{"id":6162,"date":"2022-06-21T17:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=314215"},"modified":"2022-06-21T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T17:19:10","slug":"how-to-overcome-meditation-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogacourseware.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/21\/how-to-overcome-meditation-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Overcome Meditation Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve all heard the amazing benefits of meditation. Sitting with ourself sounds like the easiest thing in the world \u2013 and yet for most people it\u2019s the hardest! <\/span>Even with so many people shouting all the benefits of meditation such as increased awareness, mental clarity, increased presence and capacity to move through life, there\u2019s still so many people that really struggle with this practice. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many of us desperately want to know our true self, yet there is something that gets in the way of us being able to sit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do some people find sitting with themselves hard<\/b><\/h3>\n

There are a couple of reasons why I think people struggle with meditation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Someone hasn\u2019t been taught HOW to meditate. There are things to know and learn and experience, that sometimes you just can\u2019t get on an app. Investing in how to <\/span>learn meditation <\/span><\/a>properly I feel is really key. Confusion about what you \u2018should\u2019 be doing, it is the ultimate meditation killer. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Not finding a practice that is absolutely adored. There are many styles of meditation and techniques, just because you tried one and it didn\u2019t vibe that it\u2019s game over. Our practice should be something we look forward to. We need a balance of techniques that include awareness and elevated emotions. If your practice is feeling dry, then choose something that makes your heart want to expand a little \u2013 I have some on Insight Timer<\/a>. <\/span>Or if you\u2019re a chronic over-thinker, active meditations like my<\/span> Electronic Music Meditation <\/span><\/a>might help.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. I think this is possibly the biggest reason\u2026. many of us don\u2019t feel comfortable sitting with our emotions.  Many of us have developed coping mechanisms not to feel our emotions that were possibly extremely helpful at certain times in our life, especially in younger years. In many cases overthinking has become an adaptation to avoid feeling painful emotions, but the price we pay is that we continue to feel disconnected from our truest essence. It\u2019s a paradox that our essence seeks truth, the personality wants to avoid pain, and yet often the truth is painful. Feeling past emotions can bring up a lot of fear but when we are in the right environment for that to happen, we are liberated from them, and all the energy that has been used to repress an emotion is released. In that moment we feel lighter AND closer to our truest essence. This is a huge part of work that I do with people in my mentoring when they come to me struggling with meditation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You\u2019ve tried everything and still find resistance to sitting<\/b><\/h3>\n

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