Meditation - Easy Stress Relief

Meditation - Easy Stress Relief

Sometimes life can get a little bit crazy, and we seem to be carrying a heavy burden on our backs. Stress from traffic, difficult coworkers, responsibilities and social life can can build up into a meltdown if we don’t do something about it. There are different ways for everyone to relief their stress, but there is one way that is going to work for everyone if we try it knowingly and correctly. Meditation.

Meditation should be there for everyone, and it can be there for everyone if we want it to be. With all its physical and psychological benefits, meditation should be easier to practice. It is mostly portrayed as something that only experienced yogis or monks who live in a monastery can achieve. This perspective needs to change amongst adults as well as amongst young people, because they are the ones who are going to be leading the future generations. Recent studies demonstrate that meditation can indeed be a useful method for stress reduction. Therefore, meditation should be taught as something easy to achieve, it should be portrayed as something possible, which it is, in order to grab the attention of more and more people.

There is indeed a way in which meditation can be taught as something possible to achieve. It can be explained in easy steps that are going to be helpful for everyone, not only beginners, but also advanced practitioners who want to improve their sessions. Here is a list of those steps:Begin with three to five minutes.

• Find a comfortable, seated position. It does not have to be on the floor, you can be on a chair with a pillow on your back if necessary.

• The position you are in needs to feel good and natural, but not too comfortable so that you fall asleep.

•  Sit up and put your hands in the position they feel good in.

• Take a moment to relax, close your eyes and concentrate on every part of your body. If you are uncomfortable, shift positions.

• Basically meditation can only be that ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS FOLLOW THE BREATH IN AND OUT.

• When you are comfortable and have inspected your body, begin counting your exhales. As a Huffingtonpost article explains, “Set an initial goal of counting a total of 21 and build up to 108 with practice. When your mind wanders, refocus by drawing awareness back to your breath, and begin the count again.”

• Take your time and be patient, we become better with time.

The worst mistake people do is believe that they can actually shut their minds and meditate that way. As professionals from the Chopra Centered Lifestyle website explain that, “It is human nature for the mind to wander. Do not try and stop your thoughts or ‘empty your mind.’” Like every other practice, it takes time to become better, and ones you got it, it’s easier to meditate for longer periods of time. Being patient and humble about meditation are the only ways one can truly get into it.