{"id":16977,"date":"2021-11-19T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=16977"},"modified":"2021-11-19T13:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T13:00:03","slug":"4-steps-to-great-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/meditation\/4-steps-to-great-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Steps to Great Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meditation is an awesome experience for many people. <\/span><\/p>\n

It helps them calm their nerves, reset priorities and prepare for the day. <\/span><\/p>\n

Others find it hard to concentrate or relax even when they are trying to meditate. <\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps it’s time to change up the way you are doing things.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

People often think of mediation as sitting cross-legged on the floor, closing your eyes, palms up, and humming. <\/span><\/p>\n

The key things to note with establishing a meditative practice are to get alone for at least 15 minutes and to put yourself in a quiet place where you won’t be disrupted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond that, there are five things you can do to make your meditation more effective for you. Read on to find out what.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Be realistic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Many people would love to meditate for hours but who has the time? <\/span><\/p>\n

Establishing a realistic measure of time for meditation is the number one problem people have. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many set it for way too long and don’t know how to fill it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You don’t have to have extended meditation time. <\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, 10 to 15 minutes are great for meditation pick-me-ups on busy days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s best to do it in the morning.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

While it isn’t scientifically proven that mornings are the best times for meditation, this has been the idea for thousands of years.
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Meditation can set the tone for your day and starting it out with a calming force will help your day go better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Accept yourself.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Part of meditation is to learn to accept who you are, even with your faults. <\/span><\/p>\n

You may not feel like doing it or may not be great at it. That’s okay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Understand it isn’t magic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Meditation has long been connected with mystical forces but the heart of it isn’t mystical at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

Meditation is really about getting deep inside your head and heart and figuring out what makes you tick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meditation can be a good thing to put into your life daily. <\/span><\/p>\n

You shouldn’t try to put it into a programmed box in your life, but instead, make it a part of your life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meditation is an awesome experience for many people. It helps them calm their nerves, reset priorities and prepare for the day. Others find it hard to concentrate or relax even when they are trying to meditate. Perhaps it’s time to change up the way you are doing things.\u00a0 People often think of mediation as sitting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[695],"tags":[1420,696],"class_list":["post-16977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditation","tag-learn-to-meditate","tag-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}