Four Myths About Mindfulness Meditation

by Ronald Alexander, Ph.D., www.psychologytoday.com

The majority of my clients resist mindfulness meditation at first, although the time commitment is small and the payoff is enormous. One insisted that it wasn’t necessary and that she didn’t have enough time in her day to devote to a regular practice. Then she went through the loss of a parent, and had such trouble coping that she couldn’t even drag herself out of bed. After missing work ten days straight, she called me for my advice. I told her to mindfully meditate while in bed. Terrified and bewildered, my client did and, in a few days, found that she could face going to work again. After that, whenever she was in an overwhelming state of grief or so distracted that she couldn’t focus, she would close her door, tell her assistant to hold all her calls and do a five minute meditation. Slowly, her grief lessened. >>>READ MORE<<<

Four common myths typical of those who resist meditation:

Myth 1: “Practicing mindfulness meditation will conflict with my religious beliefs.”

Myth 2: “I’m too restless and busy to learn to be quiet and practice any form of meditation.”

Myth 3: “If I practice mindfulness, it will put out the fire of my ambition and creativity.”

Myth 4: “If I practice mindfulness, what I’ll discover will be so upsetting that I’ll become paralyzed with fear.”

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