What is the best time to meditate? Understanding the best time to do so will help you deepen your practice. The following will be discussed: doing the practice in the morning, having a bigger window to do the practice during the day, and doing the practice in the evening before you sleep for you to better understand the best time to meditate.
You can do the practice first thing in the morning to get it out of the way. Things can happen during the day that prevent us from doing the practice. If you knock the practice off first thing in the morning you don’t have to worry about it for the rest of the day. Even if you run out of time at the end of the day you have already done the practice. Don’t try to do meditation at a specific time. This will create unnecessary frustration. Do it as a sequence of activities. Anytime you wake up use the restroom and then do the practice.
It helps to have a bigger window of time to do meditation just in case. You can do the practice anytime during the day if you miss or can’t do your practice first thing in the morning. You should still plan to do the practice first thing, but occasionally things might happen that will prevent you from doing so. If you plan each of your activities during the day you will be able to move stuff around and make time for doing the practice. You will better be able to see how much time is spent on unnecessary things like tv, social media, and so on. Then you can allocate that time into doing the practice.
You can also meditate last thing in the day. It is recommended to do the practice first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening. Things get busy during the day. The morning and evening are the times you can do so with less distractions. Also, your mind can go into a higher state of consciousness because you are just waking up or falling asleep. Your brain waves are slower. You want to do the practice in a sitting position, so you don’t fall asleep. Also, set your alarm so you know when you are done. You can also do so in a lying position without setting your alarm to help you fall asleep.
Now that the following has been discussed: doing the practice in the morning, having a bigger window to do so during the day, and practicing in the evening before you sleep you are able to understand better the best time to meditate. It is usually a good idea to do the practice first things in the morning to get it out of the way. Then you can focus on other things throughout the day. Allow for a bigger window to do so throughout the day. Rearrange your schedule and do the practice during the day if you must do so. It is a great way to end your day. It can also be part of a ritual that will help you fall asleep. Next time you want to do the practice you know how to figure out the best time.