Three easy ways to start meditating

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02/08/22 • 10 min

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You want to meditate, but you're not sure how to start?

I have three ways I’ll share that will be different than what you think.

I love meditating. I always feel better and it calms my mind and gives me perspective.

Meditation brings your mind to an alpha state of the brain, however, you go into and out of this all the time.

If you find yourself daydreaming or focusing deeply on something you enjoy- this is the alpha state.

1. Ritualize your practice.

Your brain likes habits. It creates habits out of everything because, well, it’s lazy and it’s easier to create a habit than do it fresh over and over again.

You can start simple by taking two deep breaths, closing your eyes, and then it’s time to meditate. Whatever puts your mind in the ready state is good.

Your ritual can be simple or elaborate, just make sure you use it every day to start.

It takes around 66 days to put a solid habit in place.

2. simple technique before you meditate to help to calm the mind.

Expand your peripheral vision. this technique is exactly as it sounds. Purposefully expand your peripheral vision out to the side as far as you can go. Relax, close your eyes and do it again. This time, imagine or visualize expanding it all the way around your head.

This technique brings you into an alpha state before you even begin meditating.

Now, take a deep breath in and close your eyes to begin meditating.

3. Consider a different type of meditation

Not good at sitting on the couch?

Maybe you need a meditation that is more active.

Meditation can be anything that gets you into the“zone”, where time flies and you feel connected to your heart and headspace.

This activity may not be meditative in the usual sense, but it changes the brain the same way. Those relaxation alpha waves can put you in the moment and that is right where you want to be.

I have provided a few guided meditations on this podcast, the most recent one was when we took a relaxing walk down the ocean’s edge.

Do tell me? What is your favorite kind of meditation?

Post at the webpage shot notes or send me an e-mail

Take a deep breath in and exhale.

So, before I go, listen closely and remember this ONE one thing.

Your future is a thought, your past has passed, but your now is always here.

Be mindful-one minute at a time.

Hugs, Cheryl

Sponsors & Links Mentioned:

One Minute of Mindfulness Podcast webpage
Cheryl J Reynolds Coaching
Have a busy mind? Grab this PDF "Mindfulness for a busy mind
Calming Meditation at the ocean's shore

You want to meditate, but you're not sure how to start?

I have three ways I’ll share that will be different than what you think.

I love meditating. I always feel better and it calms my mind and gives me perspective.

Meditation brings your mind to an alpha state of the brain, however, you go into and out of this all the time.

If you find yourself daydreaming or focusing deeply on something you enjoy- this is the alpha state.

1. Ritualize your practice.

Your brain likes habits. It creates habits out of everything because, well, it’s lazy and it’s easier to create a habit than do it fresh over and over again.

You can start simple by taking two deep breaths, closing your eyes, and then it’s time to meditate. Whatever puts your mind in the ready state is good.

Your ritual can be simple or elaborate, just make sure you use it every day to start.

It takes around 66 days to put a solid habit in place.

2. simple technique before you meditate to help to calm the mind.

This technique brings you into an alpha state before you even begin meditating.

Now, take a deep breath in and close your eyes to begin meditating.

3. Consider a different type of meditation

Not good at sitting on the couch?

Maybe you need a meditation that is more active.

Meditation can be anything that gets you into the“zone”, where time flies and you feel connected to your heart and headspace.

This activity may not be meditative in the usual sense, but it changes the brain the same way. Those relaxation alpha waves can put you in the moment and that is right where you want to be.

I have provided a few guided meditations on this podcast, the most recent one was when we took a relaxing walk down the ocean’s edge.

Do tell me? What is your favorite kind of meditation?

Post at the webpage shot notes or send me an e-mail

Take a deep breath in and exhale.

So, before I go, listen closely and remember this ONE one thing.

Your future is a thought, your past has passed, but your now is always here.

Be mindful-one minute at a time.

Hugs, Cheryl

Sponsors & Links Mentioned:

One Minute of Mindfulness Podcast webpage
Cheryl J Reynolds Coaching
Have a busy mind? Grab this PDF "Mindfulness for a busy mind
Calming Meditation at the ocean's shore

Previous Episode

18 - Behind the scenes podcast bloopers

Sharing a podcast blooper for your amusement.

Podcasting can be fun, hard work but it can also be silly.

I wanted to do something fun. Life is too serious at times and we can all use a giggle or two.

Besides, I love to laugh. It’s how I connect to people and how I know I am on the right track.

When I am laughing and giggling, all is good.

This episode is where I share a few podcast bloopers. Behind the scenes so to speak. Enjoy the humorous side of podcasting.

The first one is me trying to get my podcast started with my traditional "Welcome everybody to the One Minute of Mindfulness Podcast. I’m Cheryl Reynolds, your host...."

It wasn’t happening. LOL

The second one was me trying to do a Video Podcast. Ummm... not working all that well. I decided to do the podcast and a live video every week. Maybe I will marry them later, but for now, they are separated.

The third blooper is me recording and my office manager bailey running through paperwork that I put on the floor because it wouldn’t fit on the desk with all of the podcast pillows. Bailey is one of my cats, and for the most part, he just hangs on the desk while I podcast, but today he wanted to play when I wanted to podcast.

The last one is when I am in my mom’s closet podcasting. My house is very echoey-as you can probably tell from a few episodes, so I used her closet a few times.

The sound quality is awesome in there but my butt starts to hurt and my feet always fall asleep ( sitting on the floor at my age holds a few challenges)

Anyhoo, it was a long day and I got laughing.

If you like these blooper episodes, let me know and I will do more of them.

In the meantime...

“Laugh at yourself-then you’ll know at least one person finds you funny.”

Take a deep breath in and exhale

So, before I go, listen closely and remember this ONE one thing.

Your future is a thought, your past has passed, but your now is always here.

Be mindful-one minute at a time.

Hugs, Cheryl

Sponsors & Links Mentioned:

One Minute of Mindfulness.com
Cheryl J Reynolds Coaching
Have a busy mind? Grab the Mindfulness for a busy mind PDF

Next Episode

Cultivate Self-Love, Mindfully

Love is important, just as important as self-love

It’s February and love is in the air. So let’s breathe it in and infuse yourself with some self-love

This podcast episode is about feeling self-love and finding appreciation for yourself.

We beat ourselves up all the time, we think negatively about ourselves, we punish ourselves and we don't give ourselves the respect that it's due or the admiration that is due.

You are stuck in the body and the mind of who you are.

You can't get out of it.

And it’s better to decorate it with love and self-appreciation and kindness and awareness and simplicity and mindfulness of course than it is to decorate it with negativity and self-loathing, and hurtfulness and harm.

Learn to appreciate that you are everything you need to be right here, right now at this moment.

You deserve self-love.

I want you to look at the things that you love.

Take that feeling and pull it inside.

Let that love that you send out to something else be reflected back within you.

Pull it in, take it in and hold it.

Appreciate the simplicity of this act.

Lastly, I want to say I truly appreciate you listening to this podcast, and I send you love today wholeheartedly with no expectations in return.

Have a lovely day.

Take a deep breath in and exhale

So, before I go, listen closely and remember this ONE one thing.

Your future is a thought, your past has passed, but your now is always here.