Do I need music while meditating? What about candles? My suggestion is not to use any of that. Remember that habits are contextual? Let’s say you do not have your favorite music or candles around. It will most likely discourage you from meditation. Other sensory stimulation will distract you from focusing on your breath which […]
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Forming a habit Meditation will give you benefit even if you tried it once but to change your life it needs to become a consistent habit. This post will teach you how to build and maintain this habit using a proven method. You can fast track your progress and not waste 20 years to embrace
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Overview Finding loving-kindness muscle Have you ever seen monks in orange robes with a peaceful and kind look on their faces that does not seem to be unaffected by the harsh reality we live in? This meditation is a secret technique that got them there. I have to warn you though while the script of
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Overview Five Stages The mediation has five stages starting with a general body scan relaxation technique. It is then followed by two stages of counting your breaths and finished by two stages of focused attention on your breathing. All the counting is done in your mind silently. Feel free to skip the preparation step if
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Steps for success If meditation was an instant noodles cup in a supermarket the label on the back would like this: Ingredients: timer, quiet place, meditation bench or a cushion, relaxation, openness, compassionate mind.No artificial sounds, lights, or scents are required.Preparation time: 15 + min Knowing the ingredients is not enough to make a delicious
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My Story How I came across meditation. Firstly let me start with the question, “Why meditate?” Meditation seems pretty useless from practicality aspect. After spending hours of siting in silence there is nothing to show for it. You don’t get to speak a newly learnt language, it doesn’t produce a product like a chair or
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There is no question that pain of any kind is a part of living experience. No matter how unpleasant it can be used as a great teacher and those who learnt how to embrace pain paradoxically have less negative side effects from it. I wrote an article on this subject that was published on the
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These numbers may not mean anything to you just yet but by the end of reading this post I hope you remember them the next time you hit another obstacle on your way. Sir Roger Banister was an athlete and neurologist known to the world for proving that what was believed impossible could be done
For a long time I thought that the expression “safety in numbers” meant that a small fish in a large group has better chances of survival because a predator most likely grab someone next to them.That did not make sense to me because someone still gets eaten in this presumable safe situation until someone explained
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