Meditation a.k.a the key to success

One of the first things I like to share when I meet new people are the perks of meditation.

I had an Epiphany today, I was thinking about what I could post as my first article and suddenly meditation came to my mind. It is however very odd that I haven’t thought about it before because it is something that has been a part of my routine for now almost a year and talk about all the time to my friends to get them to give it a try. 

(PSA: if you participated to the yoga class, the feeling when we layed down and focused on our breathing is the same kind of "flying" feeling there is with meditation hehe)

Meditation helps you relief stress, clear and calm your mind, find balance and inner peace within yourself. It increases your creativity, productivity, intuition and overall happiness and well-being. I also improves focus, your sleep and even your metabolism.

Fun fact: meditation reduce aging and boosts your immune system.

There is so many benefits whether it is mental, physical, spiritual or emotional. It doesn’t take much effort. Being in a period of exam I think everybody needs it!

Before sharing with you some tips and more information on meditation, I wanted to share with you some of my experiences and why I started meditating regularly.

My first time meditating was completely out of curiosity, I had before heard so much about it and how it really helps our minds. In that period I was very unhappy and stressed so I thought I should try. I started off with some guided meditation of fifteen to fifteen minutes a day and it really changed my life. I sound like I’m exaggerating but it did help me a lot, I wasn’t so tense all the time anymore and just saw the world on a brighter note. I think meditating is a great way to find peace and happiness within you.

Now there is different ways to meditate, I think the best position though is the one you feel the most comfortable in (sitting or lying down), you just have to make sure your spine is straight.

Base of breathing meditation:

-          Breathing deeply and concentrate on it. Be sure to stay focus only on your breathing. If your mind is drifting, be sure not to engage with your thoughts. Try to be in a state where you are aware of yourself and your surroundings but your mind is empty.

To start, like I did, guided meditation really helps, (there is a lot on YouTube but also apps on mobile phones, I highly recommend: headspace) but of course you can just listen to soft music that you like in the background but with no lyrics only instrumental or nature sounds. Nature sounds relax me the most; rain, waves etc…

Extra:

-          If you can’t remember your dreams at night; Meditate then try starting a “dream journal”. When you wake up, directly write what you remember from your dream. Keep doing this, you’ll see it really does work. I couldn’t remember anything from my dreams but now I know too much lol.

Here are some nice videos on meditation:

That’s it! Try and tell me all about it. Also feel free of course if you have questions to ask comment below

Xoxo