- Heya playa.
Most likely you've heard the words, mindfulness
and meditation before.
But you might not really know what they mean,
and why they matter to you as a student.
So, in this video I'm gonna share a few reasons why
you as a student should be meditating.
Why you should be practicing mindfulness,
and how it can change your life.
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Now you might be thinking, I have an idea of it,
but what exactly is meditation?
Is it just sitting there with your eyes closed going hum mm.
Well, it's a little bit more involved than that.
Meditation is actually the practice of focusing
on one specific thing, so you can achieve a sense of calm,
and clarity in your body and mind.
For example, I sometimes meditate
when I'm walking by myself.
I feel my feet touch the ground, my feet in my shoes,
my shoes against the ground, the texture,
the way that it feels, the way that I'm walking.
All these different things, just really focusing on it,
helps bring me to a state of calm.
And what most people don't realize,
is that you can meditate anywhere.
Whether you're at school, at home, on the bus, wherever.
And that's why it's so important for you as a student
to be doing it.
But to further prove my point, here are a few reasons why.
Number one,
meditation can help you manage your school stress.
If you feel like you're overwhelmed with tests and grades
and studying and homework and all these different things,
you can use meditation and mindfulness,
as a way to kinda return to a state of calm,
and balance all that craziness in your life.
To be mindful is to be aware of what you're experiencing,
in this present moment right now.
whenever you have a lot of homework piling up,
or big tests need to study for,
chances are your mind's gonna jump ahead into the future,
and start feeling those anxious feelings,
as if what's gonna happen then is happening right now.
But if you wanna better manage that stress,
you could simply meditate in that moment.
Take a seat, close your eyes and focus on your breathing.
As you continue to do that, your mind will start
to shift away from all these other outside burdens,
and really bring you back to the present moment.
And it doesn't mean those things aren't important.
It simply means that the anxious feelings that you get
from thinking about them,
don't have to dictate your life right now.
Right now, all you have to worry about is your breathing.
Being here and being in the now.
Meditation is also a tool you can use,
to better communicate with people.
For example, if you're the kind of person that overreacts
or flies off the handle to things,
by meditating you'll be able to bring yourself back
to a state of calm,
and reapproach those situations differently.
For example, if someone's bullying you, instead of jumping
into that negative head space that that person's trying
to create for you,
you're taking control of your own sense of being.
You're allowing yourself to step back, to reevaluate,
and to approach that situation from a different perspective.
And the same thing goes for when you're thinking about
approaching your crush.
Instead of jumping into the situation with these anxious
and nervous feelings that you might get rejected,
you're approaching with the sense of calm being.
And it becomes so much easier to talk to someone,
when you're not overthinking negative thoughts.
Practicing meditation can also help you
deal with the difficult moments in life.
For example, losing a loved one,
never seeing your friend again, or just moving to a new city
where you don't know anyone.
If day after day, you're practicing focusing on your breath,
becoming calm, being in the present moment.
When these kind of things happen, that totally shock
your system and throw you for a loop,
you're able to better approach them and better handle them.
Because you're entering it with a state of calm,
rather than a state of frustration or anxiety
or nervousness about what's to happen next.
Now look, none of us can anticipate when something random
is gonna to happen to us in our lives.
But what we can do is prepare ourselves,
to approach those situations from a state of calm being.
From really grounding ourselves so that
if things do shake our world up, we're able to look at it
from a different kind of perspective.
But most importantly, I think meditation helps you better
understand yourself.
You're tapping into your own body, mind, and spirit,
and trynna bring them into alignment with each other.
Which is the best way to kind of understand who you are.
when you're acting mindfully,
you're aware of your thoughts and feelings in that moment.
Most of us just kinda cruise through life
without really thinking about how we're feeling
in that moment or what we're experiencing.
So, taking those few minutes every single day,
to practice that sense of mindfulness, through meditation,
is really gonna help do wonders for you.
And I know that as a student,
most adults probably don't think that you have serious
and complex lives.
They might write you off and say,
"Oh, you're just a kid. You'll get over it."
But the truth of the matter is this.
No one should ever write off how they feel,
or what they're experiencing in that moment.
Whether you're 10 years old or a hundred years old.
It's important to be mindful.
To be aware of what you're experiencing in every situation.
But what do you think though?
Is meditation something you could ever imagine
yourself doing?
Leave your comments down below and we'll talk about it.
Now, if you want to learn more about meditation
and mindfulness, I have a whole chapter dedicated to it
in my book, "Embracing the Awkward".
Which you can order.
The link will be there on a screen and down below.
And also, I put together a video on how to meditate.
That I think can help you out.
So check out the video, check out the book.
Both of these resources are gonna help you succeed.
On that note guys, I'll catch you tomorrow.
As always, love and peace.