5 Meditation Tips for the Holidays
It’s that time of year…. when we most need meditation, and when it can feel so hard to fit in.
So here are MY
Top tips For meditating
during the holidays
1: Plan Ahead
Ironically, on the days when you have less to do and more free time, you may find your meditations slipping away from you. Before you go to bed at night, plan when how and where you’re going to meditate the next day.
2. Don’t let FOMO get the best of you
The 20 minutes of holiday fun you'll miss by stepping away to meditate will make the other 23 hours of the hours of the day infinitely more enjoyable--and give you more stamina.
3. Forget feeling guilty
Taking 20 minutes to meditate is the least selfish thing you can do. Your practice benefits everyone who comes into contact with you.
4. When all else fails, white lie
If you're around people who still think meditation is for hippies (do those people still exist?), say you need to make a call or take a nap--or offer to go buy more wine and meditate in the grocery store parking lot, before coming back as the party hero.)
5. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good
If you aren't getting your meditations in, don't beat yourself up or fall into that silly self-defeating mind trap that says "oh, I'll just start meditating again after the holidays when things are 'back to normal' and I can 'do it right." Every time you meditate - imperfectly - your brain and your body thank you.
And if you don't have a practice that is really, really working for you then now is the time to find one.
There are a ton of different styles of meditation (believe me, I tried them all before I found the technique I now practice and teach). So don't settle.
Meditation can be something that you love doing, find easy to fit into your life, inspires you to do it every day, and profoundly improves the way you feel and show up - all year round.
