Hi Luz,
You could start with an app like insight timer, whicht offers both silent and guided meditations. Also you could read some more about meditating, for instance from jon kabat zinn if you want to try mindfulness meditation. There are many different forms of meditation with different practices, viewpoints and effects; you don’t need to figure this all out in advance but it can be useful to explore the differences and see what resonates with you most. For meditations that helps with feeling negative (about yourself) you could try some self-compassion guided meditations by Kristin Neff. Also finding a group or a teacher nearby can help your practice and understanding tremendously.
Enjoy the road!
Love,
Kim

I recommend using the calm.com they also have an app for the iPhone if you have one. http://www.calm.com/ I am using this for my meditation practice myself. It’s very helpful.

Hello LIz

I dont know if you are familiar with a verse in scriptuer that simply says “be still and know?”
That is all there is to meditation. Just sit quietly twice a day, thoughts will pass through your mind, just allow them to flow by without falling into them.
thats my meditation that IAm sharing.
It is my spiritual journey.

louise

Hi:

It sounds like you are new to meditation and there has certainly been a lot of great advice already provided, but I wanted to weigh in since what I am going to say, may help someone else who may still be struggling. I have been successful instructing people who have a hard time meditating, so let me just say this. It is normal to get distracted every 5-20 seconds when you meditate. Your mind wanders and thinks about a host of things. And this happens to people who have been meditating for years. What changes is the recovery time, noticing the distraction and getting back on point of becoming calm. Sure you can meditate to a visual or a sound, mantra, etc., but the best mediations performed are ones that go deep into the cellular level to rid us of the muck that has become trapped in the deepest layers of our being. For this it’s just you in a darkened room with nothing but your breath. Feeling your breath at the opening of the nostrils and going back to that nostril location every time you’re distracted proves to be such an intense meditation, it will have you floating as you eliminate the muck, that is stuck. Hope that helps.

LeeZa Donatella
Spiritual Spew

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