as a former professional meditation instructor

the first thing is posture

i recommend half lotus posture

do you have to have schooling for that?

professional means you get paid to do it

ah

i made a lot of money instructing people

so yeah

first thing is posture

posture is incredibly important

i recommend the half lotus

half lotus is not too hard on the knees most people can do it

it's going to make sure your spine is supported and your psychic meridians aren't obstructed

make sure you aren't wearing any kind of pants that constrict your belly

the main psychic meridian is in your belly

second most important thing is breath

just begin with anapanasatti focusing on the breath

start from there

once you have anapanasatti down then you can do more advanced meditation

anapanasatti?

is that the uhh

prayer or meditation?

it means meditating by focusing your mind on your breath

breath is the source of the psychic energy which flows through the meridians

"[1] Breathing in long, he discerns, 'I am breathing in long'; or breathing out long, he discerns, 'I am breathing out long.' [2] Or breathing in short, he discerns, 'I am breathing in short'; or breathing out short, he discerns, 'I am breathing out short.' [3] He trains himself, 'I will breathe in sensitive to the entire body.'[2] He trains himself, 'I will breathe out sensitive to the entire body.' [4] He trains himself, 'I will breathe in calming bodily fabrication.'[3] He trains himself, 'I will breathe out calming bodily fabrication.'

thats the absolute foundation for meditative practice

"This is how mindfulness of in-&-out breathing is developed & pursued so as to be of great fruit, of great benefit.

yt gong sound effect

[Shakti:9985] gong sound effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZdCG5J34I

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html

wheres your buddhist videos playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIUffb4CKKX0F5b7CmW0lx_GEH8C-uSZ4

ah that one

actually have a good amount of views on that

all of those vids are top tier

ok

its not going sneaky beaky like

dont see the playlist on the main channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG3Qe_hZF7Y&t=0s&list=PLIUffb4CKKX0F5b7CmW0lx_GEH8C-uSZ4&index=56