Morning Meditations Set The Tone For The Entire Day
Our days are busy and more often than not time gets away from us. This is why most experts recommend establishing new routines or doing things like exercise and meditation in the morning. This way, no matter how crazy the rest of the day gets, you will have had the time and energy to meditate.
That’s not the only benefit of meditating early in the day. It also sets the tone for how the remaining hours will unfold. If you start your day in a stressful and chaotic manner, it tends to stay that way. It’s hard to recover from a morning that started with a missed alarm, no coffee or tea to be found, or heading to the car to find that the battery is dead. On the other hand, if you can start your morning in a calm and collective matter, your chances of staying that way throughout the rest of the day are much better. Why not use meditation to set a positive tone for the rest of your day?
Consistency Is Key
More important than the actual time of day is to stay consistent. As human beings, we thrive on routine and it’s much easier to remember and find the energy to actually do something if it happens at about the same time of the day. It becomes part of our daily routine and something we do almost on autopilot. Think about brushing your teeth in the morning. You don’t have to think about it or put a reminder on your calendar. You don’t agonize about it for fifteen minutes before making yourself go brush your teeth. It’s just something you do. You want meditation to become just as integral and automatic and for that to happen it has to become part of your daily routine.
Play around with different times when you first get started and figure out when meditating works best for you. For some, it may be first thing in the morning. For others meditating after everyone else has left the house for work and school may work better. Some people prefer a quick meditation session in the middle of the day or early afternoon when their energy levels drop. And of course, you can also meditate at night, even right before bed. The trick is finding the time that works well for you and your circumstances.