The Benefits Of Meditation In The Morning, Make The Mood More Calm

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JAKARTA - Meditation is a common term for various mental focusing techniques that can help unite the body and mind. Meditation involves aspects of concentration, relaxation, full attention, and emotional calming. For many people, meditation is also a spiritual experience.

Meditation is generally seen as a safe way to improve overall well-being. And it can provide a number of health benefits physically and mentally. If you want to add meditation to your routine, there's no "bad" time to do it, but the benefits of meditation in the morning may be interesting. What are those?

Although the benefits of meditation do not depend on time, there are several reasons why practitioners often recommend meditation in the morning. Aine Rock, a certified meditation instructor and integrative health expert from Los Angeles, California, explains that morning meditation determines the mood for the next day.

"The morning meditation provides a basis for calm and balance for the next day," he said.

"Meditation helps focus mind, manage stress, and improve emotional well-being as a whole," Rock said as quoted by Healthline, Thursday, August 15.

Morning meditation can help you manage feelings of worry, anticipation, and anxiety in very tense days. Mathews points out there is a meditation saying, often associated with Gandhi. That in the days when he was really busy, he meditated for 2 hours in the morning, not 1 hour.

Meditation in the morning can be the beginning of your day. According to Caroline Schmidt, a licensed clinical social worker from St. Louis, Missouri, in the morning tends to have a natural sense of peace before the bustle of the day. The mind naturally calms down due to rest, and the world around it feels calm because everything is still asleep.

"In the morning it gives you the opportunity to have your own time, while others keep sleeping," he said. This time can be for yourself. And it's something rare enough to experience, in a world that's increasingly connected by technology.

One of the great things about meditation is that you don't have to set aside a long time to do it, especially when you're just getting started. Schmidt added that morning is also the right time to explore meditation in the environment you live in.

"When you just wake up and still lie in bed, you can take the opportunity to connect with yourself even if it's only 5 minutes. You can pay great attention to feeling and exploring how your body feels behind the blanket," he said.