How long should you meditate daily?
Whether you are a beginner at meditation or an experienced meditator, finding the ideal length for how long should you meditate daily can prove more than elusive. That’s because there is a difference between what you think you need and what you need. Still, meditation is an excellent opportunity to get in-tune with your Higher Self.
As a result, it’s arguable that the more you meditate, the more you will find the ideal length (if such a thing exists). To be honest, it’s difficult to gauge what works for you best concerning meditation frequency. This is especially evident if you are new to meditation or have little experience. That said, trial and error is your best approach. In other words, see what works best for you.
You do this by trying on different shoes so to speak. On top of this, when you try on different shoes, that’s how you find your size. And before we go any further, note that one shoe size does not fit all. It doesn’t matter what stage of experience you resonate most with. In the end, if you are to get your foot in the door, you might as well boot your shoe size on the floor.
Because of this, the following will give a table of contents for how long should you meditate daily:
- Just meditate daily.
- Increase with Experience
- Focus on Frequency
- Be what Fits
- Meditate Daily on Creating a Timeless Experience
Just Meditate Daily
First and foremost, all you have to do is meditate daily. You do not have to worry about time as much. Plus, if you are a beginner to meditation, it is imperative to establish consistency as a priority. Accordingly, when you meditate daily, you set yourself up for an entire universe of lifetime benefits. The best part about this is that even if you stop meditating, you are going to be living proof of the profound, substantial benefits of meditation.
Indeed, the more the merrier.
Whether you want to meditate at day or night is up to you. Most meditation experts recommend meditating at least once a day for approximately twenty minutes on average. However, if you are relatively new to meditation, just five minutes can do wonders for your health and wellbeing in every area. Perhaps even less if you are brand new.
Again, consistency is your best friend.
Increase with Experience
If daily meditation was you dipping your toe in the water, then increased experience is your progressively submerged body. Yes, this does reference the endless, positive benefits your subconscious mind produces. For example, you might have suffered from a monkey brain that made it incredibly difficult to focus on any given task. But, because of your daily meditation, you find focus relatively easy by comparison.
The same applies to experience: the more you meditate, the longer you can sustain.
Next thing you know you’ll go from one to five to ten to twenty minutes of daily meditation.
Furthermore, you just have to boost your stamina. As with anything else, meditation is a muscle you must cultivate over time. Thus, you cannot just expect to be a Dewayne Johnson so to speak when you are a novice to weight lifting.
Nonetheless, with more experience under your belt, you will feel more comfortable extending your time frame.
Interestingly enough, you might even forget all about time as you drift off into an oasis of peace, joy, and relaxation.
Focus on Frequency
To come full circle, your meditation frequency matters infinitely more than your meditation time. If you meditate five minutes a day, you will have more success than if you meditated for 35 minutes a week? Why?
Well, even though this is technically the same amount of time (the weekend included), the former is more impactful as it establishes an effective, tangible routine. Moreover, the power of repetition is at work here.
Essentially, the more you do something, the more you become of it. The more results will manifest in your being.
Without a doubt, the longer you meditate, the better. Yet, your best bet is to meditate daily as just wait on figuring out the time component later.
It’s in this way that precision is more important than accuracy.
Meditate daily on the frequency of miracles.
Be What Fits
Again, don’t feel like you have to be a monk to sustain yourself. More likely than not, if you are reading this article, this is just a revenge of the nerds’ meditation fantasy. Sure, I bet you would love to meditate daily like a God/dess of your craft.
The question is: would you really love it? On average, when determining how long should you meditate daily, it requires eliminating what doesn’t work. Arguably, this is one of the most helpful ways to accentuate on what does.
More importantly, the bigger picture here is not about going to your store to try on different shoe sizes. It’s about being what fits you best. An ostensible form of cognitive-behavioral therapy, meditation is all about your thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Because of this, it’s imperative to realize you are much stronger, greater, and better than your cognitive experiences.
Yet, being not only what thinks, feels, and acts most like you but what is the most you.
On the contrary, I digress, you grow or shrink into a shoe size later.
Despite this, it’s recommended to focus on the here and now. In the end, the time will come for you to fit like a lucky charm.
Meditate Daily: Create a Timeless Experience
Above all, it’s important to realize that time is just a societal construct. If anything, worrying too much about it will produce a negative experience for you. Instead, focus on your progress.
Just know that every time you meditate, you are opening the door for alignment with divinity, love, peace, joy, enlightenment, bliss, prosperity, abundance, and much more.
And, as a daily meditator myself, I can attest that to meditate daily is like nurturing a baby.
Consequently, you have to be gentle, compassionate, and warm with yourself, higher and otherwise.
Additionally, you have to focus on creating an experience that transcends the boundaries of time. An experience that enriches your soul in this lifetime and beyond. More than anything, it is about remembering your inherent power and stepping into your glorious, shadowless light.
Funnily enough, that’s the greatest irony of them all.
In conclusion, whether you meditate for one minute or a few hours, meditate daily to be rapid breakthroughs and massive changes.
I hope this article helped you answer how long you should meditate daily?
I like the philosophy behind this in that focusing on repetition and consistency (instead of hours logged) will help to build a helpful practice of meditation. I have found the CALM app to be particularly helpful with my beginning mediation practice. The app does a good job of guiding beginners through a reasonable session and builds at a comfortable pace. Have you tried the Calm app?
I am going to definitely consider it. I do love guided meditation more than anything else, preferably 20 minutes or so. Thank you so much for your positive feedback.
Hi. Through reading your article I realized what I lack in my meditation attempts. Consistency. That is the key in almost anything that we attempt to do.
You made it so simple by telling us to reverse our action by “eliminating what doesn’t work”. This really resonates with me. I intend to give this way a try as well as doing it daily and see how it goes.
I really hope it works and I have every intention of making it so.
This was indeed a pleasant read. Thank you for the share.
Carol
I am so happy and grateful for your input. I am confident that you are a consistent, effective meditator. It just has to cultivated within and around.
And, oh, it is my utmost pleasure to share the love thousandfold.
Feel free to do the same if you’d like.
Take care!
I think most people don’t believe in the benefits of meditation because either they don’t know how to do it right or they fail to keep doing it in a constant manner. As everything in order for it to have an effect you need to keep practicing until it becomes a routine in your every day life and you need to find the right amount of time you need to spend on it in order to be beneficial for you. Most people just don’t have the will to keep doing it after a while.
Yes, and ironically, meditation is all about willingness. I totally agree with how you summed up my article and added a little extra context with your own perspective. Overall, very logical and honest comment!
I am a Buddhist and meditation has been a part of my daily routine for years. Personally, I think it doesn’t matter how much and how long do you have to meditate. You just have to find what is right for you and take it from there. I agree, doing it daily (technically practice) will hone your skills and you will get better at it.
I love your comment! Very insightful and authentic statement about meditation. Maybe I can make a post about meditation and religious practice.
That you for sharing this information on meditation. This is something that I have never tried, but from reading your post I think that I will start.
The fact that there is no set time and that it is up to the individual actually makes it more appealing.
Your comparison to nurturing a baby is very useful for a beginner to get a feel for that it entails.
Thanks and keep up the good work.
No, thank you for your invaluable input. I greatly treasure your advice at the end. I am excited for you!!!
Hi there,
Awesome article; I really loved the reading!
I am an anxious person by nature, and the only way to reduce my anxiety is with meditation. I do 10 minutes of meditation every morning and 30 minutes of yin yoga in the evening which is also a type of meditation mixed with stretching. I love it and can’t live without it now. I’ve read that meditation helps to focus. To be honest, I feel calmer, but I still have big issues with my concentration. How come? It supposes to help. Sometimes, I lose patience in the middle of the meditation session, but I don’t open my eyes and don’t move. Do you feel that way, too, sometimes?
Thanks for this excellent post!
Sometimes I do move and get a tad bit impatient. It is a matter of focusing naturally. However, I rarely open my eyes and can usually meditate for at least twenty-thirty minutes and be okay with it.
I respect the fact that you are willing to admit your struggles and how meditation and yin yang yoga (which I didn’t know was a thing) have helped you. For concentration issues, it could depend on how long you’ve meditated or any underlying conditions you may or may not be yet cognizant of. This is just speculative, not a diagnostic tool.
Thus, I think you are healthy, at least relatively speaking, as everyone suffers bouts with
monkey brain every once and a while.
Thank you so much for your compliments!