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Making a Meditation Habit - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 17 min

How to build a daily meditation habit on five minutes of discipline a day instead of willpower and long forced sits, which can lead to a love-hate relationship with practice. Covers what to look for in those minutes (HRV resonance, the four proofs, the parasympathetic system) and the gold star calendar method for staying consistent.

In this video

Teaches
Meditation habitGold star method
Discusses
Struggle in meditationShort meditationsFour Proofs of MeditationParasympathetic nervous systemProgress in meditation
Mentions
HRV ResonanceKriya YogaFreeze ResponseSitting Very Still (SVS)Low-Idle-StateMeditation postureSubconscious

Key moments

00:00Building a meditation habit differently00:46Willpower advice and the love-hate relationship with meditation03:00The discipline: meditate every single day03:31Squish it down to a five-minute base habit04:44Out of the discipline grows love: soaking in the four proofs06:37What to look for in those five minutes07:24Touching the parasympathetic system is raging success08:52Any spot works: bed, chair, sofa or floor09:32Digging a small well of peace every day11:05When you fall off the habit11:31The gold star method with a wall calendar13:26Forcing creates mental conflict; start with love14:57Wedge yourself into the divine, then learn to love it