How To Meditate For Beginners (Animated)

How To Meditate For Beginners (Animated)



How To Meditate For Beginners! In this video, I'm going to tell you, where to meditate, how to meditate, how to stop thinking, how long to meditate for, even how long before you start seeing the benefits.

Meditation has almost become mainstream by this point, but most people are not doing it right. Or rather, they are meditating in a way, that will not make the habit stick over a long period of time. My Meditation approach is more geared towards the average person, as opposed to the monk who lives in the mountains. For example, I understand that a lot of people want to start meditating in order to help them sleep, I cover this specific topic in the video.

I hope all you beginner meditators out there, become long term meditators after watching this!

The SHOCKING Benefits Of Meditation:


Where should I meditate? Experts will tell you that
you can meditate anywhere, but in my opinion, I
think you should just pick a very quiet place where
nobody can bother you. So this could be a bedroom,
or a car, or a local library. Even a forest could work, just somewhere that's very
quiet and very peaceful. How long should I meditate for? I would recommend going for
about five to 10 minutes. But it's really important to set an alarm because if you don't, you will always be thinking to yourself, has it been 10 minutes yet, should I stop? And the whole point of
meditation is not to think. Also, quality is better
than quantity here. In my opinion, being
totally present and mindful for 10 seconds is way better than being a little bit present
and mindful for 10 minutes. So longer is not necessarily better. What should I do with my body? Most people will tell you that you should not lay
down when you meditate, but I don't fully agree with this. I personally meditate twice a day, once in the morning then
once before I go to bed. The only reason why I meditate
at night is to help me sleep. So at night I will lay down. But in the morning, I will always sit because I don't want to fall back asleep. But if you are only planning
on meditating one time per day, definitely do it sitting, and I would recommend
doing it in the morning. How should I sit? For total beginners, I would
recommend sitting in a chair with your eyes closed, head
facing forward, straight back, feet flat with your hands
just relaxing on your legs. You will see Buddhist monks sitting cross legged with
their feet facing up. This is the proper way to meditate. But I've personally noticed
that a lot of newer people find this position to be very comfortable. I still think you should try it, but I would highly recommend
just sitting normally in a crisscross position with your legs. But if that's not comfortable,
just sit in a chair. Once meditation becomes a daily habit, then we can try moving towards
the Buddhist monk position. Should I listen to music? This one is really up to you. But for beginners, I
would suggest listening to a very calm, relaxing piano song or maybe just something
like nature sounds. I personally use an app
called Relaxing Melodies. And no, this is not a sponsorship, and I listen to a song called “Eternity”. But meditating without music
is totally fine as well. You have to just figure
this out for yourself. Okay, now it's time for
the really important stuff. What should I do or what
should I think about when I meditate? There are many different
meditation techniques, but the one that I usually practice is something called
mindfulness meditation. This is one of the most
powerful meditation techniques in the entire world. And the whole idea around it, is to just focus on your breathing. When you are sitting down, you need to inhale through your nose, then exhale through your nose. But the key thing here
is that you have to focus all of your attention on your breath, like the sensations of the
air, hitting your nose, how the air fills your body and lungs, the slight pause between
your inhale and your exhale. This focused attention is the thing that will get your brain to stop thinking. Now, many new people who try meditation will say things like, “I'm still thinking, “I have an itch that I keep scratching, “I can't do this, meditation
just doesn't work for me.” It's completely normal and to be expected to experience all of that stuff. I've been meditating
twice a day for six years, and I still get itchy on my face, thoughts still come into my brain, but if you keep breathing, and you trust the meditation process, those thoughts and those
itches will eventually go away. However, if you really are
struggling not to think then you can use my
little boy breathing hack. When I inhale through my nose, I will stick my belly out a little bit as if I'm filling up my belly with air. This is actually known as belly breathing, and it's actually the most
relaxing way to breathe. I know this sounds like
incredibly simple and a bit silly, but I promise that if you try this, you will feel so much better, even throughout your day-to-day life. Now it's time for the
million dollar question. How can I actually get
this habit to stick? The best way to build this habit is to establish a habit trigger. A habit trigger can be
anything that triggers you to think about the habit
that you're trying to build. For example, I have a friend who wanted to start developing the habit of listening to audio
books every single day. So every single time that he ate food, he would listen to an audio book, his habit trigger was eating. So every time he ate food,
he immediately thought, “Oh, it's time to listen
to another audio book.” So if you're meditating in the morning, I would recommend you using
something like the shower as your habit trigger. So right after you shower,
it's time to meditate. Or maybe you can tell yourself that you can't have your
morning cup of coffee or even your breakfast until you meditate. And if none of that works, you can always just place
a big sign on your door that says, you can't leave
the house until you meditate. If you want to feel inspired and amazing about meditation,
then watch my video where I talk about the shocking
benefits of meditation. And when I say shocking, I
really do mean they are shocking. So feel free to click the screen
now and I'll see you there.

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