This is optimal, living daily episode, five hundred and seventy four, how to meditate daily Ellie about then have has done that and I'm just a moloch. Happy Friday there was a fast weak welcome back off optimal living daily, where I marry blogs for you totally free of charge, and it's free because I ve been able to get some help from sponsors like talk. Space talked me is an online therapy company that makes therapy affordable, confidential and convenient for a special offer. Just for you come by talk space start com, slash old, does talks base our com, slash old. Now I don't know read a lot about meditation, although it does come up frequently as a suggestion in the articles that I tend to read, but I did read a how to meditate two way back when they think this one will be helpful to if your interested cell has a right to it and start optimizing. Your life how to meditate daily

about half of Zen habits done that David location is one of the most powerful things. I've ever learned, amazingly also one of the most simple have is to do you do anywhere anytime will always have media, it benefits how many happy skinny say that about while many people think of meditate and as something you might do with a teacher and asean centre. It can be a simple as paying attention to your breath. While sitting in your car or on the train or while sitting at the coffee poor in your office or while walking or showering it can take just one two minutes of your busy. There's no excuse you're, not doing it when you simplify the meditation habit, why meditate? Why create a small, daily, meditation practice? There are countless reasons but you're, some of my favorite number one. It relieve stress and helps you to relax

number two. When you practice mindfulness, even carried out to everyday life, number three mindfulness I to save your life change habits, lives simple. The answer and be present in every can you do number four meditation has been shown to have mental benefits such as improved focus, happiness, memory, self control, academic performance and more number five. Some research on meditation has indicated that it may have other health benefits, including improve metabolism, heart rate respiration blood sure, an more actually some of the best benefits of meditation or hard to define he be an undersea Yourself, better, for example, and for myself Ernest level you ve never had before. Most simply setting for just a few minutes of metal Nation is an oasis of calm and relaxation that we re define are lives these days and that in itself is enough how to do a daily

There are lots and lots of ways to meditate, but our concern is not to find a perfect form of meditation is to form the daily habits of meditation. As our method will be as simple as possible. Number one commit to just two minutes a day start simply. If you want a habit to stick, you can do it for five minutes. If you feel good about it, but all your committing to is two minutes each day number to pick a time in trigger non exact time of day, but a general time like morning when you wake up or during your lunch hour, the trigger should be something already do regularly like drink your first cup of coffee pressure, teeth have lunch, or, I've home from work, number three find a quiet spot sometimes early morning, is best before others in your house might be awakened making loss of noise, others my find a spot and a park or on the beach or some other soothing.

It really does it matter where, as Anti can sit without being bother for a few minutes, a few people walking by your park bench is fine. Number four sit comfortably, don't fuss! much about how you say what you wear what you said on Etcetera, I personally later on a pillow on the floor was my like leaning against the wall, because I'm very inflexible, others who can say cross Legged comes really might do that instead still others cancer, on a chair or couches sitting on the floors, uncomfortable zen procedures, often use after you round cushion filled with cape ARC or buckwheat Togo, by one, if you don't already have one any cushion or pill, I will do in some people can set on a bare flora, comfortably number five start with just two minutes. This is really important. Most people with if they can meditate for fifteen thirty minutes and they can but does not a test of a strong Europe staying in meditation we're trying to force.

While longer lasting habit, and to do that. Start with just two minutes. You'll find it much easier to start this way and for me, There was a small start like this is a method, much more likely to succeed. You can expand five hundred and twenty seven minutes, if you can do it for seven days straight then ten minutes, if you do it for fourteen days straight then fifteen minutes, if you stick to it for twenty one straight days and twenty. If you do a full month, number six focus on your breath, as he breathed then follow your breath and through your nostrils than into your throat, then it belongs in Bali. So straight keep your eye open but looking at the ground and with a soft focus. If you want to close your eyes, that's fine, as you breathe out, follow your breath out back into the world if it helps count, one breath in two breaths out three breath in for breast out when you get the chance to

over. If you lose track start over, we find your mind wandering and he will just paid. Change your mind, wandering than bring it gently back to your breath. Repeat this process for the few minutes: humanity, He won't be very good at it at first, most likely, but you'll get better with practice. And that's it it's a very simple practice. Do you want to do for two minutes every day after the same trick each day. Do this for a more than you have a daily meditation habit. Expanding your practice sitting and paint Your breath, your breath is really mindfulness. Practice is awaited, train yourself to focus your attention once you practice to bear, while sitting in a quiet space, you can expand your mindfulness practice. One when you feel stress, take a to pay attention to your breath and return your mind to the present moment to try taking a walk innocent. Thinking about things, you need to do later. Pay attention to your breath, your body, sensations,

the things around you three when you eat just eat, and focus your attention on the phone, on your feelings as you eat, and on the sensations for try, mindful t ritual We focus your attention on your movements as he prepare the tea on the tea as he smell and tasted and on your breath as he goes with a ritual five wash dishes and sweep your floor. Mindfully This, of course, is just a start to are many ways to practice mindfulness, including with other people, while you work and so on. Yeah, this into the post titled how to meditate daily by LEO about of Zenhabits Habitat NET meditation, can definitely help with stress, among other things in speaking of stress, big thanks again to my sponsor, for today's episode. Talk space dealing with stress or anxiety or relationships stuff,

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You don't need that to get the benefits of meditation, but a retreat can sort of speed of the learning process and show you the benefits, even quicker. We're really just taking those you, Miss everyday can have a huge impact on how they recommend. Right out- and I do agree with all of his tips. You dont need aid Special you do it wherever you are to worry about the perfect conditions to do it like the perfect amount of quiet or music in the back. Ground to anywhere anytime. The standing or walking in fact Will you try right now? If you are driving, can drive mindfully, that's basically meditation brightest, but if you can't be off eighty, two minutes and actually do regular meditation practice and focus on your breath and if at all, whenever so right now to give you some extra time to give it a shot so that of a great start, your Can't and I'll see you tomorrow,

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