How to meditate for beginners in 5 steps.
You guys requested this video after I talked about how to achieve true happiness through
being present (which is trained through meditation), as well as after the video on the benefits
of meditation on your health and your mind.
To reiterate a few, it will help with NoFap and it will make you less anxious as well
as many other benefits.
The best part is you get all of this just from closing your eyes and breathing.
It's a little bit more complex than that, and today we'll be going over the 5 steps
to how to meditate effectively.
Before we get into this I am launching a NoFap course soon to help you beat the addiction
forever, so if you're interested, there's an email list link in the comments or description!
Also, big shoutout to Calm Insider for animating this, check them out at the end!
The first step to meditation is obviously to find a place to use for meditation.
I simply use my room in the morning when it is extremely quiet because my parents aren't
up around 5AM and that's perfect for me.
Even if you are in a busy environment, try to find a relatively silent area, maybe your
room before you go to sleep, early in the morning, or even for me in the past and still
when I have to do it with people home, in the garage or basement areas where noise from
outside is canceled for the most part.
Once you have found your spot, we can move onto how to sit.
The second step is to sit.
For me I have found the most awareness when sitting down with my legs crossed on the floor,
but I have meditated sitting in a chair and that works perfectly fine as well.
No matter what make sure your back is straight and that it is a comfortable position as later
on when you sit in the same position for 10, 20, even 30 minutes at a time, it will pay
dividends to sit up correctly.
The third step is to use a timer or an app to meditate for a certain amount of time.
I use the Calm app which has a website as well though it is paid, but I do know that
many people recommend Headspace which is free.
Or just set a timer on your phone or computer for however long you want, though for beginners
this is what I recommend.
Meditate for 1 minute today.
Do it today or most likely you'll never do it -- plus it's just one minute.
Then as you progress, add up 1 minute per week.
So this week until Sunday you meditate 1 minute, next week 2 minutes, and progress until however
long you need.
I would say minimum for stopping adding time would be around 15 minutes per day.
The fourth step is to close your eyes.
Keep them closed -- there are other meditation methods, but for this it is much easier and
more beneficial, at least for me, to meditate with my eyes fully shut for the entire session.
The fifth and final step is to breathe and to focus on it.
Now this is pretty simple, but some people start to think too much about how to breath.
At times if I feel like it I will take a few deep breaths just to get myself in the mood
to meditate, or just to get some fresh air into my lungs.
However, when you are doing it, just breathe naturally and focus on the breath -- and to
do this, notice the time between when you release a breath and when you breathe in a
new one.
There's a little pause between that, and just watch that as you go.
This will eliminate most thoughts that come into your head.
At the beginning, do not get discouraged, the first week or so, you will probably be
bombarded with thoughts if you are someone in your head a lot, and that's what meditation
solves.
People who are always in their heads are usually anxious or regretful of the past.
But when you start to focus on the present moment and enjoy the environment around you
rather than always thinking and being steps behind, you are here in the now.
So when you breathe, focus on being aware.
When a thought comes by, don't judge it, just continue to breathe and let it go.
For me I have issues sometimes with music basically playing in the background of my
head, so I turn my attention toward the breath and I'm good.
Even monks have wandering thoughts at times, so don't sweat it, just keep trying to stay
focused on the present moment as much as possible.
Once the timer is up, then you can slowly return by opening your eyes and getting up
from your seat or from the floor.
So that's all I've got for you today.
I really appreciate you watching till the end and if you are interested, I am going
to be revamping the NoFap course soon, I'll be doing some experiments, and creating a
community -- so if you want to be a part of the Kreative nation, then be sure to go to
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You don't have to, it's only if you're actually interested in receiving updates.
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This is Kevin from KreativeVein, peace.
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