Tonight’s meditation was on change, how all things change–sensations in the body, emotions, circumstances, constantly. I did another guided meditation because I was worried that I might start to fall asleep on my own. It is cold here tonight, and Read more…
Today I read about mindfulness meditation and then, after some much needed shoulder/neck yoga, I did a guided mindfulness meditation delivered by Thich Nhat Hahn.
Mindfulness uses (often) the breath as the object of meditation, a tool to focus the mind. So I breathed in and breathed out and started to fall asleep. But I kept catching myself before a major wobble. This is the style with which many non-denominational meditators are familiar, and with good reason: it’s relatively easy.
You focus on your breath and you think (as Hahn suggested) “this is my in breath” and then “this is my out breath.” At Colgate, the zen teachers taught us to think “one” and then “two,” and if we could stay focused through both, then we might move on to three and four. I never did because focus is hard! Here’s to getting better at it. (more…)
Not entirely true, but today I privileged my own space over things I owe other people. I went on my walk (late, but better than), I read a bit about meditation hows and whys to begin my re-acclimation. I did Read more…
its been going out with a whimper, February I mean. Moving more made me feel better, and I’m gonna do my morning stretches as scheduled. My lunch time walk has become v important to each day. So I’ll chalk Feb Read more…
It has now been two days with no morning workout thanks to this ongoing audit and my inability to get my shit done in a timely fashion, so I go to bed late and wake up late and so. I Read more…
My employer is being audited by a regulatory body and I am a regulatory affairs analyst. So my day started earlier than usual. As a result, I didn’t get my crunches in but I did get a walk later. I Read more…
Despite the pouring rain, we got in a bit of a soggy hike today. It felt good to squelch through some mud in my waterproof boots. It did not feel good when my waterproof shell leaked all over my arm Read more…
We did about an hour on the snowshoes today–which took like 5 hours to make happen. Next time, we will be better organized and prepared. M had to figure out the car chains, and we originally missed the sno-park for Read more…
My ab workout is boring… I need to look back and see how long it was before I hated the other ab workout. The point is, maybe, that for me, workouts need to change up once every two weeks. I Read more…
One thing I didn’t do this month, which I had sort of hoped I would, is read more about movement and exercise and our dominant ideas about it. I read a little of How to Think About Exercise by Damon Read more…