Why daily meditation is vital for women's health
To The Women of EmpowHer,
How often do you feel life has a chaotic grip on you?
When we are stressed, many of us women forget the most important person we have to care for is ourselves first and from this surplus of energy we can effortlessly give to others. If we are skimping on our daily meditation practice, we may enter our day in a blurry fog unaware of our interactions and projections towards people we are encountering.
We may complete our day feeling very unfulfilled because we lacked a focus and therefore missed the goal. I have observed in my work as a yoga therapist/meditation instructor that a small amount of daily dedication takes us back home to our mind and hearts.
A meditation practice done only once in a while leaves minor improvements.
When we check in regularly and are able to greet our energy, we can have a better understanding of how to pace ourselves and proceed into our day.
The chaotic grip life may seem to have quickly diminishes because our focus has shifted.
Take a moment to remind yourself on what you love to do and make it a daily practice. Meditation truly,is concentrating whole-heartedly for a set period of time.
Start today and do not let it end tomorrow.
Peace,
Wendy Hartley
Comments
Hi Wendy!
What do you consider a small amount of time, is 10 or 15 minutes a day enough? Is there a time of day that is better then another, i.e. before bed vs. first thing in the morning?
Nice information. I think a practice like this would be perfect for a relative of mine who frequently works 15-hour days six days a week and laments he only sees his children on Sundays. Do you have any recommendations on how to gently propose meditation to a self-proclaimed workaholic who says he doesn't have time for those kind of things? I think he would find it difficult to break his work patterns because he has always been an overachiever. Am worried he's losing himself to an endless cycle of work and increasing responsibility, but think meditation might put life in perspective for him. Any thoughts on this would be most appreciated.
Wendy:
Great post! I used to mediate 5 to 10 minutes a day. It's a lot harder than it seems. I had such a hard time trying to control my thoughts and staying focused on one thought. I'm not sure I was doing it correctly. I would love to try to start doing it again as I really felt it helped me in so many areas.
Wendy can you share some tips for beginners to start to mediate?
I am horribly hyper. For me to meditate for 5-10 minutes? Or even half an hour? It would take me an hour to just settle down enough to meditate, let alone do the actual meditating!
How can a bounce-off-the-walls type of person settle herself down sufficiently to be able to meditate? I have terrible difficulty even sitting down occasionally to watch a 30 minute TV show.
I just don't know if I could physically or mentally relax in order to complete (or enjoy) this kind of activity, although I know it works wonders for those calm enough to do it. People who do yoga and meditate seem really together and peaceful!
I think I need a kind of human-sized hamster wheel where I am just placed (forced?) on it and go around and around for hours until I just drop off from exhaustion. That'll teach me.
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