Meditation
Meditate every day and as often as you can. It will change your life. Well, it'll change how you see life ...
Start with a body scan: guided body scan meditation
Learn to relax.
Try zazen meditation. Do it regularly until you recognise the mind calming down. Enjoy the posture, relax into the body breathing.
Then, practice mindfulness, it is a major pivot in meditation practice and is good for life in general - guided mindfulness meditation
It's a good idea to keep gladdening the mind: guided meditation to gladden the mind
A happy mind is a useful place to meditate from. It helps settle the mind, and is a useful condition accessing deeper mental states.
Once you've been meditating a while, try jhana practice (more jhana here) or vipassana. It will lift the lid on your life.
Here's my personal walk through of the anapanasati stages:
Stage 1 - breathing and body
Stage 2 - pleasure and thoughts
Stage 3 - heartmind and equanimity
Stage 4 - wisdom and freedom
It's useful to do stage 1 a lot until you know the difference between being in the body and thinking about the body. I created an app on Google Play that contains the anapanasati instructions - it will guide through if you want it to.
If you want something easy to try, here's some simple ideas to experiment with/think about:
Getting back into the groove meditation instructions
Breathe in, breathe out, release
Relax the mind
Don't breathe out, just let it go
Meditation sequence to stillness
Rest in the gaps
Using visualisation
Aim straight for the still point:
Go deep
Then go even deeper.
Beginners
Start with a body scan: guided body scan meditation
Learn to relax.
Try zazen meditation. Do it regularly until you recognise the mind calming down. Enjoy the posture, relax into the body breathing.
Then, practice mindfulness, it is a major pivot in meditation practice and is good for life in general - guided mindfulness meditation
It's a good idea to keep gladdening the mind: guided meditation to gladden the mind
A happy mind is a useful place to meditate from. It helps settle the mind, and is a useful condition accessing deeper mental states.
More experienced meditators
Once you've been meditating a while, try jhana practice (more jhana here) or vipassana. It will lift the lid on your life.
Here's my personal walk through of the anapanasati stages:
Stage 1 - breathing and body
Stage 2 - pleasure and thoughts
Stage 3 - heartmind and equanimity
Stage 4 - wisdom and freedom
It's useful to do stage 1 a lot until you know the difference between being in the body and thinking about the body. I created an app on Google Play that contains the anapanasati instructions - it will guide through if you want it to.
Assorted practices for fun
If you want something easy to try, here's some simple ideas to experiment with/think about:
Getting back into the groove meditation instructions
Breathe in, breathe out, release
Relax the mind
Don't breathe out, just let it go
Meditation sequence to stillness
Rest in the gaps
Using visualisation
Aim straight for the still point:
Go deep
Then go even deeper.