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Before you pay money for any type of meditation, check out the free ones first. Look around for local centers near you. There are also a lot of resources online as well.

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Thanks for your question. The most important attitude toward meditation, and life in general, is that you’re already free. That said, we all have habit tendencies and narratives that affect us—that make us feel not so free. Hence meditation practice becomes necessary. But even when we engage in meditation practice (broadly understood) we should be careful not to be so caught up with attitudes of trying to get somewhere, or trying to fix ourselves, and so on.

There is no special kind of meditation that beginners should do. Any common meditation methods would be fine. For beginners, it’s important to develop an established practice of being in the body. Because most people live in their heads, they’re divorced from how they actually feel in the body, which impact every aspect of our experience. So beginners should choose a method that’s less abstract, and brings themselves in tune with the body. Learning how to relax the body is a primary importance.

For intermediate practitioners, those who have already established a consistent meditation practice, it’s important to find and work with a teacher. The teacher will be able to cater instructions according to the students’ situation.

For advanced practitioners, there should not be a separation between meditation and non-meditation, practice and life. Whatever they cannot let go of is where they’re stuck. They’ll have to expose and work through the subtleties of habit tendencies and narratives.

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Thanks for your question. But I have to say, as long as you’re entertaining thoughts of seeking and rejecting, having and lacking, trying and giving up, it’s very difficult to find peace. Because it is precisely these attitudes that bring us dis-ease. Take care not to entertain these thoughts but at the same time develop a consistent practice just for the sake of practice. Doing progressive relaxation, being in tune with a relaxed body throughout the day is most important once your body is relaxed you will be more in tune with the undercurrent feeling tones that shape your perception and understanding and experiences. When you’re grounded and relax, you will be able to not be so affected by negative on the current tones or feelings. You will be able to be at peace.

I have some guidance meditation audio files on the Tallahassee Chan Center website. I think you should check them out and go from there. Good luck my friend! I hope this helps.

Thanks for your great question! I would say what sums up my practice so far is: It’s All Good—even through the ups and downs of life. Of course I’m not saying my practice is all good. It’s not! But what little I have learned in this process is that everything is practice. That’s what makes it good. By practice, I mean the process of exposing, embracing, responding, and letting go.

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You can visit the Tallahassee Chan Center website, I have guided meditation and many talks there for your reference. Thanks!