present itself as the right time.
I know too well that that time can be a long time coming. I tried meditating and could not get past the fidgeting and stream of babble that my brain churned out continually. I didn't get it. Maybe I wasn't able to do it. I never did it long enough to see how it could evolve. I gave up on it. And I gave up on any really deep self-enquiry.
That was until life presented me with the right time. It took a cancer diagnosis to kick my butt and get me on track with some self-care. I absolutely committed myself to learning the ins and outs of meditation. I tried various styles and techniques. Sitting for 2-3 hrs throughout the day didn't seem a stretch at all as it became the best way through the turmoil I experienced when I just let my mind take over.
Eventually I settled with a twice daily mindfulness practice of just 2o mins twice a day. I would say to any beginner to just start. And commit to sitting for 5 mins today.
Get yourself comfortably seated. In a chair is perfect if you can't sit crossed legged. Close your eyes. And just feel yourself sitting. Listening to the sounds around you. Feel yourself breathing. Following your breath is the focus of this meditation. So just let yourself feel the in breath go all the way in until it turns around and then follow the breath all the way out. Notice the little pauses between the breaths. Even when you find that you have been thinking, narrating a story, chatting away in your mind, turn your attention back to breath and follow it again, all the way in and out, in and out.
Try it today, for 5 mins. Before you do it, check-in with yourself and get a vibe on how you feel on a scale 1-10. 10 being relaxed and happy, 1 being very uptight,angry, etc.
After your 5 mins of sitting and breathing again observe how you feel.
I would love to hear how you got on!
I know too well that that time can be a long time coming. I tried meditating and could not get past the fidgeting and stream of babble that my brain churned out continually. I didn't get it. Maybe I wasn't able to do it. I never did it long enough to see how it could evolve. I gave up on it. And I gave up on any really deep self-enquiry.
That was until life presented me with the right time. It took a cancer diagnosis to kick my butt and get me on track with some self-care. I absolutely committed myself to learning the ins and outs of meditation. I tried various styles and techniques. Sitting for 2-3 hrs throughout the day didn't seem a stretch at all as it became the best way through the turmoil I experienced when I just let my mind take over.
Eventually I settled with a twice daily mindfulness practice of just 2o mins twice a day. I would say to any beginner to just start. And commit to sitting for 5 mins today.
Get yourself comfortably seated. In a chair is perfect if you can't sit crossed legged. Close your eyes. And just feel yourself sitting. Listening to the sounds around you. Feel yourself breathing. Following your breath is the focus of this meditation. So just let yourself feel the in breath go all the way in until it turns around and then follow the breath all the way out. Notice the little pauses between the breaths. Even when you find that you have been thinking, narrating a story, chatting away in your mind, turn your attention back to breath and follow it again, all the way in and out, in and out.
Try it today, for 5 mins. Before you do it, check-in with yourself and get a vibe on how you feel on a scale 1-10. 10 being relaxed and happy, 1 being very uptight,angry, etc.
After your 5 mins of sitting and breathing again observe how you feel.
I would love to hear how you got on!
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