Jessica SarkisHow to meditate for beginners, without stuffing it up
No matter how much time you have, or don’t have, or how busy your mind is you can still find room to meditate. I’ll tell you why.
If we take a step back and see what meditation really is, it is the habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. Now, how do we do that?
The best way to train your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts is to actually do it. But here is where people get stuck and begin to overcomplicate things. Deep down if all we need to do, as a beginner to get our confidence up is to prove to ourselves that we can do it, then that is where we start.
When meditation became a bit too confusing for me to do, (what app do I use, what type is best etc) I went back to the basics and focused on what meditation really is. It’s the process of training your mind to redirect your thoughts. So I began to do just that.
HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO JUST START AND GET THE FEEL FOR IT.
Set a 5 minute timer on your phone
Sit somewhere comfortably, where you won’t be disturbed
Spend a minute or two thinking about what you would like to focus on for 5 minutes
Close your eyes
Tap your timer and GO
Focus just on that one thing for 5 minutes
Now, it’s okay if your mind wanders. It’s okay if your mind focuses on other things for that 5 minutes. The best thing to do to get back on track is to recognise that you have done that, stop and shift your thinking back to what you wanted to focus on.
I think that is remarkable, because as soon as you know you have gone off course, you just simply stop and get back on. I don’t know anything else in life being a quicker fix than that.
What you’ll notice when you meditate:
Space inside of your mind will begin to just appear. You’ll just have more room in your mind to be more present and focused. It just happens like that
You’ll notice you can handle things such as problems, conflicts etc much better. You’ll do so in a calmer way
What you focus on for that 5 minutes often makes you happy. The feeling of happiness will continue long after you have finished your 5 minutes
Your mind will be quicker overall, having less thoughts and mindless activity going on. You’ll be more present and aware
