Preparing to Meditate

In this guide you will find tools and resources that will help your journey to rocking life, some habits and things that every meditator must have. So read on at your leisure, but do follow them.

Some of these are free and for some you will need to pay which is not a bad thing because they are well worth it. What your will gain from them is priceless. You should assume that these links will be affiliate links that means if you buy it from links in this guide then I will be getting some part of the money and you will be helping to support Meditation Rocks! Now that money is not that important so feel free to buy it from someone else’s link if you want.

Finding Time to Meditate

And making sure you do it.

I usually do workshops on Meditation in schools and colleges. Usually at times like this, when people have experienced meditation and really want it to be a part of their lives they’d see why it can’t be so.

The biggest of their excuse is finding time. I’ve tired to address them in a series of post below. Read on:

3 Sure-shot ways to find time to meditate
6 Ways to Makes Sure you Will Meditate
Creating a Personal Development schedule you will stick to
Traveller’s Guide to Meditation

Your Meditation Corner

Sanctuary & Personal Hideout

I cannot tell you the joy of having a meditation corner. It’s like a sanctuary or a personal hideout where you step in and leave all negativity, worries and pain behind – that doesn’t mean you are irresponsible that means you are taking responsibility of being happy no matter what.

Here are some articles to Help you with Meditation Corner:

Meditation Corner: Why you need one now?!
Guide to Minimalist Meditation Corner
Create meditation corner of your dreams (for those who want more than minimalist)
Making a Meditation Garden
Meditation Retreats: Are they worth it?
Making whole world your Meditation Corner (Meditate anywhere, anytime)

Reading – A Must for Mediators

All great men read good stuff, wbu?

Reading is a must have habit for every meditator –no excuse. That is why we have ‘Book A Week Club’. Well it’s not ours but we have joined it. It’s not compulsory but you can try. The very fact that you’ve reached this part of guide means that you are good at reading, go further:

Why Reading is Must for Meditators?
How to Read a Book A Week.
King’s Guide to Reading A Book
Books for Meditation (and Meditators)

Do visit our list of books for meditators, I read those books and review them so you know what’s perfect for you. You can read the review and judge if it kicks for you.

Go to Books for Meditation →

Must have for Meditation

Feeling overwhelmed with the choice above? Well I’ve created a list for you of bare minimums. Though they are not really ‘must’, you can meditate without them. But I strongly recommend you have them to make your life easier.

Meditation Mat/ Cushion/ Meditation Chair

You can meditate sitting, standing or laying down but best is if you sit and please be kind to your body and get a mat or chair.

Price: Free – $

Music for Meditation or Guided Meditation

Music makes meditation so much easier and pleasing, more on this in next guide. If you have real hard time and just can’t focus and can’t get over your thoughts then Guided Meditation can really help you. More on this later.

Price: Free – $10

A Book A Month

If book a week is too much for you then read a book a month – at least. That’s bare minimum or don’t think you will progress.

Price: Free – $20

Meditation Journal

If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. Keep a record of your progress so that you know where you stand. More on this in next guide.

Price:

Yourself

All this is useless without your commitment. You can spend all the time and money, trying to get things and if you won’t make an effort to meditate then it was all a waste.

Price: Priceless

Conclusion

We are really making progress here. Can’t you feel the excitement of it? Now it feels like its beginning to be a part of our meditation.

In this guide you collected all the tools and resources you need to being your rocking life. In next guide we will jump in the rocking life and take our practice to next level.

Read the Guide to Practicing Meditation when you are ready →

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