Garden Meditation Day – May 3, 2023
Greeting readers!
May 3rd is National Garden Meditation Day, a great way and time to practice self-care! National Garden Meditation Day may be one of your year’s most relaxing and fulfilling practices. Meditation is a great way to calm our bodies and minds! It can strengthen areas of your brain responsible for memory, learning, attention, and self-awareness.
Over time, practicing meditation daily can have great benefits for your body and mind. Some short time benefits that come from meditation include:
When we meditate, we inject far-reaching and long-lasting benefits into our lives: we lower our stress levels, we get to know our pain, we connect better, we improve focus, and we’re kinder to ourselves.
Here’s how YOU can be a Prevention Partner:
Trying using these tips to incorporate meditation into your daily routine!
Now is your opportunity to incorporate a healthy habit into your daily lifestyle! Readers can visit these additional resources for more great tips and information on the importance of practicing meditation!
- https://www.nytimes.com/guides/well/how-to-meditate
- https://www.gaiam.com/blogs/discover/meditation-101-techniques-benefits-and-a-beginner-s-how-to
Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned meditation teacher. He has authored two best-selling books and oversees the Tergar Meditation Community, an international network of Buddhist meditation centers. In this video, Mingyur Rinpoche explains the essence of meditation and describes some common misunderstandings about practicing meditation. He also shares some tips for bringing meditation into our day-to-day lives.