Hey there! If you have been looking to learn how to meditate so you can relieve your anxiety, then here’s an ultimate guide for you! I’ll be sharing with you a step-by-step process that you can follow to be in track with your meditation practice. There’ll also be some simple practice tips that can help you with your meditation routine.

I’ve been practicing Meditation for 2 years now almost every single day, and have noticed some immense benefits from it. So, I’ll be sharing my tips with you in this post because I know it can be a struggle to stick with a meditation routine for many of you out there. I’ll also be sharing a bonus tip with you towards the end of this post.

The Meditation technique that I’m going to cover over here in this post called the Mindfulness Meditation. I’ll be breaking down this technique into an easy step by step process. You can follow this process like a guide for whenever you might need a reference .

Are you ready to say goodbye to your anxiety and stress with Meditation? Awesome! Then let’s begin!

The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation for Anxiety

This ultimate stepwise guide for Meditation will help you in relieving your stress and anxiety. It will also ease whatever overwhelm or restlessness that you might be experiencing when you sit down for meditation!

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Step: 1 Choose a time and place. Preferably a quieter place with minimum distractions.

Step: 2 Sit in a comfortable position. Experts in Meditation might sit in a specific way with their legs on top of each other. Although this might be advisable, it is not absolutely necessary to sit this way, specially if you’re a beginner. However, it is best to avoid the sleeping position since there might be an inkling to fall asleep in this position.

Step: 3 Rest your hands comfortably on your legs

Step: 4 Gently close your eyes . You can have them open too, but it is best to keep it closed so you can stay more focused. 

Step: 5 Focus & Re-Focus: Focus your attention on your breathing while you slowly breathe in and breathe out. If you feel like you are having a lot of distracting thoughts from your day to day life, like, “What should I cook for dinner?”, or “I still need to do laundry”, or “Oh I need to do this”, “ I need to do that “, “oh, I forgot to do something “, or any other thoughts for that matter, just observe and acknowledge them as your passing thoughts without actively thinking about them. Just let them pass but bring your focus back to your breathing.

P.S.: To learn more about other Stress Management Techniques, check out this post >> How to Reduce Stress

Some Practice Tips for you…

1. Prioritize meditation: Having a desire to meditate without a goal will get you nowhere. Use a time block, put it on your calendar if you have to. Even if it is for 5 mins a day, it will get you started with cultivating this habit. 
2. Embrace patience:  Be kind and compassionate towards yourself. Even if your mind wanders a lot, just let go of control over your thoughts. Don’t be harsh on yourself for losing focus. Be patient. Meditation is like building that muscle and over time, it will get better. So, even if you start small, you will be able to build upon it.
3. Reading books on Meditation will also help you gain more insights about your meditation practice. You can find links to a couple of them down below:
4. Lastly, Consistency is the key: Stay consistent and persistent, and optimistic about your practice, and you will see benefits from it.

Bonus Tips:

1. To remain focused, repeat a calming word in your mind like “Love”, or “Peace”, or the name of a God, if you believe in, and do it in a calming way. You can also use some calming images of nature like the ocean or greeneries, or images of God to lay your inner gaze upon and remain focused. This will also help in calming you down and getting you to a more peaceful state. Also, if you think your mind has wandered almost the entire time, and you start feeling like it was a total waste of time, just refocus for one more minute, and you will feel a lot better!
2. If you find yourself fidgeting and feeling restless whether or not the time set for your ritual is complete, I suggest that you use an alarm so you can stay focused on your meditation and not the time.
3. If you find it hard to do your meditations at a stretch, I suggest that you split them up throughout your day. Like for instance, if you’re starting off with a 10-min meditation a day, you can do it for 5mins in the morning and 5mins at night.

Did you know? Breath work and Breathing exercises also help in relieving anxiety? Check out this post to learn more >> Breathing Exercises for Anxiety and Stress

Conclusion

So, there you have it! The ultimate guide for meditation that will relieve your anxiety! If you got value from this post, share it with those who might benefit from it. Leave me a comment below to tell me more about your meditation practice .

And, before you go, be sure to check out other stress and anxiety relief techniques that I’ve shared in other posts that have been linked over here too! And, until next time, take care and I’ll see you soon!

P.S.: You might be interested in this Free Download of my personalized Guided Meditation to relieve your Anxiety and Stress. If yes, follow this link now! >> Guided Meditation for Anxiety and Stress

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