Meditation is an exercise that has been practiced for thousands of years, but has increasingly been adopted in modern life as a way of coping with stress and helping people relax.If you've been feeling tense, worried or anxious then maybe meditation could help. In case you need convincing, we've listed 10 benefits of mediation below.
Meditation - enabling emotional and physical wellbeing
10 benefits of meditation
Gaining a new perspective on stressful situations
Building skills to manage your stress
Increasing self-awareness
Focusing on the present
Reducing negative emotions
Increasing imagination and creativity
Increasing patience and tolerance
Lowering resting heart rate
Lowering resting blood pressure
Improving sleep quality
10 Tips for 'finding the time' to mediate
Remember, you can meditate anywhere and at anytime- the tips below should help you to find what works for you.
Find a quiet place
Try to sit outside if weather allows
Sit comfortably
Observe your thoughts (it’s ok if you think the whole time)
See if you can detach yourself from the thoughts (your thoughts needn’t define you)
See if you can focus on one thing
Breathing is the most popular one as you are already doing it and the mind can focus on it
Give yourself a break, try not to push the thoughts away or force stillness
Keep practicing each day, build the minutes up slowly, get into the habit
Allow yourself to get bored, it is a bit boring, but how do you grow and improve without a bit of work
As part of on demand videos there are a number of guided meditations that you can try as part of the £10 monthly subscription. Why not give it try?
