MEDITATION

Morning Meditation. The

Best Part of Waking Up
What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Roll over and go
right back to sleep? Reach for that cup of coffee? Immediately labor on a to-do
list? Why not try something different? Something that will kick-start your day with
clarity and enthusiasm. Charge up your energy levels and help you stay on top of
whatever the day aims at you.

Meditate first thing in the morning

Even if you wake up all tired and groggy, just twenty minutes of meditation first
thing in the morning will make you spring to life. Morning meditation will set the
tone for the day. Keeping you focused, optimistic and at peace. Your perspective
will become broad and balanced. Stress will be held at bay. You will also find
yourself opting for healthier food choices. Shrugging off the previous day’s
tensions. And sleeping soundly at night.

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Developing a morning meditation practice can alter your life in the most positive
way. It may, however, take a little effort to establish.

Overcoming Challenges to Morning Meditation

Try and reserve a place in your home only for meditation. Make this your go-to
place, your little sanctuary, your haven. Make a pact with yourself. Say that you
will return here every morning, come what may. It may take a little time and
patience to build your practice. Do this continuously for, let’s say, 40 days. And
consider the following tips to help you persevere.

Early to bed, early to rise

Try and get to bed early so that you get an average of six to eight hours sleep.
While sleeping too much can get in the way of morning meditation, so can sleeping
too little.

Beat the morning blues

If you are plagued by the morning blues, you may view meditation as another chore.
You may think about meditation as one more thing to do rather than something to
benefit from. However, morning meditation is a perfect antidote for the morning
blues. Just let go of your resistance and focus on all the mind-boggling ways
meditation can benefit you.

Master the morning routine

Mornings can be an extremely busy time for most people. Getting ready for work,
getting the family ready for the day – it seems really daunting to add meditation
to an already long routine list. In reality, meditation can help you get through
your busy morning. Beginning your day in a calm, relaxed state can help you achieve
more in a shorter period of time.

Silence the noise

Although it would be ideal to meditate in a quiet place, it may not always be
possible to do so. Most of us lead hectic lives in crowded places. To meditate in a
busy environment, ignore the noise around you. Do not resist the noise, accept it
instead. Then return to your breath, breathing slowly and deeply.

Sometimes the noise may be internal, not external. You may be sitting in a quiet
place, but the thoughts racing around in your head may be distracting you. Again,
don’t get annoyed with yourself, don’t resist your thoughts. Just observe them,
then return to your breath and focus on it.

It also helps to have a mantra while meditating. If you’d like to have your own
personal mantra to meditate upon, do explore the Art of Living organization’s Sahaj
Samadhi program.

Natural sunlight works

It has been scientifically proven that the body responds to and benefits from
natural sunlight in more ways than one. See if it is possib