Very fidgety and uncomfortable 20 minutes of sitting last night. I much prefer the morning. And tonight will have to be evening again. Never mind, I'm glad I have made the effort throughout a period of being busy and tired. Things should be more normal after Friday.
FINALLY this morning I kept my ideal schedule, journaling in bed when I woke up, then sitting for 30 minutes before letting the dog out. Of course, I don't go to campus on Wednesdays, so I have a leisurely morning...but I still find ways of not practicing.
I'm with Jean...morning meditation is best for me. I'm learning, though, that I probably shouldn't expect to do a long meditation on mornings when I teach: I should "allow" myself "quick & dirty" sit on those mornings since my head is usually full of class prep details.
But there's really no excuse for me NOT to sit on mornings when I don't go to campus...except, of course, for my own silly procrastination.
Sat half an hour last night. I want to be more deliberate about choosing an object of meditation -- I'm in the habit of using the breath, and it usually doesn't even occur to me, until after I've started, that I could have used something else. But I find mixing it up a little very useful.
Restless mind this morning when I meditated. When I opened my eyes I was surprised to see that 15 minutes had elapsed. It felt like 5 minutes at most. So that's good I suppose. I have started to focus on an imaginary light at my heart centre, and I find works well for me.
At the weekend I found a book called "Meditation made Easy" by Lorin Roche in a local charity shop, in an American edition. (Sorry, don't know how to do links on Comments.) I am finding it a good and relevant read.
Despite an active mind, meditation this morning was good for me, the mirror was turned around. yikes! scary to see the habitual patterns that come out when life's heavy demands bear down.
I too, tend to focus on the breath by default. But have also found that meditating with the intention of stillness has been profound.
Just returned from my weekly yoga class, where we end with about 10 minutes of prone relaxation & seated meditation. As I might have mentioned here before, this is the first time in YEARS I've been able to do prone relaxation without falling asleep, which I'm taking as an encouraging sign that I'm getting the rest of my life (including REST) into balance.
Here's hoping we all continue with good habits newly begun or rekindled.
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Very fidgety and uncomfortable 20 minutes of sitting last night. I much prefer the morning. And tonight will have to be evening again. Never mind, I'm glad I have made the effort throughout a period of being busy and tired. Things should be more normal after Friday.
FINALLY this morning I kept my ideal schedule, journaling in bed when I woke up, then sitting for 30 minutes before letting the dog out. Of course, I don't go to campus on Wednesdays, so I have a leisurely morning...but I still find ways of not practicing.
I'm with Jean...morning meditation is best for me. I'm learning, though, that I probably shouldn't expect to do a long meditation on mornings when I teach: I should "allow" myself "quick & dirty" sit on those mornings since my head is usually full of class prep details.
But there's really no excuse for me NOT to sit on mornings when I don't go to campus...except, of course, for my own silly procrastination.
Sat half an hour last night. I want to be more deliberate about choosing an object of meditation -- I'm in the habit of using the breath, and it usually doesn't even occur to me, until after I've started, that I could have used something else. But I find mixing it up a little very useful.
Restless mind this morning when I meditated. When I opened my eyes I was surprised to see that 15 minutes had elapsed. It felt like 5 minutes at most. So that's good I suppose. I have started to focus on an imaginary light at my heart centre, and I find works well for me.
At the weekend I found a book called "Meditation made Easy" by Lorin Roche in a local charity shop, in an American edition. (Sorry, don't know how to do links on Comments.) I am finding it a good and relevant read.
Despite an active mind, meditation this morning was good for me, the mirror was turned around. yikes! scary to see the habitual patterns that come out when life's heavy demands bear down.
I too, tend to focus on the breath by default. But have also found that meditating with the intention of stillness has been profound.
Just returned from my weekly yoga class, where we end with about 10 minutes of prone relaxation & seated meditation. As I might have mentioned here before, this is the first time in YEARS I've been able to do prone relaxation without falling asleep, which I'm taking as an encouraging sign that I'm getting the rest of my life (including REST) into balance.
Here's hoping we all continue with good habits newly begun or rekindled.
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