Make daily meditation a key habit because it reduces stress, making you naturally desire and more efficiently achieve other healthy lifestyle goals like exercise and better nutrition, and improves your body’s ability to metabolize and digest nutrients.
Change your perception of your mind during meditation; instead of fighting thoughts or viewing a ‘monkey mind’ as a failure, treat every thought as legitimate and a natural part of the process, seeing your mind as an ally, which allows for a more effective and less frustrating practice.
Regularly engage in a seated, eyes-closed meditation practice to develop a unique ‘carryover effect,’ allowing you to maintain present moment awareness and a deeper state of rest throughout your day, as the true benefits are experienced outside of the meditation itself.
Understand that the primary goal of meditation is to improve your experiences and effectiveness in the 23 hours outside of the practice, such as being more present with family, performing better at work, or communicating more effectively.
Begin your meditation practice with a very short, consistent daily commitment, even just two minutes, because regular practice, no matter how brief, allows your body to reap benefits and naturally encourages longer sessions over time.
Focus on making meditation an enjoyable experience, either during or immediately after, as this enjoyment is what naturally transforms it into a consistent daily habit, rather than relying solely on discipline.
Instead of actively seeking or forcing a still mind during meditation, allow stillness to emerge naturally as a side effect of accepting and ‘celebrating’ your mind and its thoughts.
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