How To Meditate Without Actually Meditating

What do Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, and Russell Brand all have in common? They all attribute part of their success to their daily meditation practice.

You may not be a media mogul, tech billionaire, or famous entrepreneur, but that doesn't matter. You can still enjoy the benefits of daily meditation.

So what do you think about when you hear the word meditation? Let me guess, some monks sitting in complete stillness with their eyes closed, right?

While this is one form of meditation, it’s not the only form.

Believe it or not, many meditation experts meditate during tasks you do every day. That’s right. They meditate while doing simple activities.

Daily meditation practice improves mental health, depression, anxiety and decreases stress.

We’ll explain a handful of ways you can enjoy the benefits of meditation without actually meditating.

1. Mindfulness Movement

Meditation is all about bringing your awareness back to the current moment. It is a practice known as presence. Making presence the goal, you can become present during many activities.

Movement activities are one example of ways to become present throughout the day. You could use movement activities like yoga, walking, running, biking, and lifting weights. Working out also has added benefits.

Another important aspect of mindfulness movement is the location. Walking in the forest, the beach or other parts of nature improve and enhance your experience.

Mindfulness Movement improves:

● Heart rate

● Blood pressure

● Cortisol levels

Start each exercise with focused intent. Awareness leads to the same meditative benefits of more traditional practices of meditation.

2. Getting Lost in Music

Eckhart Tolle explains presence as “an awareness beyond thinking.” Have you ever popped on some soothing music and tuned out the world? Congratulations, you were meditating.

If you’re a music lover, getting lost in music might be the best meditation form for you. There are plenty of Spotify playlists for meditation music, or you can choose your own.

3. Breathwork Meditation

Breathwork has become a major buzzword on the wellness scene these days and for good reason, it is what I call an active meditation and is usually much easier to do than traditional seated meditations. Breathwork techniques help you:

Reduce stress
Calm the mind
Energize your body
Release Trapped Trauma
Go deeper into yourself
Increase Creativity
Release old patterns & belief systems

Breathwork is when you become aware and use your breath to improve your physical or mental health. One way to start with breathwork is to slow down your breathing.

You can try inhaling for six seconds then exhaling for six seconds. If six seconds seems like a stretch try five seconds.

You can also take a peak at my IG REELS for more Breathwork Techniques

There are so many forms of Breathwork. Here are a few popular types:

Rebirthing Breathwork is an hour-long breathing session. Inhale and exhale become connected.

Holotropic Breathwork takes place in a group in two to three-hour sessions. Participants breathe in a fast-paced connected breath.

Clarity Breathwork uses gentle and sometimes fast circular connected breathing. It also incorporates dance, heart-based music, and light-body meditations.

Biodynamic Breathwork supports trauma release. It uses breathing with movement, conscious touch, and body awareness techniques. Its main purpose is emotion release.

Transformational Breathwork releases trauma from birth. It uses breathing, chants, and stomping to release tension.

4. Informal Meditation Practices

Meditation also applies to normal every day chores. Remember that mindfulness is awareness to set your intention on the present moment.

That means, you can find presence in various daily activities.

Showering has a calming effect. You can make it transcendent by becoming aware of your body, your breath, and your activity.

Focus on the task as an anchoring moment to relieve you from your mindless chatter.

Mindful Eating is a practice that can help many food-addicted people. Most foodies think about food all day long until they are actually eating. At that point, it becomes an autopilot experience.

Nourish your body, enjoy food, and eat with intention. You may lose weight and gain appreciation for new foods.

Cooking is a great way to center yourself in the moment. Think about it. You’re washing, cutting, and preparing food.

You might as well be aware of it, right? It will make the activity more enjoyable, and calm your body at the same time.

Getting lost in a hobby is another great way to practice presence. It allows you to leave behind all the echoing thoughts and focus only on the activity.

Whether it’s playing an instrument or knitting, it feels good to be in flow.