Meditation has a lot of benefits. It reduces stress, keeps anxiety under control, increases your self-awareness, and can even help improve your attention span. However, learning to meditate is not always as easy as you would hope. There can be a bit of a learning curve at the beginning, and buying a guide to meditation can be really handy. Here are some more reasons why those interested in meditation should consider buying a beginner's guide.
You can learn a specific modality rather than a jumble of ideas.
There are lots of different types of meditation out there. Mindfulness meditation, mantra meditation, progressive meditation, and transcendental meditation are just a few of them. If you buy a beginner's book on meditation, it will generally focus on a specific method. So, as you follow the book, you will learn a cohesive, systematic approach to meditation that you can return to again and again. If you did not have a book, you might end up relying on various ideas and tips from a variety of sources in order to learn to meditate. This can be confusing since the tips probably trace back to different modalities and may not all be compatible.
You'll have an easier time sticking with it.
So many people start learning to meditate, but then they give up after a few days or weeks. If you buy a beginner's guidebook, there will generally be exercises for you to do each day as you learn. Following along with these exercises will keep you motivated and on-task. You're more likely to stick with meditation long enough to really get a good grasp of it.
You'll learn more than just how to meditate.
While the focus of a meditation guide is, of course, teaching you how to meditate, most of these books also include other helpful information about meditation. There may be a chapter or two on the history of meditation. There might be a chapter on the key benefits of meditation, or on the ways in which health systems utilize meditation. Reading this information can give you a better understanding of what you're really doing and why you're doing it, which can help keep you motivated.
Learning to meditate is not always easy, but it is very worthwhile. Buying a beginner's guidebook is one of the best ways to learn meditation. Having this type of reference handy is very valuable.
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