How To Meditate for Beginners

Written By Sarah McNurlin

  • Find a comfortable place to be. It helps to find a place that you won’t be interrupted. 

  • You can sit or lie down. You can be on a chair, ground, couch-- whatever you chose. You should be comfortable but alert.

  • If you are using an app-- start up a guided meditation. (Consider Insight time, Calm, or Headspace)

  • If you aren’t-- don’t worry. The simplest mediation to begin with is focusing on your breath. Take three deep breaths-- filling up your belly and lungs and then slowly releasing the breath.

  • Next, allow yourself to breathe normally. Focus on the breath without trying to control it, perhaps noting the sensation of the breath on your nose or how it feels in your chest or throat or belly. Don’t make any judgments about these sensations, just let them be. It is normal for thoughts to pop into your head or for your mind to wander. When you realize this is what is happening-- gentle redirect your attention back to your breathing. 

  • There you have it-- you meditated-- CONGRATS!


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Sarah McNurlin
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