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How To Meditate

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A great clip on learning how to meditate.. great for beginners looking to relieve stress

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hey Kate here welcome to well-cast if you've been here before welcome if it's your first time check out our introductory video long story short it's 100 Wellness exercises in 100 days you in today we are going to meditate all right I know it might seem a little Corky and what is it is it praying is it napping if shave head and wear robes and sit still until your butt falls asleep meditation can be a lot of things the word comes from the Latin term Med Atari which means vaguely enough to contemplate but no matter how you go about meditating the goal is the same Focus the good news is anyone can met and there are proven scientific benefits to meditating one study at the University of Massachusetts concluded that people who performed as simple meditation exercise ever Hey where's 33% more likely to state that they were in a better mood after 10 weeks they were also 29% less likely to state that they were bothered by physical better yet the National Institute of Health found the daily meditation helps improve blood flow to the brain it also helps blood pressure decrease within the first 10 18 minutes of practice what's so great about that well decrease blood pressure means or less likely to have cardiac events kidney failure and aneurysms plus what blood pressure helps increase cognitive function with all these benefits let's give it a shot meditation comes in many forms which means anyone can do it there are breathing exercises visualization there's Mantra meditation where y need the same sound over and over again but let's start with the basics it's time for meditation 101 did you know that long ago in Buddhist monasteries monks used to get whacked on the back with a piece of wood when they started dozing during their meditation please don't worry just be comfortable and find a quiet place you can be in a chair sitting on the floor or even lying down just make sure your when is straight this is a simple breath Focus meditation you ready okay close your eyes and breathe through your nose focus on the rise and fall of your breath  you can think about your inhale and your exhale on the sensation of your lungs going in emptying your mind will wander you'll find yourself thinking about work or rent or how you keep forgetting to return a DVD to Netflix the Buddhist used to call this sort of mine wandering the monkeys in the mind whenever you spot a mine monkey bring it back to your breath you want to be present if you're counting breaths restart it one every time you have to refocus you probably won't even get to 10 and that's totally turn off hey most people have never done this before right now we're going to guide you through your first 100 seconds of meditation you're ready Braven  redoubt breathing one breathe out one breathe in one redoubt 1 but your day pass you by you might think about home you might think about work watch your thoughts as they drift past you  like a leaf on a river prevent  breathe out Raven  breathe out  imagine your lungs filling with cool blue Air  release all the tensions of the day  breathing breathe out relax the muscles in your neck Raven release the muscles in your abdomen Raven breathe out but your shoulders fall down I'll keep in your spine straight Revenge freeze out revenge breathe out good job how do you feel try meditating for 10 minutes every day for a week you're not seeing an improved try different technique there's something out there for everyone when you're all done bring your newly centered self back and tell us about your experience now that your centered let's recap meditation has a ton of benefits as learn today and physical health and all sorts of stuff today we even did 100 seconds and meditation together you continue to meditate for only lets say 10 to 15 minutes at a time you will start reaping health benefits  tweet us at watchwellcast email us at watchwellcast at gmail.com or leave a comment down below will see you next time

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