kbn1 is starting her list of goals. Cool.
Really need to just set a time and do it. I’m going to start tomorrow morning, after exercise.
How I did it: I've learned Transcendental Meditation, Kriya Yoga with Self Realization Fellowship (Paramahansa Yogananda) and Primordial Sound Meditation with Deepak Chopra. I found it important to set a 30 day goal to develop the habit of meditating twice a day to develop a habit. I use the RPM approach - Rise, Pee and Meditate. Works for me. My second session is around 3:30pm in the afternoon. I now meditate twice a day, everyday and consider i… Read how I did it…
How I did it: 51 Letter Mantra of the elder brother sage Thirumoolar. www.sivayoga.com. Practice this every day. You will discover the Inner Life that will empower and fuel your Outer "Everyday" Life. You will gain much and will have much more to offer the world. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I read a few books on Buddhism years ago and started haphazardly meditating on my own. I'm not even sure why I started. I started going to a group once a week, and that was nice. I'd start and stop all the time. I may have been sitting once a week, tops.I decided to go to a meditation retreat at a Zen Buddhist monastery over a weekend about a year and a half ago. It rocked my world, and I decided to go back.&… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I found a meditation that appealed to me, Transcendental Meditation (TM), set my intention on it and ended up at a school and community that meditates twice daily! TM costs about $2,000 to learn, but I ended up getting excepted to a school that teaches and practices it, and got a scholarship for it! I know anyone can meditate daily, but I wanted a specific type of meditation, and even more, being in a supportive environment to… Read how I did it…
jules1970 Apparently I'm a 'Tree Hugging,Self-Improving, De-Clutterer!
How I did it: It was hard and am still very 'green' at it. Concentrating is the hardest, as the mind tends to wander to what you're having for tea, conversations you've had in the day, noises outside - these are all distractions to get used to 'pushing aside'. And making myself find the time! 10mins is all you need. Read how I did it…
kbn1 is starting her list of goals. Cool.
Really need to just set a time and do it. I’m going to start tomorrow morning, after exercise.
LizK9 is organising her list of 43 things into some sort of order.
Managed five minutes, which passed extremely quickly. Will carry on practising.
Purplenails tiddly pom, tiddly pom.
I’m going to try and do this twice daily alongside the Artist’s way. I’m going to use this website and try and do each class for a week. Just did the candle exercise, whilst listening to some meditation music I downloaded from itunes. I also had some incense burning but this hasn’t gone down well with the rest of the family, so I think I’ll just stick to the music from now on.
I’m going to try and do this every morning and evening, today was in the afternoon as I got up late.
I feel a little calmer. Think it’ll work better once I build up to longer intervals, only did 5 minutes.
Meditation is a very interesting practice. Every time I meditate I experience something different. I feel things that are usually can not be felt normally and sometimes I get distracted by these. Last night I experience something I never had before. It felt like I had no body and at the same time I had two. I don’t know how to put this in words ,really, but it was different.
laika43 if you do what you've always done you'll get what you've always got
I’ve decided I need a proper goal so I know when I’m done. I’m going to try meditating at least once a day (ideally twice) for 10 minutes. Its not a huge goal but I want to integrate this with my normal life so I have to do it slowly methinks.
So far so good I have been doing this for a week… 23 days to go!
Hopefully by the end of the 30 days it will be as natural as cleaning my teeth twice a day :D
MayaSolyh Roooooars!
Instead of trying to do 15 minutes with my ADHD-mind, I though it would be better to start with 10 calm minutes.
An actually I did pretty good the last 4 days.
No bouncing of the walls, but I kept pretty cool.
It is really good progress this stillness in my mind.
went to a session today. picked up cds. did 15 minute session at work. did 25 min session after work! recommended by instructor to do twice daily 25 min session. focusing on posture as well. even tried a bit on subway!
laika43 if you do what you've always done you'll get what you've always got
I’m very lucky in that I find meditating quite simple (I know some people have trouble slowing down and controlling their thoughts). However I don’t practise daily so thats something I would like to do.
I want to keep it simple (maybe try other stuff as it becomes more of a habit) just focusing on my breathing for 5/10 minutes in the morning and at night.
DearPatrickSwayze we gotta get some pagliacci up in this bitch
the 45 minutes of prayer this morning counts, I haven’t meditated once since I posted this goal.
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fillyjonk asks,
“i have been asked to lead a meditation group- ive been on a few long retreats but my daily practice is somewhere between sporadic and non existent. should i consider doing this?”
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Bellevue
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joie de vivre asks,
“What do you think is the proper response when someone bursts into tears in the meditation hall?”
— 9 months ago |
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India
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Shaleenee asks,
“have you experienced involuntary body movement during meditation?”
— 11 months ago |
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India
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Shaleenee asks,
“meditation is being totally aware or loosing oneself?”
— 16 months ago |
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England
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ajax57 asks,
“How does everyone find the motivation/commitment to continue a daily practice? I can do so well for weeks, then have weeks not sitting, and I don't really know why.”
— 17 months ago |
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India
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Shaleenee asks,
“IS it dangerous to try different kinds of meditation?”
— 18 months ago |
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Helsinki
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atmosphear asks,
“Who are you, in between your thoughts?”
— 18 months ago |
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Pili4 asks,
“does anyone know of a free or cheap meditation/visualization cd or even better mp3,which can be downloaded from the internet?”
— 18 months ago |
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Dublin
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LizdeBiz asks,
“How does zazen differ from other kinds of meditation? Is it any different?”
— 21 months ago |
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Oklahoma
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yoga_guy_uco asks,
“What exactly do you do for meditation?”
— 2 years ago |
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