I'm here to help you change your life, and trust me, I'm going to tell you that it's going to take some serious effort. So here's my challenge to you today.
Take on a meditation practice. Before you go, "Oh please that's hippie nonsense" I really would like for you to hear me out.
So lend me your ears for a minute (not literally - Robin Hood Men In Tights fans know that reference).
You will gain absolutely nothing from a meditation practice. Nada. Zip. Zero. And if you are starting to get uncomfortable with the word meditation, let's just call it a sitting practice instead.
For 10 minutes a day sit down on the floor and focus only on your breath. That's it. Nothing guided. Nothing prompting you. Nothing to focus on except your breath and what you are doing with that breath.
Breath and continue breathing as much as possible.
Now let me explain what I'm really up to here.
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.
If thoughts and emotions come in and distract you, don't get mad at yourself, simply come back to your breath. If you get all wrapped up in something or your internal critic is going off, don't get mad or anxious, just come back to your breath.
Meditation is really about learning how to come back to the present moment over and over again. Fundamentally speaking, the present moment is the only moment we have so we must learn how to arrive back into it.
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.
Always come back.
Take on a meditation practice. Before you go, "Oh please that's hippie nonsense" I really would like for you to hear me out.
So lend me your ears for a minute (not literally - Robin Hood Men In Tights fans know that reference).
You will gain absolutely nothing from a meditation practice. Nada. Zip. Zero. And if you are starting to get uncomfortable with the word meditation, let's just call it a sitting practice instead.
For 10 minutes a day sit down on the floor and focus only on your breath. That's it. Nothing guided. Nothing prompting you. Nothing to focus on except your breath and what you are doing with that breath.
Breath and continue breathing as much as possible.
Now let me explain what I'm really up to here.
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.
If thoughts and emotions come in and distract you, don't get mad at yourself, simply come back to your breath. If you get all wrapped up in something or your internal critic is going off, don't get mad or anxious, just come back to your breath.
Meditation is really about learning how to come back to the present moment over and over again. Fundamentally speaking, the present moment is the only moment we have so we must learn how to arrive back into it.
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.
Always come back.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into some great quotes for motivation by clicking here or read more about how to lose weight and start to have the best year of your life.
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