Those extra two minutes are hard!

[elfs]

Last week, I tried to do two meditation sessions of ten minutes each. I succeeded during the weekdays, but didn't keep up on the weekends. This week, I've made them two sessions of twelve minutes each. Those extra two minutes are hard!. I really noticed how much longer the sessions seem to be.

I'm also not sure they're doing me all that much good. I feel better after I do them, especially if I try the square breathing trick, but it's hard to say that I actually am in any way improved by them.

Comments

[lisakit.livejournal.com]

You're doing a heck of alot better than me. I haven't done any meditation in months. I haven't even done any of the yoga stretches (which is kinda meditative) since I got pneumonia about 5 weeks ago (or has it been 6 now?).

Wow. I gotta get back on track. It really does help.

[irismoonlight.livejournal.com]

It's a subtle but lovely difference. I notice how much meditation helps after a long period of doing it...and then stopping. Meditation helps me stay focused, and if I don't do it regularly, I'm twice as scatterbrained and find it much harder to make decisions.

[shemayazi.livejournal.com]

And if the sitting still part doesn't work so great, try the meditation-while-riding-a-bike part next, or tai chi. Moving meditation always feels so much more like something's being accomplished while something's being accomplished. But then, that could just be me.