12 Ways To Help You Meditate Daily

By now everyone should know that meditation and mindfulness are both great for our health. Our physical, mental, and spiritual health are all affected positively by practising these techniques.

But life is busy and much like exercising and eating well, we have to make space and time for meditation.

If you’re struggling, it is okay. We all are, we just might not all show it. Please don’t feel alone.

You may find that one of the following strategies may help you meditate daily.

Schedule It Into Your Day

You may have to put an alert on your work Outlook calendar or into your phone or even hand write it into your planner to follow through.

Whatever way you schedule meditation in is fine – as long as you do it, because you’re more likely to meditate if you schedule the time to do it.

This is a very intentional act. I personally love crossing tasks off of my planner and am far more likely to do something if I write it down and look at it.

Set An Alarm

If you’re a busy person, it may be helpful to set an alarm to remind you to meditate.

Remember this could be for as short as one to five minutes. Meditation does not have to be a large chunk of time in your day.

It is also something that you can practise most places, even in the community. There are only excuses if you make them.

Practice

In order to form a habit, you have to be consistently doing the thing you want to make habitual. Therefore you should be practising meditating every day.

As you continue to practise, it will get easier to be able to engage in and if it is routine, you likely won’t think twice about doing it.

While I believe that nothing is perfect, the old saying ‘practice makes perfect’ makes sense here.

Read About The Benefits Of Meditation

You may be more likely to meditate if you know about its benefits for your health and wellness.

So if I were you, I would start doing more reading and research. Something in you may be triggered to get started. It make excite you.

You can find a few recommended books on meditation in the Additional Resources section below. There’s even one for children, because it’s never too early to get them started on meditation.

Follow Social Medias About Meditation And Wellness

Similar to reading books about meditation, if you follow individuals in the social networking community who utilize meditation, you may be inspired by their stories and progress.

Please take this with a grain of salt, however. Inspiration and jealousy are not the same. Inspiration is positive and jealousy or judgement about your health compared to someone else’s is not forward progress. If you notice that it starts to be counter-productive, please avoid social media.

If it is helpful for you, follow a lot of people in the meditation and wellness community, because you will enjoy watching their journeys.

Join A Group That Practises

I love being around like-minded people. If you are interested in finding a community of people who meditate, you could check our a local community center or college.

There may be hosted events for meditation and mindfulness practice.

You may even find that attending a yoga class is helpful for your continued breathing practice.

Or Practise With A Friend Or Partner

If you are not a group practice person, a dear friend or partner who is interested in meditating with you may be helpful in your meditation practice.

For most people, while this is an individual journey, it may help you feel closer to a friend or partner to practise meditation with them.

Self-care should be contagious. Taking this step together may strengthen your relationship, whether intimate or platonic.

If you are looking for a guided meditation with a partner, there are plenty on YouTube – just search partner meditation practice.

Track Your Progress

I am more interested in doing things if I know I am feeling great about the progress I am making.

It may therefore be helpful to you to track how your progress is going while meditating.

Every day after your meditation, it may be fun to rate on a scale of 1-5 (1 being very uncomfortable and 5 being very comfortable) how it felt.

As it gets easier and easier and you enjoy it more and more, you may find that you want to meditate more often.

You can also track how long you are meditating for and challenge yourself to try longer periods of time.

The body is a collection of really fascinating systems that is capable of so much more than we think it is. Challenging it can be fascinating.

Do Not Judge Yourself

Trying to avoid judging yourself is an important part of meditation. If you are able to inhibit the judgements that you may naturally experience, you will feel more inclined to meditate daily, whereas if your judgements and assumptions are running wild, you may avoid it.

The best way to do this is to try to notice your thoughts and allow them to come and go naturally. As you think something, you may welcome it and say ‘hello’ to it and then say ‘goodbye’ to it without spending a lot of time on it.

This is helpful to not engage in negative thinking towards yourself when trying to meditate.

Create A Space That Feels Good To Meditate In

Having a space that you enjoy is so important!

So if you create a meditation room or corner in a room, you may want to meditate more!

You may want to light candles, use incense, or have an oil diffuser running while you meditate.

It may help you to have background music or a specific pillow or blanket to use.

Whatever feels good for you is what you should use. This is your space and your experience so you should create it to be what you want it to be!

Practise Your Breathing All The Time

Meditation isn’t the only time you should be practising breathing – you should be practising thoughtful and intentional breathing as often as you can.

This will help you maintain your well-being and calmness. Practise your intentional breaths when you are at work or even when exercising.

Notice how it feels going in and out of your body. Remind yourself that breathing is being well.

Praise And Celebrate Yourself

This last strategy is so important.

Please praise and celebrate the steps you are taking to care for yourself.

Meditation is likely one small part of your wellness journey, but it is worthy of praise like the other steps you are taking are.

Celebrate that you are doing this, especially on days that it goes really well.

Celebrate that you are able to meditate for one minute longer today than you were a few days ago.

Remember that this is a lifelong journey towards living well. Slow down, notice the steps, and praise yourself for taking them.

Conclusion

I hope that these strategies help you to meditate daily.

They may not all resonate with you but likely at least one of them will.

If there is one strategy that works better than others, I suggest you use it every day in order to best engage in meditation practice.

What works best for me is having a space that feels great to practise in. What will work best for you?

May your meditation practice be full of life and love and wellness!

Additional Resources

These are suggestions for those who wish to delve deeper into any of the above:

1. Guided Breathing Exercises
2. Meditation For Beginners
3. Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book
4. Mindfulness Course
5. Partner Meditation Practice
6. Peaceful Piggy Meditation
7. Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program
8. Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation
9. The Headspace Guide To Meditation And Mindfulness
10. Tracking App