Anyone meditating? Wanna try it. Any helpful guides would be helpful
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Box breathing is a useful technique. Inhale for four count, hold for four, exhale for four, hold for four, repeat…
I do.
Here's how:
Sit down with your back straight.
Breath through your nose.
Sit in an Indian Style:
1. Legs crossed
2. Half lotus
3. Full lotus
Breath in and watch your breath to the point where it can't move.
Breath out and do the same.
Eventually just observe the feeling at the tip of the nose.
Every thought is too be let go. Recognize it and let it go.
Satori.
Try for 5 minutes. If you do it right for 5 minutes it will save you a month of sorrow. Exponentially increase as you practice.
the 20 day intro series on the Waking Up app is excellent
also really appreciate Oak app for its simplicity and lack of upsell / subscription fees
Depends on what your motivation is for getting into meditation.
Are you seeking to calm your mind, and learn to be still in the chaos of life?
Are you seeking awakening to a non-dual nature of reality and merging into universal consciousness?
Maybe somewhere in between.
Ideally, life is your meditation.... 24/7/365. I wish mine was 😂
We all start where we are and each day become more aware of patterns of the breath and the mind. Thoughts float on the breath, so if you steady your breath, you can calm the mind. The gap between each breath is where the stillness/meditative experience lies. So to meditate, you want to ultimately be resting your awareness in that gap... Throughout the chaos of life.
Breath work is a good place to start.
I recommend starting with 3-9 minutes a day of sitting or walking in silence (no ear pods or VR goggles)...., watching your breath and observing the conversation that arises when you try to move towards silence.
With practice , less thoughts will arise, and you will experience more stillness.
Then you extend the practice time a few more minutes... Until it's quite natural to rest in the gap.
Then you take the show on the road (off your meditation cushion) and practice in your life.
Some people use movement and breath (yoga) to train the mind to meditate ... It depends on each individual.
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yes, i highly recommend it.
imo it’s best to do an intro course in an app. it keeps you on track and challenges u a little bit more every day as u develop.
Headspace is where i got started and i still use those practices.
Waking up is great - but i think it’s better for a more advanced person. as it covers many different approaches.
Why not try a Bitcoin meditation course?
https://lookingglasseducation.com/courses/meditation-and-decentralized-spirituality/
In my experience:
Just sit around and try to think about only one single thing.
It's important to focus on one thing only - could be anything though; your body touching something while sitting, breathing, one particular noise, the flame of a candle, etc.
Register distracting thoughts but let them pass and return to your focus.
If you manage to calm your mind and keep the focus for 30sec straight, you're quite good already 😉