The document provides tips for making meditation easy and approachable for beginners. It recommends keeping meditation sessions short at 5 minutes or less. It also suggests using guided meditations found online to make it easier to get started without having to figure it out alone. The document emphasizes that the mind will wander at first but to be patient and clear the mind, and not to judge oneself when distracted. It also notes the importance of making meditation a daily ritual and keeping resources accessible to stay consistent with the practice.

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2. Meditation Made Easy
Meditation makes life a little better. Answers come
more readily, days flow more easily, emotions feel
more grounded. Everyone can use some meditation
in their lives which is why I always recommend it to
clients, yet it’s often met with trepidation.
Why? Because it seems like an intimidating
thing. But it doesn’t have to be. These are a few of
my meditation made easy tips that can make the
practice more approachable

3. Meditation Made Easy
1. Keep It Short
Most people think meditation requires hours sitting in stillness.
It can, but it doesn’t have to. I set aside as few as five minutes
every morning for my practice. That’s it! Faster than a polish
change.

4. Meditation Made Easy
2. Go for Guided
Instead of trying to figure
it out yourself, choose a
guided meditation that
you can find on iTunes.
Google “guided
meditation” and endless
choices pop up, some
with spoken word, others
with music, some both.
Spend some time
exploring to find what
resonates with you

5. Meditation Made Easy
3. Be Patient
People always tell me that when they “try” to meditate they
find their minds wandering, even racing. So they give up. Of
course your mind will race, especially when you’re new to
meditating. Just notice it and clear your head. Then keep going.
Most importantly, don’t judge yourself when this happens.
With practice, you’ll improve.

6. Meditation Made Easy
4. Make It a Ritual
journal before my
workout.
This process takes me no
more than 15 minutes
but makes a major
difference in my day. If I
skip it one day, things feel
a little “off.”
To keep myself on track, I’ve built meditation into a morning
ritual. I wake up early, prepare a morning detox drink, then
meditate and write in my

7. Meditation Made Easy
5. Accessibility is Key
Like anything else, if you have to go searching for it, it’s less
likely to happen. I keep my guided meditations organized in a
playlist on iTunes and upload them to my phone. That way, I
can get to them easily no matter where I am.

8. Meditation Made Easy
6. Stay With It
Throughout this post I’ve referred to meditation as a practice.
Because it is.
Keep going with it, be
as consistent as
possible and it will get
easier, become
enjoyable and create
noticeable changes in
you and your life.

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