10 Amazing Benefits of Meditation for Students

In my last post, I looked at a whole bunch of . Meditation and mindfulness are now part of the mainstream and are practiced by entrepreneurs, corporate executives and politicians through to sportsmen, artists and the military.

However, many aspects of meditation aren’t understood. There are a number of myths that get in the way of many men trying it out. Here are several of those myths debunked to help you get started.

It is hard isn’t it?

Actually meditation is quite simple and anyone can do it. It is deceptively simple but not always easy for most men. In a culture of busy-ness, meditation can be counter intuitive, but as Sylvia Boorstein said, .

In reality we make it more difficult than it needs to be. Usually we are trying too hard to concentrate or think that meditation should look a certain way. Let’s face it, as men we can get too focused on a particular outcome and the need to control!

The most basic and accessible practice is focusing on breath or repeating a mantra/focus word, both of which are very simple and easy. Then it is just a matter of practice.