guided meditation audio. The freedom of being able to meditate at will is amazing and life enhancing. You may find meditating on specific things is helpful, such as dealing with a problem, overcoming a creative block or re-experiencing a beautiful place. If you want to get a feeling of connecting more with nature and the universe, you may find nighttime meditations on the moon beneficial (sometimes called moon gazing). To read our 4 step guide on how to do Moon Meditation or moon gazing click here.

Meditation Tips

If you want to start the positive habit of meditating then here are some tips to help you get started. The state of hypnosis is similar to a deep meditation, it is an “altered state” and can feel like daydreaming, but you can come out of it if you want to. Most times if you get into a hypnotic trance you will choose to stay in it for a time, because it is so pleasant and relaxing.

It can feel very different according to the level of trance you are in and if there is a purpose to the hypnosis – i.e. hypnotherapy. Then it involves a willingness to follow instruction to achieve a desired goal, a willingness to relax and stay in the state of hypnosis and to listen, even if passively, to the suggestion work. It is very similar to being in a blissful meditation.

Guided Meditation

Meditation can be a wonderful thing but often the results are not immediate. Using an audio recording can make it easier to get in the right state of mind. Meditation can help reduce stress, increase contentment and gratitude and make you altogether more positive. As well as this you can use meditation for anxiety, it can really calm you and help you see things from a different perspective. So after reading this meditation how to – why not give it a try?

Meditation Audios – Find the Right one for You

Bearing in mind the similarities between hypnosis and meditation, you may want to try one of our free hypnosis downloads to see if it is really for you. In addition you might find using one of our meditation products helpful to maintain the meditative state. It can be difficult to do this when practicing meditation in silence, so a guided meditation can be of great help here. Our basic introduction to meditation and mindfulness meditation is the Achieve Mindfulness CD or MP3 Download which you can find here. Otherwise, feel free to browse all of our products in the hypnosis shop. We also have a new range of law of attraction meditations now available.

Getting Started – Meditation How to

1. A time and place

If you are serious about meditating it ideally needs to become a new positive habit it your life. Deciding a place where you will meditate each day is a great idea. It doesn’t have to be a dedicated room, just a little space where you always sit when you meditate. Hopefully this will be somewhere pleasant, comfortable and quiet.

Decide when you will meditate. Will it be in the morning and evening? This is the usual routine experienced meditators do; first thing in the morning and later in the evening. You could initially start with just a 15 minute morning meditation and perhaps 15 – 20 minutes in the evening. Over time this will naturally become longer perhaps around about 40 – 60 minutes or even longer.

2. Comfort

Don’t neglect comfort when it comes to starting a meditation practice because you won’t stick at it if you are uncomfortable. Make sure you are warm and sitting comfortably. It is traditional to sit in the lotus or half lotus position but it is by no means essential. You might prefer to sit in a standard cross leg position or even on a chair and that is absolutely fine. If you do sit on the floor, using cushions is also customary and for the less flexible of legs perhaps supporting your knees with cushions may help.

It is also customary to have a blanket when you meditate just to wrap around you if you get cold. Because you will be sitting still for a time, it is quite likely you will get cold and this can distract you from your meditation.

3. Focus

Decide what you will use as a focal point in your meditation. Traditionally meditation teachers would advise beginners to focus on the breath. This can be the feeling of the breath in the belly or chest or it can be at the point the air enters and leaves – the nostrils. Focusing your mind on the breath will with practice allow you to experience a quietening of your mind. It does take a bit of practice but it works so keep going! Naturally, thoughts will enter your mind; the point is not to stop the thoughts but to notice when they occur and to then bring your attention back to your breath.

4. Mantra

You may find it useful to recite a mantra. This does not have to be verbalized physically, you can just think it in your mind. The most well known of course is the “OM” mantra This is pronounced in 3 syllables:

A – U – M

This can serve as a focal point instead of using the breath is you prefer.

5. Read & Research

As you make progress you will perhaps want to delve deeper into the subject. So read and research. A great book for beginners that I would recommend is “Real Happiness” by Sharon Salzberg.