Morning Meditation – after 28 days
A little sad to say this but found true. Human brain is like a computer chip. Memory is like RAM. When we keep so many things in our memory, it will be difficult to find space for things which matter to us as we learn. Meditation helps sort the memory and gives the opportunity to see what matters. But as I started, this is a journey, rather than a simple solution.
A while ago, I wrote that I started meditation with my own doubt. My doubt being – not sure whether I can focus on the mediation since too many thinking and thoughts are always in my head.
Just due to the pure desperation for being sane, I started and now I can report that I am going at 21 days now.
Do I feel different? Not sure.. But I incorporated this to my morning routine for 15min and it seems to work for me to continue. I am not quite sure about other meditation, but for me breathing meditations are the best to ground me to start a day.
A few tips how I incorporated successfully to my routine
- Pick a time. For me, morning is best. While coffee is brewing, I spend 15min.
- Feel the breeze – I found that cold or cool air helps me focus. Open the window if you can.
- Select a meditation app which you can stick to. I downloaded three and I stuck to one. My selection was inner mind. A lot of guided meditations are free in this app. Of course, you can pick what you feel right to you. You may want to try a few apps to select.
- Select a guided meditation which works for you. For me this is the breathing guided meditation. Especially “yogi breath” are so intense and does not give me any room to think otherwise. Just focus on breath… I admit this is a wonderful experience to find out such a simple practice like breathing can help me meditate.
- Try a few days to stick to the routine.. And then decided. For me this works. I made a promise to myself that I will decide whether I will continue or not to continue every two days… Easier to stick to a few days at a time than a month.
- Most of all, allow yourself to invest time only for yourself. It is much difficult to focus on you while everything around us appears to be uncertain. Almost feeling guilty not to do something… It is okay not to do anything, and spend time for yourself. Ultimately this is all good since we will be kind to others around us especially for people who are always with us at this time.
I am wondering after this is over, what we will remember about this period. And after this is over, I am also wondering whether I will continue.. Regardless, I think for now, the meditation does help and it is worthwhile to try…