Beginners Meditation Tips

This is a slow relaxing talk that shares basic tips for beginners. Meditation and mindful breathing can feel complicated or even distracting when you start. Listen to this for support and guidance. In the beginning, I offer tips and help listeners set realistic expectations then I invite you to repeat a few affirmations. At the end of this track is a guided mindful breathing exercise. I recommend that you give yourself time to practice every day, five minutes goes a long way.

Transcript

Hello, Beautiful people. My name is Brittany Gale and I am happy to share this time with you. I'd like to talk about meditating and how you learn to meditate. What's the right way to do it and is there a wrong way to spend time with yourself meditating? So firstly, I want to say congratulations because you are listening to this recording right now because you are interested in doing something that is good for your body, Your mind and your soul. There is not any way you could mess this up. I invite you to put a smile on your face and to know that you are exactly where you're supposed to be. So I invite you to repeat after me. I am exactly where I'm supposed to be. Meditation is a practice of self love. Meditating is focusing on the breath and being present in the very moment that you're in. There are many different forms of meditation. There are many different methods that feel right to different people. The main focus is to not overthink it. Don't overcomplicate spending loving time with self. You're doing it right. As long as you decide to continue to show up and spend loving time with self and you have pure intentions with your breath, That is all that matters. So speaking of the breath, There is a proper way to breathe and I'd like to share that exercise with you now. When in meditation, It's helpful to take slow, Conscious, Deep breaths and you're going to put your hand on your belly. This is going to be an anchor for us, Something that we can sense and feel. We're going to breathe in through the nose and we're going to feel our hand raise up and we're going to take that air to fill in our belly. Breathe in to the belly and then on the exhale, We're going to slowly come up and allow that air to come out of our mouth and we're going to feel our stomach and our hand go in. In through the nose, Expand the belly and allow the abdomen to come out, Out through the mouth. Again, In through the nose, Feel the hand raise and then in, In, In your belly should be going in as that air comes out. Meditation takes time and practice, So I encourage you to repeat this exercise every day for seven days. Build a routine with yourself.