Lots of people are under the impression that meditation is
clearing your mind of all thought. Your mind’s job, however, is to think. Asking
your mind not to think is like asking your lungs not to breathe or your heart
not to beat.
As opposed to clearing your mind, meditation is the practice
of focusing your mind on one thing – your breath, a sound, an image, a
sensation, a word or phrase.
A Simple Meditation:
- Find a calm place to sit or lie comfortably – in a chair, or on the floor.
- Close your eyes and breathe in and out through your nose.
- Notice the details of your breath: the sound, the sensation, the rise and fall of your belly and chest, the coolness of your breath as you inhale and its warmth as you exhale.
- Pick one of the details you’ve noticed and focus on it.
- If as you’re breathing, you notice that your mind is beginning to wander to other thoughts, gently bring your attention back to your breath. (This process of noticing your mind wandering and returning it to what you choose to focus on is the key to meditating.)
- Continue for 5 – 15 minutes or as long as you feel comfortable.
- Enjoy the calm. Try to carry it with you through the rest of your day.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meditation/HQ01070
http://news.yale.edu/2011/11/21/tuning-out-how-brains-benefit-meditation
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