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Easy Beginner Mindfulness Meditation: A Step-by-Step Guide
This beginner mindfulness meditation guide will help you take your first steps towards a mindful meditation practice that doesn’t involve sitting in silence for 30 minutes. This easy mindfulness meditation for beginners comes from the book 3 – Minute Positivity by Susan Reynolds.
Basic mindfulness meditation gets a bad rap for being boring because everyone is addicted to stimulation and having things ‘happen’. But if you’re ready to try being more mindful and work on meditating here is a simple and effective beginner mindfulness meditation.
Meditating is designed to bring all thoughts back inside. Beginner mindfulness meditation is easier to start than most people think. With just a few simple steps, you can create a daily habit that promotes positivity. Plus, when you learn to meditate and be mindful you are allowing yourself to have better control of your thoughts, feelings, and actions.
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3-Minute Positivity Workbook: Transform Your Life by Changing Your Thoughts
by Susan Reynolds
Guided Mindfulness Meditation Tips and Resources For Beginners
Side Note: If you’re looking to learn more about guided mindfulness meditations for positivity; I have shared a couple apps I used when I was first starting to meditate. I was able to use these apps for quick mindfulness exercises during my work day too.
Calm
"Mindfulness meditation, and guided programs to build healthy habits that will last a lifetime."
A meditation, relaxation, helpful sleep app. You can download this on your phone, and they have a free 14 day trial and then about $14.99 monthly after that. (This could change, I’m not affiliated with them, have just used the app before)
Headspace
"Beginning Mindfulness Meditation - Learn the Fundamental techniques of meditation"
Headspace is another guided meditation app that offers a free 7 day trial and then monthly after that about $12.99 However, they run deals all year long.
Heads Up: Some of you may be able to get a free membership subscription through your medical insurance or through your work wellness benefits. I know this because my sister gets a family plan free through her work 🙂
Make Calm Your Superpower
"Join 200,000+ of Users from across the world who are discovering the benefits of mindfulness meditation with the help of advanced EEG technology and real-time feedback"
Muse is a mindfulness meditation headband/app that tracks your brainwaves and helps you understand what is happening when you meditate or sleep. Gives you visuals, and insights into your brain basically. I’m not going to lie, this is an expensive choice to get started meditating (since you don’t need fancy things to get started) but I recommend it because I’ve used it before, and I did notice a significant difference after using it.
Simple Steps to Start Your Beginner Mindfulness Meditation Practice
- Find a quiet, peaceful place to sit comfortably. You don’t have to sit with your legs crossed under you. Just sit comfortably and quietly, away from others, if possible.
- Close your eyes, take a few slow, deep breaths. As you do so, focus on the rise and fall of your chest as each breath comes in and then goes out.
- Continue your slow, steady breath. Move your attention to your stomach and notice how it rises and falls with each breath.
- As thoughts occur (and they will!), notice them, but release them and refocus on your breath.
- Do this for three to five minutes, and then slowly build up your time.
The End Of Your Beginner Mindfulness Meditation Guide
It’s said two twenty-minute sessions a day will boost positivity and the ability to better control how your mind processes thoughts and how you manage emotions. Allow yourself to start slowly and build to twenty minutes, twice a day.
This is just the beginning and your mindfulness meditation practice will be changing and developing for years to come. The journey is where you grow 🙂
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Sending you all the Good Vibes💜✨🌙
“All emotions serve a purpose.” – Susan Reynolds
For more mindfulness meditation and information – Check out: How to be mindful
