Meditation 101 | How Do You Begin Meditating?

& how on earth do you “empty the mind”?!?!

Meditation does not require emptying the mind – first of all.

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After a decade of meditation practise, I recommend starting with guided meditations. They are still my favourite style of meditating because the worry of “what do I think about?” is removed.

A guide will literally take you through the steps of relaxing physically and mentally.

Guided Meditation was the starting point for me.

Back then, it was a burnt CD of a guided relaxation meditation.

Now, there are guided relaxations at your fingertips.

(Check out my latest 10 Minute Guided Relaxation on YouTube!)

Some of my personal favourites are The Honest Guys, Ally Boothroyd & RosalieYoga on YouTube.

You can download free apps like Balance, Simple Habit, or Headspace & explore their libraries of guided meditation.

Meditation is the practise of coming back to the present moment again and again.

Having the patience and persistence to sit with the self over and over again.

Here at WLE – a new guided meditation is released every Monday on my Spotify & YouTube channels:

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In meditation, we are not blocking the thoughts, instead we are stepping back and witnessing them. Identifying with the one who is witnessing, instead of the emotion, thought stream, worries and tangles that pop up when we are still enough to listen.

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I think we are craving some undistracted time, as a community. There’s a missing piece, but we ignore it with Doom Scrolling and constant distraction. If we were quiet enough, we would hear the whisper in us, telling us the key to that missing piece. We’re just never quiet enough.

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Meditation drops the distraction and reconnects you with your body; differentiates between you and the present drama of your life, putting the bigger picture in perspective.

If you want to read more about the benefits of meditation, I’ve got the perfect article for you: “Why Meditate?”

If you are skeptical about the benefits of meditation, I encourage you to read my article above, or just check out Mayo Clinic – they’re pretty sure it’s good for you:

Thank you so much for joining me for this week’s article.

Hopefully it’s made starting meditation simpler for you! It’s such a beneficial tool to keep in your toolbelt.

See you next week.

With Love,

Esta