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20230301 Science-backed tips for maintaining practice Dr Carly Hunt

The Oxford Mindfulness Podcast

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The Importance of Self-Compassion Meditation

I think it's important to recognize and accept that a consistent meditation practice does require effort. And using this concept of mindfulness, I think above all, just recognize that each moment is a fresh opportunity to start again. So no matter how far you strayed from your meditation goals, recognizing that today is a new opportunity. It requires an effort that's neither a striving, self-critical kind of effort, nor a kind of a lazy attitude in which we indulge,. every urge to choose distraction over mindful presence or over practice.

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