PREPARATION FOR MEDITATION TIPS
PRE-MEDITATION Here are some preparation for meditation tips to help you to get into the right frame of mind for a meditation session.
WRITE If you have lots of thoughts buzzing around in your head and you can't relax your mind, try writing down everything that is niggling you, in a stream of consciousness manner, or in note form. Scribble down all your thoughts as they occur to you and list the ideas, plans or worries that keep circling round in your head. Once all those thoughts are externalised on paper, you may be able to settle down for meditation.
COUNT If writing is not for you, you could prepare for meditation by using a form of self-hypnosis. Tell yourself that when you say the number 'one', your mind will be calm and ready for meditation. Then count backwards slowly from ten to one (or twenty to one, depending on how stressed you are). After your meditation session, count yourself slowly from one to ten, giving yourself the suggestion that you will be refreshed and alert when you reach the number 'ten'.
FOCUS
Another preparation for meditation tip involves fixing your mind on one number instead of counting backwards. Visualise a black number e.g. 3 on a white background and attempt to hold it in focus in your mind's eye for one minute. You could try the same thing with a letter of the alphabet or a shape like a blue triangle or a red square.
IMAGINE If your mind is teeming with thoughts or you are emotionally stressed, visualise a stormy sea. Then gradually imagine the wind and waves subsiding, until the sea becomes gentle and quiet and still.
STARE In order to settle your mind, you can stare into a candle flame and observe the colours. You could also use a flower or the leaf of a plant in the same way.
It is also important to prepare yourself to return to your physical environment once you have finished a meditation session.
Click here to read about ways to ground yourself after meditating.
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