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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 really explain to you why taking on this practice can drastically alter your life. So lend me your ears.
You're not going to gain anything from meditation. Nada. Nothing. In fact, let's just call this a "sitting practice."
Every single day, for at least 10 minutes a day (set a timer on your phone) sit on the floor with your legs crossed, close your eyes and focus only on your breath. I don't want you to get guided by tapes, sounds, or anything else. Just your breath.
Sit there. Quietly...and just...breathe.
Now here's what I'm up to.
Even though you aren't going to gain anything from meditation, you are going to get something completely different out of it entirely. You will actually experience something that many people don't get to experience at all. The "falling away" of things that are plaguing your life. All of the fear, doubt, and worry starts to drip out of you as you really take the time to slow down and focus on being in the present moment.
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.
Come back to it.
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 really explain to you why taking on this practice can drastically alter your life. So lend me your ears.
You're not going to gain anything from meditation. Nada. Nothing. In fact, let's just call this a "sitting practice."
Every single day, for at least 10 minutes a day (set a timer on your phone) sit on the floor with your legs crossed, close your eyes and focus only on your breath. I don't want you to get guided by tapes, sounds, or anything else. Just your breath.
Sit there. Quietly...and just...breathe.
Now here's what I'm up to.
Even though you aren't going to gain anything from meditation, you are going to get something completely different out of it entirely. You will actually experience something that many people don't get to experience at all. The "falling away" of things that are plaguing your life. All of the fear, doubt, and worry starts to drip out of you as you really take the time to slow down and focus on being in the present moment.
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.
Come back to it.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Change Your Life Quotes to help you get some Motivation To Lose Some Weight and have the best year of your life.
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