I'm here to challenge you...and trust me...I never said any of this was going to be easy. So here's my challenge to you.
I want you to take up meditation. And before you go, "Oh common really?!" I want you to hear me out.
Give me a minute to explain to you why this is so important in your life. Lend me your ears as they would say.
You're not going to gain anything from meditation. Nada. Nothing. In fact, let's just call this a "sitting practice."
For 10 minutes a day sit down on the floor and focus only on your breath. That's it. Nothing guided. Nothing prompting you. Nothing to focus on except your breath and what you are doing with that breath.
Breath away and sit there quietly.
Now here's what I'm up to.
You're not gain anything from doing this practice, but you'll experience something else entirely. You'll experience "the falling away of things." Anxiety, fear, doubts, worry...they all start to fall away. As you slow down and focus on your breath, the most present thing you have, you will start to discover a great deal about your mind, your body, and your soul.
When the thoughts and emotions fly into your head, let them. Don't get mad at them or try to get rid of them. Just focus on coming back to your breath instead of getting wrapped up in the uncontrollable.
And that's what this is all about - constantly coming back. Over a 10 minute meditation, you can literally come back hundreds of times. But that's actually the point...you keep coming back to this moment.
With any practice, you are going to be in and out of it. You might miss a couple days or a couple of weeks, but always make sure to come back to it. It's important to view the practices we engage in our lives as things that "nourish" us instead of things we "have to do." There's a huge difference there.
Always come back to your practices.
I want you to take up meditation. And before you go, "Oh common really?!" I want you to hear me out.
Give me a minute to explain to you why this is so important in your life. Lend me your ears as they would say.
You're not going to gain anything from meditation. Nada. Nothing. In fact, let's just call this a "sitting practice."
For 10 minutes a day sit down on the floor and focus only on your breath. That's it. Nothing guided. Nothing prompting you. Nothing to focus on except your breath and what you are doing with that breath.
Breath away and sit there quietly.
Now here's what I'm up to.
You're not gain anything from doing this practice, but you'll experience something else entirely. You'll experience "the falling away of things." Anxiety, fear, doubts, worry...they all start to fall away. As you slow down and focus on your breath, the most present thing you have, you will start to discover a great deal about your mind, your body, and your soul.
When the thoughts and emotions fly into your head, let them. Don't get mad at them or try to get rid of them. Just focus on coming back to your breath instead of getting wrapped up in the uncontrollable.
And that's what this is all about - constantly coming back. Over a 10 minute meditation, you can literally come back hundreds of times. But that's actually the point...you keep coming back to this moment.
With any practice, you are going to be in and out of it. You might miss a couple days or a couple of weeks, but always make sure to come back to it. It's important to view the practices we engage in our lives as things that "nourish" us instead of things we "have to do." There's a huge difference there.
Always come back to your practices.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into some great quotes for motivation by clicking here or read more about how to lose weight and start to have the best year of your life.
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