Right, there we go. Practice done for this morning. This, may I add, is also after a 6.5km run completed while the sun rose all crimson and orange from behind a hill. I really hope I can keep this health kick going as I do feel x10 better for my efforts.
Anyway, today's practice saw me breathing in concentrating on the lift of my shoulders and then breathing out and focusing the exhale on the heart. In total, the meditation lasted just over 6 minutes, and to be honest, it tool me a good 4 minutes to get settled. My mind was racing this way and that, sometimes barely able to inhale fully without a digression. That said, I did yank my attention back as soon as I realized, but it did show me how easily our minds drift off into strange and disconnected thoughts. These flashes of thought reminded me today of the flashbacks you get after a heavy night on the beer. You all know what I'm talking about: a night when you overdo it and walk up dying, pulsating with anxiety about what you might have done the night before. Thankfully, these nights are slowly petering out of my life's narrative, but if I'm straight with you, they do still happen from time to time. These memory flashbacks are like snapshots in time, and during today's practice I got similar visuals
I don't know whether it is the power of suggestion or wish thinking, but I do feel my mood picking up throughout the day since I started my practice. Also, when I notice my mind racing, I take stock and breathe deeply three times and center myself. This ends the internal chatter for a time.
OK, that's all for today.
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