864 - Meditation 101: A Beginner's Guide

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.2 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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We've all been there. We know meditation is good for us, but we just can't seem to start and stick with it. Maybe we're too busy, or we're not sure how to do it. Or maybe we're just a little intimidated by the idea of sitting still and trying to quiet our minds. But the truth is, starting a meditation practice doesn't have to be complicated or difficult. In fact, getting started with building this habit can be much, much simpler than you think. So, whether you're a meditation newbie or you're looking to get back into it, we've got you covered because this is Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.

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0:00.0	We know meditation is good for us, but we just can't seem to start and stick with it.
0:07.5	Maybe we're too busy or we're not sure how to do it. Or maybe we're just a little intimidated by the idea of sitting
0:16.2	still and trying to quiet our minds but the truth is starting a meditation practice doesn't have to be complicated or difficult.
0:26.4	In fact, getting started with building this habit can be much, much simpler than you think. So whether you're a meditation newbie or you're looking
0:37.0	to get back into it, we've got you covered because this is tiny leaps.
0:44.0	Big two, big, big. Before we jump into the episode, I'm running a survey right now to get to know you a little bit better so that I can improve my content and recommendations going forward.
1:08.0	So if you want to participate, visit W.
1:11.5	T.LBC. CO slash survey right now and get started. The survey should only take about
1:18.6	seven minutes and if you participate before February 3rd, 2023 you'll be able to enter for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card.
1:28.7	Head over to TLBC.co slash survey right now and enter today. So let's talk about meditation. It's
1:36.7	something that we all know we should be doing or at least we vaguely heard
1:40.9	that we should be doing. It's important. It allows us a moment of time, a moment in the day, to feel like we can allow ourselves to rest, to take the time we need to be better and to do better in the future,
1:57.8	to think about the day that we just had, and to think about the day yet to be had.
2:03.8	Meditation is a critical part of our day-to-day lives,
2:07.6	but it's something we all struggle to be consistent with,
2:11.0	myself included. I go back and forth on my meditation habit constantly.
2:16.7	I'll start and I'll stop and I'll start again and I'll stop again and eventually it'll be months before I meditate once again and I start the
2:26.0	process over and over again. But if you're like me you know it's important and so you
2:31.0	want to give it another shot or maybe you just want to start from
2:35.1	scratch you've heard about it for a long time and you think you should just give it a
2:40.5	try which I do recommend so in this episode I want to go through
2:45.4	meditation 101. It's going to be incredibly valuable for those of you who've never
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