{"id":14553,"date":"2016-03-21T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T09:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/21\/what-to-think-about-when-you-want-to-start-meditating\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:14:12","slug":"what-to-think-about-when-you-want-to-start-meditating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/what-to-think-about-when-you-want-to-start-meditating\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Start Meditating: What You Should Think About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14553\" class=\"elementor elementor-14553\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b1d2aa8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b1d2aa8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-761ca779\" data-id=\"761ca779\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e497ad2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e497ad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Meditation-For-The-Heart-scaled-e1676988740564-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15737\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Meditation-For-The-Heart-scaled-e1676988740564-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Meditation-For-The-Heart-scaled-e1676988740564-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Meditation-For-The-Heart-scaled-e1676988740564-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Meditation-For-The-Heart-scaled-e1676988740564-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Meditation-For-The-Heart-scaled-e1676988740564-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68312e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68312e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In the last few years, meditation has soared in popularity. The people who practice meditation have always had a strong conviction that the practice is beneficial, and as more and more scientific research supports this this anecdotal evidence, others are taking up the practice in order to cope with their increasingly stressful lives. It\u2019s even being embraced by the business world and introduced into state institutions. With the benefits becoming clear, many people intend to make meditation part of their daily routine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee6dc4d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ee6dc4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ded0954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ded0954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>However, much like the diet that never quite begins, many people are finding that they never actually get round to it. The amount of information and guidance on offer can be so intimidating that it\u2019s often hard to know where to start!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/what-to-think-about-when-you-want-to-start-meditating\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How To Start Meditating: What You Should Think About<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few years, meditation has soared in popularity. The people who practice meditation have always had a strong conviction that the practice is beneficial, and as more and more scientific research supports this this anecdotal evidence, others are taking up the practice in order to cope with their increasingly stressful lives. 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