Yoga and Meditation

Are you ready to learn how to do meditation? The basic fundamentals are quite simple. All that is required is practice to get good, but that is true with just about any kind of skill.

A lot of times, people are hesitant to start meditating because they don’t want to be connected to a different religion, or any religion, for that matter. The fact is, while almost every religion has utilized meditation, it is not a religious act, unless you make it one. It is simply a way to give your mind a vacation from either outside stimuli, or the dialogue that you always have going, the few times it isn’t being bombarded with outside stimuli.

The first thing you need to do is set aside 20 minutes every day when you will not be interrupted. Do what you have to do to make this happen. Let everyone know you will not be disturbed in that time.

Shut off your telephones & all outside stimuli. Do not lie down because you can easily drift off to sleep. Sit in the chair, and keep your feet flat on the floor, and preferably keep your posture straight. Put your hands on your thighs, palms down.

Totally release your stomach muscles, because you will be inhaling to the bottom of your lungs for a change. Rest your belly on the top of your thighs. You neck muscles will keep your head held normally and your back muscles will keep your posture straight. If you can not go the full 20 minutes without supporting your back with the chair, then lean back, but try to sit up straight, a little longer each day, until you can make it through the whole meditation.

Inhale slowly, to the bottom of your lungs. When they are filled your stomach will expand, then you will feel the middle of your lungs and, finally, the top of your lungs expand. When you can hold no more air, release the air from the top of your lungs, then feel the air from the middle lungs leave, and to get all the out of the bottom part, use your stomach muscles. When the last is out, release those muscles and start over again. Get into a rhythm, counting to 4(to yourself) each time your inhale and exhale.

Your total focus is on your slow, steady, rhythmic breathing and counting to 4, on each inhalation and each exhalation. Any thoughts that come in, will be released immediately by focusing back on the counting and the breathing. As simple as the concept is, it can take a long time to control your mind from having thoughts.Be gentle with yourself. It gets better with time. Now you know how to do meditation.

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