| If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here | | | | | Troubleshooting The Challenges of Meditation | As you may know from last week's newsletter, May is Meditation Month. This means that now is the perfect time to learn more about the positive effects of meditation and develop a meditation practice that feels comfortable enough for you to maintain it in the long term. Meditation carries so many benefits that it's almost surprising that more people don't practice it. However, there are legitimate reasons why people drop the practice, or avoid it in the first place. This newsletter focuses on overcoming the challenges of meditation so you don't miss out on a powerful and peaceful stress reliever. As always, you can get more via social media through Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. --Elizabeth Scott | | | Why Meditation Can Be Stressful | Meditation isn't supposed to be stressful, but for many people, it can be. Here are some of the top reasons why, and what you can do to make meditation work for you. If you've ever tried meditation and given up, you owe it to yourself to try again, and this article can help you make it work for yourself. | | | | Master Meditation - Even if You Are a Perfectionist | Perfectionists tend to have a more difficult time with several things, and meditation is definitely one of them. Learn how perfectionistic tendencies can get in the way when people who arguably need the soothing benefits more than most, may feel like quitting. | | | | Five-Minute Meditation: Quick and Simple Stress Relief! | Sometimes meditation can be difficult for busy people because there's so much else to do, it feels stressful to try not to think of it all. One remedy is to simply practice meditation for a short amount of time--it may not bring as many benefits as longer sessions can, but a short meditation is far better than none at all, particularly if you practice this every day, or multiple times throughout the day. Mini-meditations can be extremely useful when dealing with stressful situations in life, like taking tests, handling difficult people, or dealing with stress at work. | | | | Daily Stress Relief Resources You Can Use On Facebook | Keeping a focus on stress management in your daily life can really help you to create a more peaceful life and build your personal resilience. One of the easiest ways to keep this focus is to build it into your daily routine. If you're not already connected with my Facebook page About Stress Management, you can get daily resources and stress relief tips on your wall. | | | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Stress Management newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. | | 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 | © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved | | | | | |
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