mindfulness & meditation

Using meditation apps is a great way to help incorporate a consistent meditation practice into your life.
The reason is that apps help you, first of all, learn how to meditate, especially when doing guided meditations where an instructor is guiding you through the meditation.
They are easy to use, and it's right there in your pocket, which can make a huge difference for those who want to just meditate in their own home but also want to do guided meditations.

It also helps keep the meditation frequency and length at a healthy level. An issue many people have is keeping the habit of meditating every day. With meditation apps, you can set reminders for when to meditate.

Another great benefit is that you can set the amount of time you want to meditate for. This is a big issue with people who are new to meditation. They think that they have to meditate for 30 minutes or even longer for it to be effective, so they start out by meditating for longer periods of time, which end up just causing them to burn out and lose motivation for the practice completely. With meditation apps, you can choose to meditate for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or however long you want, but there is a great emphasis on the 5-minute meditations, which is perfect for beginners as it helps them become comfortable with the meditation practice and reduces their risk of feeling overwhelmed with it.

It's hard to say which meditation is best for others, as it is a very individual practice. Some may prefer walking meditation, while others may prefer the more traditional sitting down and meditating.

There are many types of meditation, the best recommendation that can be given is to try the different types and find the one that works for you.

Guided meditation is a popular choice for beginners, and even for the more advanced, since it guides you through the whole meditation. During this type of meditation, you be guided and instructed to focus on things such as your breath, the sensations you feel in your body, the sounds around you, and more. This makes the meditation less boring for beginners, since they are usually not used to just sitting down quietly for even short periods of time, and is popular among the more advanced meditators for the added assistance in focusing and having a more structured practice.

If you are just starting out, a consistent but short daily guided meditation practice of just a few minutes can be a great way to get into meditation. From there, you can explore more options to find what works best for you.

Meditation can help with your anger by allowing you to clear your mind of the thoughts that are making you angry. This is because of what meditation teaches you and trains you to do, which is to accept things, and let them go, and to focus on the now rather than what happened or what may happen.

We can easily get angry at things that were said to us, or at things that we think may happen in the future. Meditation enables us to release those feelings by focusing on certain elements, such as our breath. Meditation incorporates breathing techniques that, when used while angry, can help reduce those feelings, and can help center us and bring us back to a calmer state.

While meditating, we are actively training our ability to focus on a single thing, such as our breath. This enhanced focus allows us to better clear our minds from unwanted thoughts, and emotions such as anger, and the thoughts that may be causing this anger.

Meditation can have many effects on the body and brain. Due to its calming nature, it can release certain hormones that can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and even increase the feeling of happiness.

Other than that, for some people, it gives a sense of accomplishment. The fact that they are even meditating gives them a sense of progress, that they are moving in the right direction, which alone can give a feeling of hope, motivation, and happiness.

If anything, having a consistent meditation practice can allow you to clear many of the negative emotions you are feeling, such as stress, anxiety, anger, and other negative feelings, and even thoughts. Meditation is an amazing tool for clearing thoughts, especially the negative ones.
Once those negative emotions and thoughts are cleared, you will have more room for positive thoughts, you will be able to feel more relaxed and at ease, which together can make you happy.