The Beginners Guide to Meditation

How I started.

Meditation can take a lot of practice to master especially when we have a busy life. I had practiced Yoga for around 10 years and found that I could not quiet my mind enough. Just when I thought I was getting there, in would pop things like, “what shall I cook the kids for dinner”? and so on. I learned that this was kind of ok so in time I would quickly push my mind back to the present.

As a spiritual person who never seemed to have enough hours in the day due to work load, kids and house work, I then, only a year ago, when I was going through a very traumatic time, decided I would take myself off to spiritualist church. This was a turning point for me. Not only did I start to meet like-minded people with a spiritual connection but I joined an open circle which led to me joining a closed circle.

As meditation plays a big part within the mediumship circles, I suddenly found I was able to meditate. I believe it was the guided help of the circle mediums that helped me a great deal.

I then started to take a few minutes here and there in the day just to close my eyes, take some deep breaths and just be in that present moment.

After scrolling through YouTube I discovered Pura Rasa. She has many guided meditative practices that you can follow. I found these practices were further enhanced by her hypnotic voice, so the sleep hypnosis is fantastic for those that struggle with poor sleeping patterns.

So for those of you who want a starting point into meditation, I would go for a guided meditation to music. Choose a time and place, even if this is in bed before sleep. It doesn’t have to be lengthy, just 15 minutes to start and see how you feel. Once you get into the swing of things there are numerous types of meditation for tapping into specific things like mindfulness, inner peace, and healing to name just a few.