The Power of Why

Meditation sounds easy enough on first glance: find a quiet place to practice and follow your breath for five or ten minutes or more each day. And it may even be pretty easy to make this happen for the first week or two, but nearly everyone eventually hits a roadblock that throws the practice off course or stops it in its tracks. This is the point at which knowing your intention for meditating becomes essential for sustaining the practice. Your intention for meditating answers the question, why do I meditate? In this first lesson of the course, we’ll explore the importance of getting clear about why you want to meditate.

At the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to:

• Explain why it’s important to know your “why” for practicing meditation
• Describe the difference between conscious and unconscious intention
• Articulate your personal intention for beginning to meditate
• Do a morning and evening contemplation on intention