r/PetiteFitness • u/Wintermom • Sep 21 '23

What is One small change you made to your workout/diet/whatever that has made a big difference? Little Wins

We aren’t all built the same mentally and physically, so I thought it would be fun to see what little change you made in your life that has made a bigger difference than you thought

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u/NoGrocery4949 Sep 21 '23

Actually meditating.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '23

I really want to start but don’t know how. Do you have any advice for how to get into it? I always feel like I’m doing it wrong and nothings happening

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u/beimiqi Sep 21 '23

Insight Timer meditation app is a good place to start.

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u/NYLady13 Sep 21 '23

Spotify has a lot of great guided meditations. Search for what you're looking for, like "sleep meditation" "walking meditation" "meditation for panic attacks", etc.

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u/NoGrocery4949 Sep 21 '23

Yoga is a great opportunity to learn what meditation is about. It's the practice of freeing the mind of attachments that allow our thoughts to wander. The importance is complex but I find that many yoga teachers have a reasonable explanation of how one can enter the meditative state. It's practice. I still have trouble and I've been doing it for years now. It takes a lifetime of dedication but you experience the benefits relatively early on and it just gets better. I like it at the end of my yoga class because I do hot yoga and by the end I'm exhausted and it's much easier to meditate in that state for me, but probably for others as well

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u/naterz_28 Sep 21 '23

Medito is a really good (free!) app that guides you through. It has courses that start at like 3-5mins per day, it gradually works you up to sitting longer, there are specific courses if you need them (e.g meditation for sleep, or anxiety), and they change their daily meditation each day which is what I use most days now I’ve done a lot of the courses. Not affiliated at all, just think it’s SUCH a good app as I was a total beginner too and it’s really taught me a lot of the basics.

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u/ComesTzimtzum Sep 21 '23

Nothing is happening and that's precisesly what makes it so hard! Our minds are eager to get just about any kind of dopamine hit to keep them occupied. There are all kinds of techniques you can read about, basically some variation between concentrating on a target or just trying to stay present and take notice what's happening in your mind. However, I'd really encourage starting just by trying to sit still for five minutes, and when you can do that, then maybe ten or fifteen.

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u/piper1991 Sep 21 '23

Seconding the medito app, it is free and with no ads! I've just started meditating and it starts you off with like 3mins and gradually increases the time. Fantastic app.