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The benefits of meditation are being touted everywhere, from psychological journals to health and fitness magazines to holistic websites and even in mainstream media.?
It?s one thing to understand and agree with the positive benefits of a meditation practice, but another thing to incorporate it into your busy life. It?s kind of like understanding that certain foods are bad for you, but still continuing to eat them until someone gives you an easy and tasty substitute.?
Time and again, I hear people complain about their monkey mind and how they just can?t stop their thoughts. As if their thoughts were in control of them. That?s the first step in meditation?realizing that you do indeed have control over your thoughts. And, no big surprise, it is the main challenge that we all face in beginning a meditation practice.?
I have found that it is easier if you can think of the mind as a muscle. Look to the recent Olympic games as an example. The first time Michael Phelps jumped into the pool, he could not break records with his swimming. It took practice, and the focus on a goal. While we won?t win any gold medals from meditating, we will gain a peace of mind that makes our day-to-day life much easier and healthier.?
So how do we begin training the mind to be quiet, to build the muscle of focus and concentration?
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(As previously published online in Lehigh Valley Style)
Source: http://robinpatino.com/2012/08/ten-minutes-to-a-less-stressful-life/
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