“I’d love to meditate more, but I just don’t have the time.” Is that really true? It may be. We are certainly not questioning you. You could be ridiculously busy most of the time. Sometimes though, a misconception about meditation keeps people from enjoying its many benefits.
Speaking of benefits, could you use less stress in your life? Who couldn’t? Stress negatively affects your mental and physical states. Chronic stress can lead to debilitating health problems. So you’re probably agreeing that you would love more stress relief.
Relief from stress is one of the cornerstone wellness benefits that meditation delivers.
While you’d like to stress less and chill out more, you don’t see where you have time for meditation. You might be incorrectly perceiving how long you have to meditate for some serious benefits.
5 Minutes Is All You Need
Honestly, why not clear your mind and take a few deep breaths if you only have a minute or two. Push away all your thoughts and worries for the day. Breathe in. Breathe out. Notice the process. Experience your breathing. Just be fully present in your body and mind.
Guess what? That’s meditating.
Do that a few times a day, and you will enjoy more focus and better concentration. Your emotions won’t be all over the road as often. You can form a sense of balance in your life, which is sometimes difficult in this busy, modern world.
If you can, start finding five-minute blocks of time where you can meditate during your day. Oddly, you can stretch that to five minutes if you have a free minute or two. This gives you enough time to prepare, meditate, and reenter your normal daily routine.
Do this three times a day, and at the end of the week, you’ve been meditating for 105 minutes! That’s closing in on two hours. The benefits of meditation are cumulative. In other words, while it’s nice to enjoy a 20 or 30-minute session when you can, smaller five-minute sessions will build up and deliver real rewards.
If you don’t have enough time to meditate, be honest with yourself. Most people have more free time than they really think they do.
Keep a journal. Write down everything you do and the times when you do them. You’ll find more than enough five-minute sessions during even the craziest of days to benefit from some micro-meditation sessions.
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