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5 Popular Types of Meditations—with Guided Meditation Scripts
How to meditate even when you are easily distracted, restless, and struggle to sit still
There are so many types of meditation, and these days it seems like everyone has heard of meditation or knows someone who meditates.
Yet when you try to meditate, it's hard for you to do.
I hear you and know the struggle is real.
Even after 15 + years of dedicated practice, my mind still gets scattered when I meditate.
I still waste time scrolling meditation apps for "the right meditation" to do. And, when life is busy, I still question whether it's worth meditating when there is so much other stuff to do.
Yet, like you, despite our frustrations, there is something about meditation that draws us in. We yearn to make it something we do.
And when it works, that sense of comfort, a glimpse of ease, and moments of warmth radiating through the body vindicate us for the effort.
So, if you have tried all the traditional sit-down types of meditation yet still feel like meditation doesn't work for you, don't worry. Remember there are many ways to meditate, and what "works" for your friend may not "work" for you. So I invite you…
