Question about guided meditation

[Ampresus]

Hello everyone. I am Ampresus and am currently a newbie on this forum and everything related to Actualized.org. I just discovered a great playlist on Spotify with all sorts of guided meditation. Here is my issue however:

Leo said that if you want to start meditating, you gotta build the duration of the session up in a period of 1 year. From 20 min to 1 hour. Right now I do 30 min sessions, but not all guided meditations are 30 min. Some are 10, 20, 15, 40. There was one with love, something I think I need to develop early in my life, that was 12 min. Can anyone offer some advice? 

I meditate for 30 min a day, I do shamanic breathing sessions every Friday and read my books everyday. I am 14 years old.

Any  advice will be highly wanted. Take care. 

[111111]

@Ampresus I've been meditating for 5 years, here's my advice:

Experiment as much as possible. No matter how many books/videos I read/watched on meditation, I settled down on "hybrid" techniques of my own. 

Go against the rules, be creative and so on. The only key is to train your will power/concentration/awareness.

2 hours ago, Ampresus said:

I am 14 years old

19, and I can't express HOW MUCH I regret not focusing on my financial situation. Sure, the wisdom and spiritual insights I gained over these years are incredible, but what's the point of being so mentally advanced when I'm still stuck in a post-soviet shit-hole country??? People from 1st world countries have no idea what it's like to live in a country with an average salary under 300$/month. 

Go thru the spiral Stages gradually, don't skip your way. Focus on the basics first.

[Ampresus]

2 hours ago, 111111 said:

I've been meditating for 5 years, here's my advice:

Experiment as much as possible. No matter how many books/videos I read/watched on meditation, I settled down on "hybrid" techniques of my own. 

Go against the rules, be creative and so on. The only key is to train your will power/concentration/awareness.

@111111 Thank you for the advice.

 

 

2 hours ago, 111111 said:

19, and I can't express HOW MUCH I regret not focusing on my financial situation. Sure, the wisdom and spiritual insights I gained over these years are incredible, but what's the point of being so mentally advanced when I'm still stuck in a post-soviet shit-hole country??? People from 1st world countries have no idea what it's like to live in a country with an average salary under 300$/month. 

Go thru the spiral Stages gradually, don't skip your way. Focus on the basics first.

@111111 Yes people already told me about this. I am planning to read books about how one should sustain all these different situations (such as financial situation) and want to combo it with minimalism as soon as I leave my house. Oh I am gonna post about this right now. 

[Hellspeed]

Follow the Exhale in your focused attention is called "Nirvana", and let the body do the Inhale. To cling to breath, start by letting go into exhalation.