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More Than Meditating
More Than Meditating
“As we become more accepting, a certain lightness develops about it all. And the lighter and more accepting we become with ourselves, the lighter and more accepting we are with others. We’re not so prone to judge the minds of others, once we have carefully seen our own.” (Here, Now, Aware: The Power of Mindfulness)
“As we become more accepting, a certain lightness develops about it all. And the lighter and more accepting we become with ourselves, the lighter and more accepting we are with others. We’re not so prone to judge the minds of others, once we have carefully seen our own.” (Here, Now, Aware: The Power of Mindfulness)
I started practicing meditation in 2016. For awhile it was frustrating because my mind kept incessantly drifting towards unwanted thoughts. But I stuck with it—meditating 10 min or so most days . At some point it dawned on me that meditating was, in fact, hard work—just like everything else in life, I needed to practice, practice, practice to get better and to see some results. After that , I was able to let go of some of my self-critical thoughts about my failures of meditating. Since then, it has slowly gotten easier for me focus my attention and to enjoy some of the benefits of meditating that I was initially looking .
I started practicing meditation in 2016. For awhile it was frustrating because my mind kept incessantly drifting towards unwanted thoughts. But I stuck with it—meditating 10 min or so most days . At some point it dawned on me that meditating was, in fact, hard work—just like everything else in life, I needed to practice, practice, practice to get better and to see some results. After that , I was able to let go of some of my self-critical thoughts about my failures of meditating. Since then, it has slowly gotten easier for me focus my attention and to enjoy some of the benefits of meditating that I was initially looking .
In the spring of 2017, I took a class with Annie O’Shaughnessy. Annie helped me to understand that meditating is a part of a bigger state of being—Mindfulness. She also shared a seemingly endless supply of resources to help me to better understand and practice Mindfulness both in my personal and work life. I have come to understand that Mindfulness focuses on staying in the present moment—not allowing myself to get swept up in thought habits or my own personal narration of what is happening - instead accepting whatever is happening as worthy of my open-minded attention.
In the spring of 2017, I took a class with Annie O’Shaughnessy. Annie helped me to understand that meditating is a part of a bigger state of being—Mindfulness. She also shared a seemingly endless supply of resources to help me to better understand and practice Mindfulness both in my personal and work life. I have come to understand that Mindfulness focuses on staying in the present moment—not allowing myself to get swept up in thought habits or my own personal narration of what is happening - instead accepting whatever is happening as worthy of my open-minded attention.
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