Find a meditation community
Community can play a big role in encouraging people to keep up with their meditation practice. "Finding friends to meditate with, places or classes to go meditate and a mentor or teacher really augment the experience of having a meditation practice," says Ellie Cobb, PhD, holistic psychologist and meditation teacher. "We are social beings, so anything we do in connection resonates at a deeper level."
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Learn to be flexible
Your ultimate goal in a meditation practice is to adopt one that you can keep, as regular practice deepens the benefits you'll reap from each session. In order to better achieve a routine you can commit to, you have to be flexible and dedicated. "As much as the benefits of a daily meditation practice are substantial, being realistic and flexible about one's practice allows for more sustainability over time," says Cobb. "While a consistent, sustained practice facilitates the most intrinsic benefits, many of the benefits of meditation can be extracted even from short and sporadic practices."
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