IMPORTANT MEDITATION TECHNIQUES FOR BEGINNERS
1. Start your day with Meditation. It takes no efforts when someone pledges to practice it daily but to follow it religiously is something commendable. Add it on the very top in your every day’s to-do list. It is not a task but should be your habit. You can set an alarm or reminder for each morning to practice it spiritually.
2. Begin it with just 3-5 minutes daily per week. It is not favorable for beginners to do meditation for long hours until you feel comfortable and attentive. It is almost perfect if you just give little time for starting. If everything goes alright, try increasing the time by another 3-5 minutes. Accordingly, it will become your habit.
3. Meditation just demands a carefree sitting posture. You need not worry about how you going to start it, where to start, what is the correct position, you just have to sit anywhere you find yourself relax. It can be performed on the couch, on your bed, sofa and on the ground. It only needs your 5 minutes relaxed position.
4. Next important tip is to monitor your perception towards meditation. As you make yourself comfortable with this practice, start checking your feelings. Is your body sensing positivity? Are any negative feelings arising with this practice? Do remember it is completely alright if you are sensing tiredness, fear, and nervousness.
5. The next advice is to concentrate on your breaths. After achieving the successful start of meditation, it’s time to check in with your breathing system. Just keep your focus on your breaths as inhale and exhale through your nose, in depth of your lung.
6. Begin it with counting one as you inhale and two as you exhale your breath. Follow this procedure until the counting of 10 and restart again from one.
7. Return when your mind roams aimlessly. It is ok to not get focused at the start. Just be relaxed & softly come back to your senses and breathe. Follow the counting procedure again. Less concentration can be felt at first.
8. Doing it wrong is not a matter of tension. There is no accurate method of doing it. You can take a meditation instructor or can refer to a meditation guide.
9. Meditation is not really about draining or blocking the thoughts. But with meditation one can increase his/her concentration power. Maximize your time if your mind roaming aimlessly during meditation.
10. With meditation, we can better understand how our minds perform. Regular practice aids in controlling one’s responses and reactions.
11. For beginners, it is recommended to practice it with a positive attitude. You can be your own friend through its regular use.
12. Once you become a follower of meditation, start testing your feelings on your body parts while performing meditation. How does your particular body part sense during practicing it? This will help you increase your sensing and concentration power.
13. Likewise monitoring your senses for about one week, it is time to place your concentration on sounds, light, and energy in the room around you or anyplace you practice.
14. You can practice it anywhere you feel comfortable. Practicing it with someone close such as your spouse, children or any family member help you provide positive results. You may also join some meditation group or community.
15. Be proud of your commitment towards meditation. Once you are done with your daily 5 minutes meditation, finish it with a gentle smile. This will positively enhance your newness and revive your entire day.
CAUTIONARY POINTS OF MEDITATION
Did you ever think about the negative aspects of meditation? I think none of us has ever thought of the warnings of meditation.
Let’s find out cautions of meditation that need to be followed for sure.
1. Do not aimlessly follow the instructions regarding meditation. There are numerous methods and techniques to practice meditation. Keep yourself alert and aware of every way of meditation. Do not get restricted to a particular method if someone asks you to follow it. Make a habit of questioning about that particular technique rather follow the rules blindly and carelessly.
2. Unpleasant visualization during practice is one of the warnings of meditation. Meditation has a wide and hidden nature. It helps in enhancing the inner divine self but sometimes it can give birth to a dark soul within us which could disturb us. Still do not get depressed if you visualize something like this. Do consult your meditation instructor if you sense this weird feeling. Remember, the positivity of meditation is much beyond this.
3. The precise technique requires if one wants to rescue himself from the disadvantages of meditation. As mentioned in point 1. There are many ways & techniques for performing meditation but what matters more is the choice of right technique.
You just need to adopt the right one that is perfect or more comfortable for you. It could give adverse results if you apply the wrong meditation method. Better to switch to the other techniques if you don’t feel better after practicing a particular one for a long time.
4. Meditation is an experience which makes an individual able to communicate with his inner self. But, sometimes deep insight can lead to provoking negative emotions that are rooting deep inside us such as fear, anger, anxiety, nervousness, and jealousy. This could bring unfavorable and distressing experience. But do remember, there are other significant methods of meditation which are natural, comfortable and approachable that helps us to overcome these dreadful emotions.
5. Do not give preference to meditation over therapy for any long-term issue or illness. We can’t deny the fact that meditation helps in numerous ways. It makes a person efficient to cope with his own negative self. Doing meditation one can bring nourishment and newness in life.
But it is better to understand the difference between meditation and therapy or treatment. Some problems need treatments. Stop continuing meditation to rescue from hidden or existing problems.
