Helping You Love Yourself into Success and Less Stress! Helpful Hints for Meditation Part II: Basics by Ilenya Marrin, DSS HOME FREE NEWSLETTER PRODUCTS SERVICES ABOUT ME TESTIMONIALS RESOURCES CONTACT Meditation Part II: Basics 1. Have fun learning to meditate or improving your practice! You don't need to make this a serious or heavy task. You're taking up meditation, ultimately, to help yourself lighten up and relax, or to gain greater spiritual awareness. Let yourself approach this in a relaxed and happy way. 2. Meditate daily for at least five minutes, more if you can. If you can work up to 15-20 minutes daily or even twice a day, you will really notice the benefits. You can do meditation while seated quietly, (a highly recommended format,) or you can chant silently while doing ordinary tasks such as washing dishes, or while walking, jogging, etc. Please do not do meditation practices while driving or operating heavy machinery as you can easily enter an altered state of consciousness and would not be safe. 3. Arrange to be undisturbed. Set up your meditation in a space where you can be uninterrupted for the time you've allotted. Turn off the ringer on the phone, turn off your cell phone. Tell others in the house you're not to be disturbed. Or plan your meditation when your spouse can watch the children. Or do your meditation while your children are napping, etc. If necessary, wear earplugs and eye shades to create a quiet environment. With practice, you can easily learn to tune out distracting noises from the neighborhood or others in the household during your meditation. Take the attitude that these distractions are just part of life. Accept them. Don't resist and rail against them as that will magnify their distracting qualities. When I learned to meditate, I lived in a large block of flats in London, and invariablY, someone's burglar alarm would be triggered, blaring ceaselessly for 20 minutes just when I sat to meditate. I looked at this as great practice in maintaining my consciousness and inner focus! 4. Falling asleep: People today are so sleep deprived that often they quickly doze off during meditation. I've always been told that if you fall asleep during meditation it will be a deep and relaxing nap, and not to worry if that happens. However, if you have a tendency to doze off and you want a conscious experience, sitting up or even standing throughout your meditation will help you stay awake. 5. Timing: Mentally suggest to yourself that you will return from your meditation in a certain amount of time. If you absolutely must, set an alarm clock, but this can be jangling. 6. Interruptions: If you are interrupted by the phone or doorbell, and you feel you must answer, try to come back to your meditation even for five more minutes after you handle the situation. This will help alleviate that jangled feeling. Go to Part III: Meaningful Meditation Back to Welcome Page and List of Recent Articles

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