meditate

I know I need this and yet I can’t seem to do it. arrrggghh.

I’m trying to change my life, one breath at a time.

By means of meditation we can teach our minds to be calm and balanced; within this calmness is a richness and a potential, an inner knowledge which can render our lives boundlessly satisfying and meaningful. While the mind may be what traps us in unhealthy patterns of stress and imbalance, it is also the mind which can free us. Through meditation, we can tap the healing qualities of mind. – Tarthang Tulku

Although I have not been meditating, I have been thinking about it a lot. Posting here and committing to it on this site, makes me think about it often. I am going to try to meditate all 3 days this weekend. I have been waking early and have had the time every morning this week, yet I have not had a good sit. I think i am just sorting out what my new morning routine should be…

I woke up this morning 30 minutes early and meditated for 5 minutes. It’s a start. I should not really call it meditation, since I was having a hard time not thinking.

I just need to wake up 30 minutes earlier and then I will have the time to meditate. I set the alarm clock this morning with that intention in mind, yet when it rang I hit snooze. Tomorrow I will try again. I was able to meditate for 5 minutes a few times a week last fall, so I know I can do it. Tomorrow, I’ll try again :)

I saw that someone had written “Summer Meditation” plan…and that sounds just perfect for me. The most meditation I ever did was when I lived in an ashram for a month and meditated daily at 6am and 8pm. It was an intense program that required we wake at 5:30 daily and were in and out of temple for class, chanting & meditation until 10pm. I loved it! I was there to be certified as a yoga instructor. This was 3 years ago, and since then I have not taught yoga and I have at most meditated for a few months for 5 minutes a day (that was last fall).

I’m not sure when I am going to start meditating again, but I will soon. I’m so happy this site exists.