Meditation For Beginners

Join mindfulness coach Lauren Wise from The Skill of Still for a guided meditation for beginners. This meditation is available to anyone and focuses on deep breathing and relaxation techniques that help to calm the mind and the body.

Transcript

Hey there, You're joining Lauren Wise from the Skill of Still for an easy meditation for beginners. I'm a mindfulness coach from Calgary, Canada, And I really love teaching people how to connect with themselves or meditate and really just teach them that it doesn't need to be complicated. Self-connection can be something you can do almost anywhere. So let's begin. Start by getting comfortable. You can lay down, You can stay in a seated position with a nice long spine, You can sit in a chair, Go wherever you want to go, Be where you want to be. There is nothing wrong with laying down when meditating. Sometimes you might fall asleep and that's fine. Maybe you needed a little bit of extra sleep. So just start by getting really, Really comfortable. And once you've found that place, Whether it's seated or laying down, Let's just take a deep breath in through the nose and out through the mouth. Another deep breath in. Just keep finding a nice rhythm with the breath. If breathing through the nose is restricted in any way through allergies or a cold, Feel free to breathe out through the mouth. Just keep the breath going in and out in a way that best suits you. Starting to let the shoulders melt away from the ears. Let the jaw soften and relax. Relax any tension away from the forehead or the space behind the eyes. Just letting everything soften. Keeping the flow with the breath. And just feeling how it feels to just be comfortable, To just be relaxed. And just savor that a little bit. There is nothing you need to be doing. Except just allowing relaxation and deep breaths. When we are meditating, Our mind often wanders. And that's okay. The goal of meditation is not an empty mind, But an observant mind. So if your mind starts to wander, That's fine. Just let those thoughts drift on by. If a thought comes up during meditating that you want to explore, You're welcome to explore it. There's no rules about what stays, What goes in your own mind. Deep breath in and deep breath out. Just keep coming back to the breath. Letting the thoughts you want to let go of drift on by. If a thought pops up that you maybe want to revisit later, That's fine. Throw it in your back pocket and pick it up later if you want. Deep breath in, Deep breath out. It's when we try to control our thoughts that meditating becomes difficult. So don't try to control. Just allow and let go. Letting whatever is going on for you later or tomorrow, Just letting it go. Allowing yourself to be present in your body with your breath, Just as you are right now. You have a right to feel relaxed and at ease. You have a right to connect with yourself. That's all really meditating and stillness is. We're just taking the time to connect with ourselves. We're taking the time to turn off the external and to listen to our internal selves for a bit. Keep flowing with that breath in and out. Just allowing for a softening, Allowing for calmness, And allowing for self-connection. Taking a few more deep breaths, Knowing that our breath is always available to us anywhere we go. It's always there to calm and connect. Thank you so much for joining me for this easy and quick meditation. I hope it helped show you that there's freedom in meditation. There's no really deep rules about how you connect with yourself. Just take those moments to find calm, Find some deep breaths, And see what blossoms from there. Again, Thanks so much for joining me. I'm Lauren from The Skill of Still. I hope you have a beautiful, Wonderful day. Bye.