- I recently installed an app on my computer to remind to take micro breaks every 15mins. Each break is 15 seconds. I breathe, close my eyes. Get back to my body. I realised 2 things: • 15mins is enough for me to get carried into tension and mental noise. • 15 seconds is enough to come back to myself.
- Mental Muscles.
- “I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. ...
- I've never felt the effects of meditation until now
- Uncertainty makes a better ally than adversary.
- Meditation helped me catch my thoughts before they catch me
- To feel good one must allow everything to be as it is, to allow everything to be one must stop the need to feel good
- Not being Present and Mindful is hurting our body
- Feeling the pain as it is.
- In what ways has meditation changed your perspective/what you want in life?
- In this moment
- Tingling in throat/cheeks/chest/back and belly whenever I inhale deeply.
- How to Have a Healthy Gratitude Practice
- My Self Realization Experience
- Really really odd random thoughts
- I can't make myself meditate
- I lost my motivation to mediate after enrolling in a course
- I need help getting back into meditation.
- Beginner Meditation Practice besides Isha Kriya?
- What are you missing?
- Lying down, sitting or standing?������������
- Anyone else hear rushing in their ears?
- I try to feel something in my chest when i meditate.
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:08 AM PDT And as crazy as it may sound, 15 seconds sometimes feels like a long time when I'm in that work frenzy mode... Also, the more I do this, the more I apply to my daily life, while doing the dishes or whatever. Just pause everything for 15 seconds and breathe. I think I feel lighter since then. Sending love [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 06:42 AM PDT Your mental muscles (concentration, willpower, compassion etc) work just the same as your physical muscles. You need time, patience and exercise to build-up and strengthen them. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:49 AM PDT ... Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much; my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold onto it. And then it flows through me like rain, and I can't feel anything but gratitude—for every single moment of my stupid, little life. You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure; but don't worry….you will someday." ― Alan Ball, American Beauty: The Shooting Script [link] [comments] |
| I've never felt the effects of meditation until now Posted: 17 Jun 2021 01:57 PM PDT I have been meditating on and off... I never felt like it benefited me besides the immediate sense of calm so I only did it to help myself calm down or as a cool down after working out. Plus meditating is just hard... But this week, there was a huge miscommunication at work and it resulted in me basically being set back in work for a couple of months. And instead of trying to place blame or get angry, the first thing I did was breathe and focus on my breath then a thought that came to my mind was "it's okay, shit happened and that sucked but we can fix it." My stress has been managed and a feel awesome. I'm encouraged to try meditating more often now! [link] [comments] |
| Uncertainty makes a better ally than adversary. Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:59 AM PDT Uncertainty is inevitable, our choice is how we coexist with it. Just a thought I had today and wanted to pass along. Be well friends. [link] [comments] |
| Meditation helped me catch my thoughts before they catch me Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:02 AM PDT I don't meditate regularly, but at one time managed to meditate for 2 months straight. After about a month of the noting technique (that's what they call it on headspace) I started noticing my thoughts as they arise in my day to day life. I got faster at it. Biggest benefits of this was me realizing what independent thoughts arise, how they make me feel, and stop the transfer of emotions from one thought to the rest of my life. Example : I get a shitty text from someone, and I used to take it out on my so. I now can differentiate between the sources of anxiety or sadness and can keep them apart, accept them as reality and move on. I also understand what bigger, more complex muddy feelings are made of. It's easy to break them down and figure out what is what. It has been one of the best tools for mind management, together with therapy. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2021 06:30 PM PDT Every true understanding is always paradoxical I've noticed [link] [comments] |
| Not being Present and Mindful is hurting our body Posted: 17 Jun 2021 01:03 PM PDT Someone in reddit suggested the book "You cant afford the luxury of a negative thought". Started reading it. Below is an excerpt "Thoughts have responses in the body. Think of a lemon. Imagine cutting it in half. Imagine removing the seeds from one half with the point of a knife. Smell the lemon. Now imagine squeezing the juice from lemon into your mouth. Then imagine digging your teeth into the center of the lemon. Chew the pulp. Feel those little things(whatever those little things are called) breaking and popping inside your mouth. Most people's salivary glands respond to the very thought of lemon. For some people, the mere thought of the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard is physically uncomfortable. Try this - imagine an emery board or a fingernail file or a double sided sand paper. Imagine putting it in your mouth. Bite down on it. Now move your teeth from side to side. Goosebumps?" I wondered, a human has 6200 average thoughts per day. How many of these could be uncomfortable? sad? panicky? Many. Being present saves us from this agony. That's how I realised both these concepts are related and how every thought was affecting our body, mood and anxiety Be mindful, fellow humans. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 03:31 AM PDT Really painful. Being in the pain. Hard thing to do. Want to run away from it. By thinking negative things, exaggerating the situation. Imagining the future, remembering the past. No.. these are just running away from the pain. Pain is the present moment. Too painful. Sometimes cry. Have to writhe in pain for many hours every day. Suicide is the easiest way to escape. But I will confront the pain. Whatever big it will be. I will not run away anymore. https://i.imgur.com/HbQ26hd.jpg [link] [comments] |
| In what ways has meditation changed your perspective/what you want in life? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 11:39 PM PDT Meditation has completely changed my values, goals, and perspectives regarding every aspect of my life. I'm wondering how it has affected other people. Could be insignificant or something huge, like being more compassionate or at the extreme end wanting to pack a bag and live life on the road. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 12:48 AM PDT In this moment I am not happy or sad. I am just. I am. I am not angry. There is no anxiety. My mind has slowed and I hear the crickets. I smell the trees and I feel the wind. I am grounded. I am. Ready to move forward but not thinking about it now. Wanting to learn from the past but not there anymore. I am. [link] [comments] |
| Tingling in throat/cheeks/chest/back and belly whenever I inhale deeply. Posted: 18 Jun 2021 03:48 AM PDT Whenever I meditate and reach a deeper state of relaxation, when I inhale I get a tingling sensation around my body depending on my positioning. I don't think it is hyperventilation since people continuously feel the tingling but mine only occurs when I breath in. Anyone else get this? Like when my back is arched slightly the tingling wont reach my back until I straighten it slightly, the same happens to my face when my neck isn't straightened. It also changes depending on my breathing technique as when I inhale to my chest, the top half of my torso gets it but when i inhale to my belly, it is kept to that location. [link] [comments] |
| How to Have a Healthy Gratitude Practice Posted: 18 Jun 2021 07:22 AM PDT Here is a follow up post related to my other post on the power of a gratitude practice called "How to Increase Your Happiness by 10x" I got quite a bit of interest related to ideas on how to have a healthy gratitude practice, so here they are. This first one is a big one a lot of people get stuck on, and that is: One of the biggest things is, while you're practicing don't force yourself to feel or try to manufacture any particular emotional reaction. Just try to feel the meaning of the words as you are saying them. For example, if you're saying to yourself/thinking about the value that your bed has in your life, don't focus on trying too hard to feel the emotions or feelings of gratitude. Focus more on WHY you're grateful or appreciative of it, and the emotions will naturally follow. What value does it add to your life? What does it give you? Why do you enjoy it? These are the things to focus on. The second tip is not trying to practice all the time. If you are at the beginning of your practice, set aside a certain amount of time in the day and do it then. Like anything, too much of it can be a bad thing. Trying to practice gratitude all the time will only interfere with your life and distract you more than add value to it. Once you have a consistent practice, you will naturally begin noticing yourself having thoughts like these during your days and feeling more appreciative of yourself and your life. Tip 3: If it feels hard at the start, or that you don't know what to think about, just remember that it can be literally anything. Big or small, significant or insignificant, it doesn't matter. Just follow the steps above, trust the process, and know that even just taking the time to stop and practice gratitude is a really positive thing, and you should feel proud of yourself. Bonus: more tips on what to think about/how to have a gratitude practice Keep a Gratitude Journal. Establish a daily practice in which you remind yourself of the gifts, grace, benefits, and good things you enjoy. Recalling moments of gratitude associated with ordinary events, your personal attributes, or valued people in your life gives you the potential to interweave a sustainable theme of gratefulness into your life. Remember the Bad. To be grateful in your current state, it is helpful to remember the hard times that you once experienced. When you remember how difficult life used to be and how far you have come, you set up an explicit contrast in your mind, and this contrast is fertile ground for gratefulness. Share Your Gratitude with Others. Research has found that expressing gratitude can strengthen relationships. So the next time your partner, friend or family member does something you appreciate, be sure to let them know. Come to Your Senses. Through our senses—the ability to touch, see, smell, taste, and hear—we gain an appreciation of what it means to be human and of what an incredible miracle it is to be alive. Seen through the lens of gratitude, the human body is not only a miraculous construction, but also a gift. Use Visual Reminders. Because the two primary obstacles to gratefulness are forgetfulness and a lack of mindful awareness, visual reminders can serve as cues to trigger thoughts of gratitude. Often times, the best visual reminders are other people. Make a Vow to Practice Gratitude. Research shows that making an oath to perform a behavior increases the likelihood that the action will be executed. Therefore, write your own gratitude vow, which could be as simple as "I vow to count my blessings each day," and post it somewhere where you will be reminded of it every day. Think Outside the Box. If you want to make the most out of opportunities to flex your gratitude muscles, you must look creatively for new situations and circumstances in which to feel grateful. P Thanks for reading! Please share the ways you've found to help you practice gratitude! [link] [comments] |
| My Self Realization Experience Posted: 18 Jun 2021 07:22 AM PDT On 29th September 2017, This day was "Mahanavami" 9th day of Goddess Durga. In navaratri Festival we worship 'Goddess siddhidatri' on 9th day, she is well known for Moksha, even we call her brahma swaroopini. I was totally unaware of this special day before my experience. Around 10.30 am. I was on the peak of palani hills, sitting simply and watching beauty of the nature. For the first time I am seeing such a wonderful landscape with different types of flowers and trees. My mind became blank and I was looking up to the sky and one question appeared inside my mind i.e "who am I " in my mother tounge kannada "nanu yaru". Suddenly my head felt so heavy and I went inside my room and sat in my bed. My eyes went up and I stared seeing himalayan mountains, after that I went above sky, then stars appeared, then I saw pink and blue milky-way like I saw whole universe within me. Then 7 chakras appeared one by one from mooladhara chakra to sahasrara chakra. Above 7 chakras a bright white lustrous luminous formless being was sat in Padmasana posture. i.e "Brahman". After seeing bright white being I saw my life and death cycle like small fast forwarded movie. Like from small baby till my death scene. Finally I came back to my normal sense. I felt This experience was around 45 seconds. I don't know what I saw, even i was thinking what happened to me. Then I started reading spiritual books and finally got to know that is self realization experience as mentioned in bhagavad gita, vedas, upanishad. From that day till now different kinds of mystical experiences are happening within me. On the path of oneness. "we all are one" [link] [comments] |
| Really really odd random thoughts Posted: 18 Jun 2021 07:15 AM PDT When I am relaxing my thoughts make zero sense and it started to scare me.. I am a bit scared to meditate now because I am scared to observe these random thoughts I think I get scared that I am losing control of my own thoughts (I also have anxiety/OCD). I become obsessing over these random thoughts and wonder if I've always had them, or If they are becoming more frequent as I started being more aware of them. I don't know how to become comfortable with my mind because the thoughts just don't make sense sometimes.. Almost like a really weird dream with no logic except I'm having them while I'm awake!! and Sometimes my inner monologue would be responding to these random thoughts and I'd catch my inner monologue saying random stuff too. I'm trying so hard to convince myself that this is all normal but it is all making me really scared and anxious. Any tips? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2021 10:13 PM PDT This is an ongoing problem with me in many aspects of my life, but I feel like if I could just get a routine going for meditation I could build on that for other things like yoga, exercise, etc. The problem is I can't make myself sit down and do it for more than two days at a time. It's not an issue of "how to start". I've started countless times. It's an issue of how do I keep going? Why do I stop? I don't know. Has anyone else overcome this issue? [link] [comments] |
| I lost my motivation to mediate after enrolling in a course Posted: 17 Jun 2021 11:22 PM PDT Hi folks, I have been practising shorter meditations for a while .. I am currently also enrolled in mindfulness course (MBSR) where we have to meditate 45 min daily as a deep dive practice... I had my meditation routine rolling quite successfuly - 10-15 min in the morning and 10 min in the evening, sometimes during the day, sometimes longer. I like meditating on breath and sounds, having trouble with body scan, but can do it. Since I am challenged to meditate daily for 45 min (body scan meditation) - my routine is completely out of the window - and I really dread it- don't want to find "time" to do my bodyscan. It 's too long and I always fall asleep. I hate it! This lead to completely losing the motivation to meditate even like before and I am back to my old habits - scrolling the phone first thing in the morning or going to bed late, instead of meditating. I felt good and now I feel scattered. I eventualy thought I will build up to longer meditations by practising. I just can't find the motivation:( What drives you to meditate? Did you have periods of time of just not wanting to do it? I wonder if this is normal or I am back to square one:( How to find the will again? [link] [comments] |
| I need help getting back into meditation. Posted: 18 Jun 2021 06:18 AM PDT I've been meditating on and off for a few years, and daily from 15-45 minutes from October 2020-April 2021. I was in a car accident in late April, and it took me quite a while to recover. I've tried meditating every day for the past 2 weeks, but I am having a very hard time letting go and relaxing. I had a grade 3 concussion in my accident and it really messed up my head for a while. I used to be able to get very deep into meditation, but since my accident, my issue is this: when I try to focus on my breathing, I can't breathe normally the way I used to. I start to get a pain in my chest and I start to feel like my breathing is forced. It only happens when I try to meditate. I think I'm probably trying to control my breath rather than just observe it, but I don't know why I'm suddenly doing this. I've never experienced this before. I do try to slow down and relax and work through it every night, but every night the same thing happens. I know that it's likely an anxiety response of some kind, but, I can't figure out how to stop doing it/get back to a normal observation of my natural breath during meditation. Does anyone have any tips? I really miss my longer meditation sessions and I really want to get back into it. [link] [comments] |
| Beginner Meditation Practice besides Isha Kriya? Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:39 AM PDT Hi! On my 87th day doing Isha Kriya twice a day. I'm enjoying it but I'm also curious about other meditation practices you guys do that is beginner-friendly? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:29 AM PDT We want to create a retreat that includes different directions. Most offer meditation, yoga, breathing, and so on. But I want to ask you, what would you like to work with? For example: fears, bad habits, stress, health ?? Or what new techniques do you want to try? I want to understand what you need, please help me) [link] [comments] |
| Lying down, sitting or standing?������������ Posted: 18 Jun 2021 01:36 AM PDT Ever since I started meditating from the very beginning, I would always lie down on my bed. This was generally because my posture was very poor and I would get a sore back soon into the meditation. So, I always just went with that technique as it was most comfortable. Over time I have corrected my posture, yet I still lie down on my bed. I came across a video not too long ago which briefly covered meditation. The individual spoke on the power of breath and its ability to cause energy to rise upwards efficiently due to the position which you are in. They said how lying down is lazy and pretty much ineffective. Sitting is effective however due to the ark of your legs, the energy does not rise to the crown as effectively. It was exclaimed that standing is most effective as the energy/Prana can rise almost instantaneously as your body is straight. Today I tried mediating standing up. I did it for 15 mins and really felt the energy at my crown. It felt like it was pulsating within a few mins. My question is quite general. Do you believe this technique is most effective? Also, what technique/position do you use or prefer? [link] [comments] |
| Anyone else hear rushing in their ears? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 10:43 PM PDT Sometimes while meditating I hear the loud rushing of blood through my ears. I'm pretty sure it's the sound of blood, not sure what else it could be. Sometimes there's ringing, other times my eyes squeeze shut. I'm not too worried about it, but it is a little concerning. [link] [comments] |
| I try to feel something in my chest when i meditate. Posted: 18 Jun 2021 03:21 AM PDT For example i am trying to be aware of what is happening, but idk why i am trying to feel something special. The reality or materialistic world has no feelings or emotion. So i guess when i put my awareness on what id happening around me i try to feel something. Has anyone else experienced? How do you fix it? [link] [comments] |
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