That’s why we have to repeatedly emphasize the importance of meditation to the people of Ga! Through meditation, we hope that practitioners can establish their own world, help themselves escape stress and anxiety, find inner peace and tranquility, and face life more confidently. The following 6 steps are effective ways and key to practicing meditation. Let’s take a look together~.
Experienced practitioners know that the essence of yoga practice lies in overcoming laziness and walking onto a mat, and meditation is no different. Perhaps the most difficult part of meditation is to truly make up your mind and sit down and enter a state of meditation. Here are a few tips that can help you enter the state faster, for your reference~.
Firstly, find a clean place. Meditation is to clear the mind and relax the brain, so the first step is to clean up the clutter around you and give the body a refreshing feeling. Specifically, it means finding a place at home or work with relatively few furniture and office supplies, forcing oneself to stay away from phones and computers, which can help to calm down better..
Secondly, set aside a dedicated time. The practice of meditation requires continuous persistence, and ensuring a period of practice every day can effectively help people form habits. Specifically, at the beginning, invest 15 minutes a day and gradually increase the practice time, which will better form inertia..
Finally, treat practice as a ritual. The practice of meditation requires the intervention of a sense of ritual, making it as aesthetically pleasing as possible. You can try lighting a candle, singing a short hymn, and so on during practice to light up these small details..
After forming good practice habits, finding a good entry posture becomes the key. Sitting on a chair is a great choice. Feel the feeling of contact between your body and the ground with your heart, pay attention to the downward force of your legs and hips, and feel if your pelvis is flat on the surface of the chair. Afterwards, let consciousness flow throughout the body, allowing the knees, spine, hands, and eyes to feel a sense of relaxation..
In terms of posture, it is important to keep awake at all times to avoid losing consciousness and falling asleep, or becoming stiff and uncomfortable. You can lightly place your hands on your knees and close your eyes slightly, allowing yourself to easily enter a state of meditation..
When meditating, remember to maintain deep breathing at all times, as breathing can serve as a warning and prevent thoughts from wandering. When breathing, pay attention to the temperature, odor, and flow rate of the breath entering the body, and then pay attention to the changes in the gas after flowing out of the body. At the same time, it is also important to pay attention to the changes in the depth of breathing, feel the expansion of the abdominal cavity and the contraction of the chest when the breath reaches the body’s abdominal cavity, and try to prolong breathing to allow airflow to flow through the body..
When you can freely control the frequency and depth of your breathing, try exhaling to gather energy from the bottom of your body and bring this energy up to the navel from bottom to top. During this process, finding the feeling of strength and stability in the core of the abdomen, while meditating, can also exercise the strength of the core..
During meditation, breathing should be controlled to a slow and full rhythm, especially when exhaling, the airflow should be more stable to create more lightness for inhalation, expand the volume of the chest, and feel stronger upward and outward force..