December Meditation Challenge

You can see it here! It's from darebee:

Hoooo thank you I didn't explore the darebee site ...

Day 1 : 5 min meditation... well first time ever. It was pretty hard to void my head. All sorts of thoughts tried to bother me :pinch:
Any tips that can help to think about nothing ?

Chinzu wrote: Hoooo thank you I didn't explore the darebee site ...

Day 1 : 5 min meditation... well first time ever. It was pretty hard to void my head. All sorts of thoughts tried to bother me :pinch:
Any tips that can help to think about nothing ?

There is a lesson in our Initiate Program that goes over Mediation and such. In that lesson, it goes over meditation tools. I like listening to certain types of deep, bass-y music, chanting, ect. Some people like using incense. Essentially find something to focus on, rather than go empty. Eventually, with practise, you'll find yourself able to focus on nothing if you want and achieve the same level of success.

indeed when I was focusing on my breath, it was more easier. I'l try with celtic music next time.

When I do my Breathing Meditation it is counting in my head in sets of 3. So I breathe in and count from 1 to 6. Pause a second. Breathe out and count from 6 to 1. I do this three times. It also helps to envision the number in your minds eye as well. Then I breathe in and count from 1 to 7. Pause and breathe out and count from 7 to 1. Again, I do this 3 times. Then I go to a count of 8 and repeat the process. You can go to 9 and 10 counts if you so desire. I usually go to 9 and do it three times and then go back to the 7 count and just do it until I feel ready to stop. I use the 7 count for the 7 Chakras.

Welcome aboard, Chinzu!

I was taught that sometimes the practice is just sitting still while your brain does its thing and having that frustrating experience.

The first thing I'll do if I find my mind drifting, though, is to check my posture. Straighten the spine while I inhale, relax my legs while I exhale. Repeat a couple of times. Then bring my concentration back to my center.

If I really can't concentrate (a bit ago during the first week after a friend passed for example), I will get out beads and chant a mantra out loud to force everything else down.

I just in the past week finished the best book on meditation I've ever read. It's called "How To Meditate" by Lawrence LeShan. He draws parallels between meditation systems from a number of traditions, and provides examples that are not bound to any specific tradition. My library system had a copy, yours might as well.

20 minutes for today! Almost through the month!

Does sipping coffee while murmuring silently to myself about wanting to be back in bed for a half hour count as meditation?

No?

Half hour of corpse yoga it is then. ;p

Kasumi wrote: Welcome aboard, Chinzu!

I was taught that sometimes the practice is just sitting still while your brain does its thing and having that frustrating experience.

The first thing I'll do if I find my mind drifting, though, is to check my posture. Straighten the spine while I inhale, relax my legs while I exhale. Repeat a couple of times. Then bring my concentration back to my center.

If I really can't concentrate (a bit ago during the first week after a friend passed for example), I will get out beads and chant a mantra out loud to force everything else down.

I just in the past week finished the best book on meditation I've ever read. It's called "How To Meditate" by Lawrence LeShan. He draws parallels between meditation systems from a number of traditions, and provides examples that are not bound to any specific tradition. My library system had a copy, yours might as well.

Thanks for advises ! I will definitely try that !

Day 2 : 5 min meditation + 15 min martial art positions combined with breathing Technics