I've been scarcely on my mat this past week: things are busy at school, so the usual niceties go out the window. (sigh...)
But, the past few nights at bedtime, right as I've crawled in bed, I've lain quietly on my back, following my breath and basically "doing nothing" for about 5 minutes before going to sleep. It's not much, but it's something...and after this week, my schedule will get a bit saner (I hope).
I sat this morning. Too short a time, just 5 minutes - again the issue of leaving for work and not getting up early enough to meditate and also do everything else I need to do.
Well I did put a post up on my blog about our get-together this weekend but took it down again fairly sharply. It felt too exposed.
I was nervous to start with on Saturday and then I wasn't. It was just like meeting friends that I am comfortable with. Very real, very down to earth. And the music was wonderful.
My whole schedule today, topsy-turvy with a sick child at home. And in the mix, did not get the sitting done. It still slips away too easily. I, too, have been following breath as I go to sleep. It IS something, but not the same for me as a real sit.
Mary, thank you for this brief description. It's entirely too wonderful for me to imagine 3 dear web friends meeting up and not to hear how it went. I imagine it was different for each of you, and I'd love to hear more from any of you. I guess rather than envy, I am overflown with excitement.
Meeting, how extraordinary that would be... we share so much of ourselves in our writing that we would know each other in vastly deeper ways than a first time meeting would normally indicate.
And how I wish.
I meditated for 15 min yesterday and today. Using a mantra. But after the time was up, I let go of the mantra and fell into the heaving depth of the breath
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I've been scarcely on my mat this past week: things are busy at school, so the usual niceties go out the window. (sigh...)
But, the past few nights at bedtime, right as I've crawled in bed, I've lain quietly on my back, following my breath and basically "doing nothing" for about 5 minutes before going to sleep. It's not much, but it's something...and after this week, my schedule will get a bit saner (I hope).
I sat this morning. Too short a time, just 5 minutes - again the issue of leaving for work and not getting up early enough to meditate and also do everything else I need to do.
Well I did put a post up on my blog about our get-together this weekend but took it down again fairly sharply. It felt too exposed.
I was nervous to start with on Saturday and then I wasn't. It was just like meeting friends that I am comfortable with. Very real, very down to earth. And the music was wonderful.
Lorianne, that about describes my meditation the last couple days, too.
Mary, speaking of envy and jealousy! ... :-)
My whole schedule today, topsy-turvy with a sick child at home. And in the mix, did not get the sitting done. It still slips away too easily. I, too, have been following breath as I go to sleep. It IS something, but not the same for me as a real sit.
Mary, thank you for this brief description. It's entirely too wonderful for me to imagine 3 dear web friends meeting up and not to hear how it went. I imagine it was different for each of you, and I'd love to hear more from any of you. I guess rather than envy, I am overflown with excitement.
Meeting, how extraordinary that would be... we share so much of ourselves in our writing that we would know each other in vastly deeper ways than a first time meeting would normally indicate.
And how I wish.
I meditated for 15 min yesterday and today. Using a mantra. But after the time was up, I let go of the mantra and fell into the heaving depth of the breath
it was ecstatic
(hey, I need some of it in my life!)
*hugs xo :)
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