Anyone can Meditate - Here is how

When we make more time to meditate and more time will open up in your life.

Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts, this will happen naturally the more you practice.

There are many benefits of meditation that you will notice instantly, such as feeling relaxed and a deeper sense of balanced gratitude and concentration. With a regular practice, your brain function will improve, old habits will drop away and you will be steered closer to your passion, your most enjoyable life and your most vibrant health.

Follow these simple steps and enjoy the experience.

Let’s get started.

• Set a timer.

if it is your first time start with 5 minutes to be safe. If you have experienced meditation before try 10 to 30 minutes. Set a timer with a gentle soft sound as the alarm so you can let go and completely experience your meditation.

• Make it great.

To make your practise enjoyable, bring an object you hold close to your heart with you, or light some beautiful candles or some incense you enjoy. To make the experience even more enjoyable practise with your best friend or loved one. By sharing this experience, you can grow and learn together. Practise in nature, by the ocean or in your favourite room of your home, somewhere you feel safe and happy. Wear comfortable clothes that are not restrictive and are warm to keep you cosy as you relax.

• Sit comfortably.

Find a comfortable place to lay down, sit in a chair or sit on the floor. Start with a position that is easy and most comfortable for you. Listen to your body and it will tell you what you need at that present moment. If you are used to sitting in lotus position on the hard floor, be open to laying down and completely surrendering and letting go. If you are used to laying down comfortable on a bed, be open to try an easy seated position on the floor. If you have never meditated before, sit as you are about to watch your favourite show ready to relax. You can leave your hands facing up, opening to the universe, facing down ,going within yourself, or in prayer position over the heart centre. Again do what is most comfortable for you and feels natural. Relax your face and tongue, allow your shoulders to release down your back, opening your chest. Allow the spine to be comfortably straight and soft at the same time.

• Set an intention.

With the knowledge that you will relax, create a nice energy flow through your body and let go of anything that is weighing you down through the change of perception to a balanced awareness. You can also set an intention that you wish to see form through your meditation. An intention is asking and letting go of the idea of your outcome, compared to a goal of focusing on an outcome, taking you out of the present moment in meditation.

• Focus on your breath.

Now you are comfortable and have set an intention for the universe, let it go to bring your awareness to your breath. Breathe in through your nose, following the breath down the back of your throat making a gentle ocean sound. Breathing deep down into your lungs and notice the rising of your belly, filling up the whole body with new life energy. Following the breath out noticing the belly falling, the lungs contracting, breathe through the back of the throat with the ocean sound and out through the nose.

Release any tension or tightness in the body. The mind might drift off on a thought, allow this to happen and simply bring your focus back onto the breath. It may happen many times, allow the mind to wonder with your thoughts and simply bring the focus back to the breath when it happens. Be gentle with your mind, do not reprimand it for wandering, simply lead it back to the breath until it is comfortable to stay with the breath. Creating non-attachment to your thoughts allows you to observe the thoughts, become aware of how your mind works and start to have more control over what you focus on. This is the union of mind, body and spirit.

• Let go.

Now you are focused on your breath, you are letting go of the confusion in your mind and you start to relax, creating a relaxed response and creating more wellbeing in the body. Moving from stress in the thoughts and body, you move to a relaxed state. When we reduce stress we make way for the domino effect of wellbeing, reducing inflammation that is a result of stress, reducing disease in the body that is a result of that inflammation and coming back to our natural state of health and happiness.

• Feel.

Once the timer lets you know the practise has finished, take a moment to feel the change in your energy, how you’re feeling, how your body is feeling and become conscious that you are deeply in the present moment. Sit with this new found awareness before you get up.

• Enjoy the feeling.

Depending on when you practise, you can enjoy a deep nights sleep, or a energised day with less reactiveness, more responsiveness and a deeper awareness.

Now set your next time for meditation.

With time and regular practise you will notice positive changes in yourself and so will those around you.

Enjoy the journey.