A great reason to meditate and 4 simple steps to help you do it

 

To meditate: to focus and quiet your mind.  To reach a higher level of awareness and inner calm.

 

 

 

1. Sit comfortably with your spine straight. Close your eyes and become aware of the flow     of breath coming in and out of your body. You can follow it as the touch of air inside the nostrils or the raising and falling of your abdomen. 

2. When you realize you have been caught in a thought, don’t judge or blame yourself. It happens, even to the most experienced meditators.


3. Instead of following the thought, as you might do in normal life, gently shift your attention back to some experience in the present moment:  the sensation of the breath coming in and going out of your body.  


4. Let your attention rest in that experience. Don’t try to concentrate or hold it there. Ah yes, you will be sure to wander off again. But the practice is not learning how to stay present, but how to return to the present.

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