Loving kindness meditation. Basically a chant based meditation where you think of someone/ something and say positive affirming mantras, its kinda like praying, but mixed with the stillness of meditation all you feel is pure compassion

And starts the day off on a positive note.

I am enough today. Nothing is wrong with me.

Deep breathing today. It clears the mind. That's all I need. All them fears, regrets and voices finally go to sleep for a bit

breathing exercises changed my life no joke

I just need to do it on the daily. Like I only do it when I'm in a bad way. But if I could do it everyday I think it'd seriously change everything for me

My biggest mental block is I can't get out of my head. Like I guess I have alot to deal with but if i could keep my head clear I don't know how far I'd go

Sending you love

u dont even need to think about it that way, doing a longer meditation daily is a good idea but you can do breathing exercises whenever, i always do a bit before i start working on something or if i notice im feeling anxious

at this point i just need a few good breaths to clear my mind, it doesnt need to take more than a minute

do you have a technique you follow?

meditating high so nice, i love to imagine myself as the air going into my lungs and visualize what it looks like, it actually really helps me feel the inside of my throat and i can sort of exercise all the muscles involved in breathing

idek if its possible but ive been trying to breathe through my mouth and nose at the same time, being able to circular breathe would be cool too

think i got it actually cant do it with out snorting tho lmao

No I'm new to meditation as a whole

if u havent tried guided meditation give that a shot a lot of people swear by it

when i meditate i repeat a phrase to myself, usually something i want to work on or do more of on the inhale and something i want to stop or let go of on the exhale

but tbh im not good about routinely meditating, i mainly just do simple breathing exercises, look more into diaphragmatic breathing and square breathing

when diaphragmatic breathing, on the inhale, you want expand your stomach as possible, then move the air up to your chest and expand that as much as possible, then up into the top of your head, when you exhale release all that pressure from your head, relax your shoulders, and tighten your core

square breathing is just inhaling for x seconds, holding the breath in for x seconds, exhaling for x seconds, then waiting another x seconds before inhaling, a lot of people start with 4 seconds, 7 is really good, the key is to go slowly, this will lower your heart rate and get rid of a lot of anxiety

idk how deep into spiritual type stuff you are but theres a visualization that goes along with this called the microscopic orbit, you imagine pulling fire like energy up your spine as you inhale, letting it cool while you hold the breath in the top of your head, and then watching a golden liquid and smoke settle down to the bottom of your stomach, theres more story behind this if ur interested in that theres a lot of info online

tldr/summary:
the goal of meditation, imo, is to be able to observe your thoughts as they appear in your mind, and acknowledge them without entertaining them, just let your mind go back to blank slate, having something to center yourself with is super important when starting, whether that be a guided audio, a visualization, a phrase, or even just your breath

Also thank you fam. I'm kinda going through it in a way. Making progress, just slow progress so it's getting better

Tried it for the first time just now. You werent lying my friend.

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Did metta meditation again this morning and it got me feeling sad and nostalgic all day cause i wished loving kindness on the 3 girls that i really really f***ed with over the years

My friend said he meditates for 20 minutes every day!

I tried to meditate with him one time and I could only do like 12 minutes

also I don’t do it every day and I should

When u catch yourself thinking about that just let the thought pass and concentrate on your breathing!

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Had a 30 min sit at work

Damn thread fell off smh my fault

my body was going through the most like a month ago I thought I was sick fr.

feeling much better now though

anyone got any recommendations/general thoughts for chronic pain

doctors say they can't see anything, so wondering if it's something mental and meditation can cure it 🙏🏽

tried transcendental meditation last night, i guess i fell asleep bc next thing i know it's 8am and i'm sitting upright in bed with the lights still on

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