what is meditation and how does someone do it?
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The guided meditations I listened to were about learning how to focus your thoughts. It’s natural to let your mind wander, so meditation trains your brain to be able to focus. Wandering will happen but you acknowledge it and then go back to what you were focusing on (usually breathing). There are also other kinds of meditations, but the focusing in is usually where you’d start. I think it’s a useful tool if you want to work on emotional regulation because you’re training yourself to have better control of your thoughts.
If you want to learn it there’s several apps that teach the basics. Headspace is a popular one and free, but not my favourite. Waking Up is my preferred app: the introductory meditations are free, they guide you through how to do it, what to think about, how to focus on your breathing. I just use whatever’s available for free on the app. There’s also alternative kinds of guided meditations on it, like one where you focus on detaching from your thoughts and observing them from the outside. This one helped me with some mental health issues because I learned to be able to see my emotions as something separate from my person. Emotions still sometimes get to me, but I can go back to what I learned to remind myself to let the feelings pass through me.
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