To begin meditating for health and well-being, it is essential to know the basics. To start with meditation, you should understand what it is and does. Meditation is a type of yoga practiced through breath control techniques. It helps To clear the mind and focus on one’s breath while sustained by attention or concentration. Additionally, meditation has been shown to improve sleep quality, reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, boost cognitive function, decrease the risk of heart disease, reduce body fat storage capacity, increase energy production, increase libido levels, and improve physical strength and endurance.

• Setting up a regular meditation routine and learning to meditate can be challenging. It’s possible to take your practice to new heights or start out right with a retreat.

• Retreats provide you with an opportunity to sit with yourself and check-in. As you do so, you’re likely to come across feelings, emotions, or traumas you didn’t know were there, or you’ve buried deep inside. A mindfulness retreat allows you to let go and set yourself free of fears, thoughts, pain, and scars.

• Typically, retreats are held in serene natural or rural settings, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. A landscape plays a crucial role in getting you into a deep state of meditation. Observing nature’s beauty calms your mind, opens your heart, and makes you more receptive. Things you didn’t notice before start to become apparent to you.

  With our busy urban lives, it is often easy to forget how interconnected we are with the environment.

  Several programs offer nature walks, forest bathing, sunrise and sunset meditation sessions, stargazing, and other opportunities to immerse yourself in nature.