30 Days of Meditation: days 29 & 30

I sat last night, but there was no purpose other than it was day 29. It was late, I was very tired, I had a horrible headache from caffeine withdrawal, and I’ve got a lot on my mind at the moment. Today wasn’t much better. I was less tired, I had a worse headache, and [...]

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30 Days of Meditation: day 28

I should have done some yoga before sitting today. I haven’t done any exercise for a few days as my shoulder has been hurting like hell – it gets so bad sometimes I can’t even raise my arm above my head – and I didn’t want to aggravate it, but the upshot of that is [...]

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30 Days of Meditation: day 27

Y’know what’s an unexpected problem when you’re meditating; your eyes. I mean you’d think it was simple enough. They’re closed, end of discussion. But I find that, since I’m concentrating on the sensation of breath on the rim of my nostril, that my eyes tend to look down at my nose, and even to a [...]

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30 Days of Meditation: day 26

Didn’t do too badly this evening. Didn’t sit ’til 1:15am, but since I didn’t get up ’til 4:50pm that’s probably no surprise. I managed to not fidget as much as I have before. It’s all too easy to keep adjusting your posture, trying to find the perfect balance, but that takes you away from the [...]

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30 Days of Meditation: day 25

Today’s session was just a waste of time. I was in between two night shifts, and after sleeping all day I had to go out to do some shopping, so I didn’t have time before I went to work. But that’s ok, I thought, I’ll just do some when I get to work. Not a [...]

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30 Days of Meditation: day 24

I was a little agitated when I sat today. I had lots to do so I kept planning all of that instead of just relaxing and concentrating on my breathing. Further proof, if ever there was needed, that you need to make space in your day to meditate, not just time.

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30 Days of Meditation: day 23

Had an unpleasant surprise as I sat today. A sudden pain in my right side where your heart would be if your heart was on the right. I tried to ignore it as best I could be gave up in the end and tried some deep breathing until it went away. Thankfully, went away it [...]

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30 Days of Meditation: day 22

It doesn’t matter what you do to get rid of unnecessary distractions, more always seem to come up. You can turn off the fridge, not turn on the washing machine, close all the doors to provide some sound proofing, but just when you’re getting into it that’s when your upstairs neighbour decides to run a [...]

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30 Days of Meditation: day 21

Unfortunately I failed to follow my own advice and meditate first thing today. The builders were back (again!) and so I couldn’t. I was going to do it after they went but by that time I was so into doing laundry and cleaning that I didn’t remember until about 1am. So once again I had [...]

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30 Days of Meditation: day 20

I fully expected this session to be pretty perfunctory. I’d left it to last thing so was tired. If I made it to the end awake it’d be a win. What I didn’t expect was the itch. It’s hard to ignore the desire to sneeze when you’re concentrating on your nose. I suppressed it a [...]

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