This is the biggest question that I get asked…how do I create consistency when it comes to my own meditation practice? And to me it is always a simple answer yet almost a courageous answer!
Make it a priority, just like brushing your teeth or showering every day. Consider your meditation practice to be of the same importance as these every day regular activities that we tend to just do and fit in regardless of what our day is. Create a routine and regular time for your meditation practice.
And the courageous part is to actually prioritise yourself! You see, meditation is devoting time yourself, just YOU for no other reason than because you value and love yourself and want to spend quality time with yourself! Away from the different hats that you wear, just as YOU! In the fullness of YOU!
Here are a few more points you might like to consider as you create your own meditation practice…
- You do not need to have a ‘perfect’ meditation spot filled with candles, crystals, cushions, affirmation cards etc…. As when you meditate you actually close down your eyes, so none of this important. And often we use these items as excuses why not to meditate, “I don’t have the perfect meditation spot so I can’t meditate today” or “Once I can create a ‘bliss-full’ place then I will meditate”. These are all external excuses! You can meditate anywhere, by SIMPLY CLOSING DOWN YOUR EYES and let go of your external world!
- We often wait for a quiet / undisturbed time to meditate. Yes, this is always ideal when meditating but let me remind you that our life (or my life) is not quiet or undisturbed. It is full of noise, people and life. So why would I expect my meditation practice to be any different. I am often interrupted or hear noises when meditating and maybe you do too. So rather than using these noises / interruptions as excuses to not meditate, maybe use these as an opportunity to re-affirm and re-choose meditation. For example when you are disturbed think to yourself, okay that needs my attention now, I will take a full breath in and re-choose to come back to myself in meditation.
- Meditation is not separate to your life. Meditation becomes a part of your life. You see meditation is not about closing down your eyes for 30 minutes in the morning and then getting busy in your day and forgetting about your meditation. It is about using your meditation time as the anchor for the rest of your day. And then coming back to this anchor through the day either via a conscious breath, a moment with your heart or even a remembering of the meditation. These become mini-meditations through the day that remind you and keep you connected to your own heart.
- Start with where you are comfortable. Begin your meditation practice with what you enjoy doing. Don’t try to over-complicate or make it look like an ‘instagram perfect image of meditation’. Start with where you are at! Start slowly and build upon it.
- Remember that every time that you sit down to meditate it will be a different experience. Sometimes it will be filled with peace and wonder other times it will be filled with thoughts and disturbances. Welcome it all in and accept each meditation to be unique as it is. Let go of expectations and allow your practice to be felt. (and remember here that often our meditation practice is a perfect mini-representation of what is happening in our life in that moment, so be curious about how / what you are experiencing in the larger context of your life).
I hope these points help you to create your own consistent meditation practice. I call my meditation time…my SACRED SELF-DEVOTION TIME, this feels like I am gifting myself special time for just ME!
Do let me know how you go with your meditation practice.
With rainbows of love,
Debbie xo
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