How to begin a meditation practice

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NB: not the moon, but the Milky Way is fairly neat, regardless.

Before I dive into this week’s content, I just have to make sure everyone saw the sturgeon super moon?

It’s been a bit of a wild and wobbly week; for myself and I’ve definitely had the same feedback from others. To be clear, I blame the moon completely. However, I saw it Tuesday night as I was riding my bike home… rising up behind the city, casting its light over the land and then drifting into the clouds above.

It was big and beautiful, and so, really hard to remain mad at it. Not fair moon, but well played indeed.

So, with all this full moon madness, perhaps it really is a good time to dive into the next chapter of our series on meditation. Just a two-parter for now, with more content to emerge later on down the track. Read part one, if you haven’t already.

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On starting a regular meditation practice

One consideration straight off the bat, is having a good hard think about what’s going to work best for you.