Meditation For Busy People - A Beginner's Guide To Establish A Daily Meditation Practice For Busy People

By Sterling Simon

A Beginner's Guide To Establish A Daily Meditation Practice For Busy People

In the modern world, more and more adults are finding that their spare time is being consumed by never-ending bills, work, and responsibilities.

 

As a result, they are stressed but lack the time to relieve or manage that stress in a healthy manner.

 

In fact, according to a 2019 Gallup poll, more than half of adults are stressed during the day! This stress is estimated to be responsible for approximately 66 percent of sleep deprivation in America and 120,000 workplace deaths each year.

 

Meditation, in fact, is one of the most effective ways to relieve and manage stress. Discover how you can incorporate meditation into your busy schedule.

 

Here is what you will learn:

• How popular misconceptions about meditation differ from reality;
• The history of meditation;
• How meditation improves stress;
• How meditation improves the mind;
• How meditation affects 4 regions of the brain;
• How meditation affects the body;
• How meditation calms your mind and body;
• How to use meditation to calm your mind and body;
• How to meditate with movement;
• How to meditate with observations;
• How to meditate with affirmations;
• How to create your own affirmations;
• How to create a daily meditation practice;
• Ways to incorporate meditation into your daily meditation routine;
• Tips for sticking to your daily meditation routine;
• How to meditate to rejuvenate your soul;
• How to journal for meditation;
• And much more!

This guide contains all of the information you need to learn how to meditate and take control of your stress and busy schedule.

What are you waiting for? Grab a copy today!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Royce Publishing
• Release date: Sep 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201342715

Book preview

Chapter 1: What Is Meditation

Meditation is loosely defined as a practice that is used to train attention and awareness as well as achieve mental clarity and emotional stability. The practice incorporates a variety of techniques, such as breathing and movement, to achieve the goal of increased attention and emotional stability.

Many scholars have struggled to define the phenomenon more precisely beyond this broad definition. The reason for this is that meditation comes in a variety of forms and is used in both religious and non-religious settings. Let's take a closer look at what meditation is.

History

Meditation has been practiced since 1500 BCE. The earliest records of meditation can be found in the Hindu traditions of Vendantism, a form of Hinduism that still uses meditation today. Taoists in China and Buddhists in India developed other forms of early meditation.

Early Jews and Christians experimented with meditative practices as well. Philo of Alexandria and Plotinus are two Jewish and Christian thinkers who wrote specifically about meditation around the year 20 BCE, but their ideas were not fully accepted into their respective religions until the Middle Ages.

Meditation became more integrated with Western religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam during the Middle Ages. Meditation became more intertwined with Western religious faith during the Middle Ages, as evidenced by Lectio Divina, Kabbalistic practices, and Sufism. Concurrently, meditative practices were introduced to Japan, where they evolved and were incorporated into other forms of Buddhism.

It wasn't until the nineteenth century that meditation began to shift from a religious ritual to a non-spiritual, health-focused practice. When Asian meditation techniques spread to the West, this transition occurred.

As they spread, Western meditators discovered new applications for meditation, further broadening an already difficult-to-define practice.

Meditation is now practiced in both spiritual and non-spiritual contexts. People of Indian, East Asian, and Abrahamic faiths, for example, frequently practice spiritual meditation, whereas business people and Yoga class attendees frequently practice non-spiritual meditation.

However, in both cases, meditation is viewed as a practice that is used to sharpen the brain's ability to focus as well as to add clarity and stability to the mind and