A lot of us might think of trying meditation, but it can be difficult to know where to begin.
take a good seatpay attention to the breathand when your attention wanders, come back to your breath.
Below, Mindful’s Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce takes us through the basics of meditation for beginners with a practice to re-establish ourselves when we feel off track.
When you’re just beginning your meditation practice, the key is to try to sit for meditation every day—even 5 minutes can make a real difference. In fact, a recent study of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) practitioners that was published in an American psychological journal suggests that increasing mindfulness on a daily basis, “can be a beneficial means to improve daily psychological well being.”
Regularity is key, too. It builds your mindfulness muscle—your memory that you can be aware of what’s up with you and your surroundings at any given moment.
Regularity is key, too. It builds your mindfulness muscle—your memory that you can be aware of what’s up with you and your surroundings at any given moment. The mindfulness you engage in every…
