
A question I get quit often is, how do I find the time to meditate? The answer is never easy because sticking to a meditation routine is just as hard as sticking to eating healthy and exercising regulary. However, the advantage of meditation is that you can practice it anywhere at anytime. I tell people they can start first thing in the morning before they get out of bed. This is super convient and requires little practice. I know some that take meditation to work. They download a meditation cd or script that they can listen too. This is convient way to de-stress your self as well as learn techniques at a very busy time of your day. Others take meditation to the shower or during baths. I often run a bath, pour some tea, and take half hour to unwind. You can practice all your normal meditation technqies just about anywhere; even during stressful days.
Tips for meditation on a busy schedule:
1. Keep your focus on something. This can simply be focusing on your breathing or soft music in the backround.
2. You can always keep it short. Don’t stress about how much time you need to meditate. Meditation has no time limit or maxium. If you can squeeze 3 minutes a day then that is a great goal.
3. Meditate were you can. Like I mentioned above it does not matter where it is, as long as you have time to sit and be with your self in a quiet place. If you take the bus or other forms of transportation to or from work you can try putting meditation music in your cd player or ipod and playing it on your way home.
4. Be patient. Don’t rush the process. If you feel like it is always a rush you will feel less apt to continue.