{"id":116,"date":"2018-12-25T14:15:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T14:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilatesspaceflorida.u2xudbvc-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=116"},"modified":"2024-03-01T23:39:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T23:39:15","slug":"3-easy-steps-to-a-meditation-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/3-easy-steps-to-a-meditation-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Easy Steps to a Meditation Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. Set an Intention<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The first step toward starting your own meditation practice is setting an intention \u2013 something you aspire to feel or achieve. When setting an intention, turn inward and ask \u201cwhat do i want to feel?\u201d Intentions can be a single word such as \u201clove,\u201d or an affirmation such as \u201ci am enough\u201d or \u201ci am abundant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Find Your Focus <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The next step is choosing your focus while meditating. You can simply focus on your breathing, which you always have with you. To do this, mindfully inhale a deep breath and exhale a deep breath \u2013 and repeat. You can sit with your breath for as long as you need to feel calm and grounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, you can choose to focus on something more tactile, like mala beads. With this method, you can turn your beads between your index finger and thumb, working your way around the necklace until you reach the end. This signifies a full meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another option for finding focus is concentrating on a mantra. A mantra is a word or sound that is repeated internally while meditating. You can use the intention you set for the practice as your mantra. You can layer all three during a meditation. It\u2019s about finding the practice that feels best for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Be Kind to Yourself <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

During meditation, your mind will surely wander. There\u2019s no reason to be frustrated or to judge yourself. The point of meditation is not to eliminate your thoughts, but simply to become more aware of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When your mind does wander from your focus, acknowledge that your mind has wandered and simply return to your focus with love and kindness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Set an Intention The first step toward starting your own meditation practice is setting an intention \u2013 something you aspire to feel or achieve. When setting an intention, turn inward and ask \u201cwhat do i want to feel?\u201d Intentions can be a single word such as \u201clove,\u201d or an affirmation such as \u201ci am … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":81905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81871,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/81871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesoase.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}