Making it Mindful

Back on the meditation train after being sick with tonsilitis the past few days. Will be making up the days that I missed at the end.

Day 12: Relaxation meditation before sleep.  

Day 9: Mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes.  Mind drifting to recent memories of pleasant things.  Better than drifting off to stress.

Waiting room meditation. Relaxing amidst people talking, TV on and hustle and bustle. One week in to the challenge and I'm enjoying it. I feel more balanced and relaxed after doing the meditation.

Bubble bath and meditation - excellent relaxing combination.

Mediation during a migraine.  When concentrating on feeling the body, I ended up focusing on the throbbing in my head.  However, by the end of the meditation I felt more relaxed.  It helped me nap afterwards which made the migraine go away.  So, success!

Work afternoon meditation break.  Going from feeling frazzled and overwhelmed to calm and relaxed.  Good stuff.

Mind bouncing and unfocused at times.  Need to work on focus in the silence.

It is interesting the way voice, tone and style of the person guiding the meditation can affect the experience.  I’ll be trying a few different ones until I find some that reliably work for me. So far, Tara Brach is working for me.

I am happy that I started the first day of the challenge.  The other people on my work team seem to also be pretty excited.  We’re looking at trying to schedule a few guided meditations together at work if scheduling allows.