TED Radio Hour Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris: How to Start A Meditation Practice
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Jan 10, 2024 
Jon Kabat-Zinn, meditation expert, joins Dan Harris on the Ten Percent Happier podcast to discuss practical tips for starting a meditation practice and being more mindful in day-to-day life. They explore the benefits of meditating in bed upon waking up, the significance of posture in meditation, treating meditation as a way of being, the core practice of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, discovering deep motivation, and the power of awareness and mindfulness in breaking free from limited knowledge.
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Meditation as Loving Presence
- Sit with a posture embodying wakefulness and dignity to help focus awareness.
- Approach meditation as a love affair with the present moment, without expecting specific results.
Train Attention with Breath Focus
- Focus first on the breath or body sensations to train the attention muscle.
- Whenever distracted, gently return to the breath and try again repeatedly.
Awareness Is Boundless Space
- Awareness has no center or edges and is boundless like space itself.
- This realization reframes how we understand our own consciousness and being.