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You Know What’s Good for That? – Meditation

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Here at GR8NESS, we understand that life is complicated. Our response to these complications can often leave us with undiscovered feelings, or a necessity to cope with them. These feelings can extend into areas of our lives that we may not always be privy to.

As we search for an outlet to separate ourselves from these issues, to find comfort, and to heal our bodies, we often try wild remedies. However, you know what’s probably good for all those issues? Meditation.

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Lack of Energy

Early meditation can help to bring a feeling of purpose to your day. It can help you connect with how you feel and set intentions for coming challenges and opportunities. This way you can make sure your days start with the right energy. 

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Stress. Stress. Stress

Taking a moment helps to create space between you and the problem. This in turn, helps to alleviate any corresponding emotion or stress. When you're having trouble with problem solving or chronic stress, a meditation session can be just what the doctor ordered. 

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Anxiety

In moments of impeding anxiousness, meditation can help center our being both mentally and physically. While we cannot control triggers, meditation is a way to regulate our responses to them, and therefore promote healthier, more effective responses in the future.

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Relationships Trouble

When relationships are troubling, and even when they’re great, meditation can help to bring awareness to where you are in your relationships, and where you want to be. If you find yourself in a good place with your relationships, meditation can facilitate gratitude that will enhance and strengthen these bonds.

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Burned Out

If you’re feeling generally out of sorts, meditation is your avenue to finding a safe place where you can grant yourself permission to feel, act on, and become all that you seek. It can allow for an honest self-dialogue that will propel you to proceed with ease and clarity.

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Amanda is a GR8NESS contributing writer who lives in celebration of self care, and endeavors to approach all things with a student mentality. Her love for the study of self-development is rooted in fitness, holistic wellness, and skin care. She is an advocate for mental health; and hopes to connect others to their own way of daring to care.
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