Meditation for Beginners: 20 Practical Tips for Understanding the Mind

These tips aren’t aimed at helping you to become an expert … they should help you get started and keep going. You don’t have to implement them all at once — try a few, come back to this article, try one or two more. - Leo Babauta of Zen Habits

• Sit for just two minutes
• Do it first thing each morning
• Don’t get caught up in the how — just do
• Check in with how you’re feeling
• Count your breaths
• Come back when you wander
• Develop a loving attitude
• Don’t worry too much that you’re doing it wrong
• Don’t worry about clearing the mind
• Stay with whatever arises
• Get to know yourself
• Become friends with yourself
• Do a body scan
• Notice the light, sounds, energy
• Really commit yourself
• You can do it anywhere
• Follow guided meditation
• Check in with friends
• Find a community
• Smile when you’re done

Read hows, whens, and whys of these tips at https://zenhabits.net/meditation-guide/

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