I'm not here to do anything but help you change your life. It's not going to be easy. There are going to be some times where it's going to hurt. But if you stick with it you're going to change. So here's my challenge to you today.
Before I ask you to do this, I want you to keep an open mind. Take on a meditation practice. Really, take it on.
So lend me your ears for a minute (not literally - Robin Hood Men In Tights fans know that reference).
You will gain absolutely nothing from a meditation practice. Nada. Zip. Zero. And if you are starting to get uncomfortable with the word meditation, let's just call it a sitting practice instead.
I'm asking you to find a place every single day, for 10 minutes a day (set your timer), cross your legs, close your eyes, and focus on your breath. That's it. No guided meditations, no ohms, no sound, nothing.
Breath away and sit there quietly.
Now here's what I'm really up to with all of this.
When you sit down and focus on being in the present moment, all of the fear, doubt, worry, anxiety and anything else negative effecting your life currently begins to melt out of you. You experience a "falling away" of things instead of trying to always add something new to your life. You begin to sit in a world of simplicity instead of a world of complication.
If thoughts and emotions come in and distract you, don't get mad at yourself, simply come back to your breath. If you get all wrapped up in something or your internal critic is going off, don't get mad or anxious, just come back to your breath.
Meditation is really about learning how to come back to the present moment over and over again. Fundamentally speaking, the present moment is the only moment we have so we must learn how to arrive back into it.
So give this a shot. And like with any practice we engage in, we all find ourselves falling in and out of it. We miss a day or two...or three. But hey, you know exactly what to do.
Always come back to your practices.
Before I ask you to do this, I want you to keep an open mind. Take on a meditation practice. Really, take it on.
So lend me your ears for a minute (not literally - Robin Hood Men In Tights fans know that reference).
You will gain absolutely nothing from a meditation practice. Nada. Zip. Zero. And if you are starting to get uncomfortable with the word meditation, let's just call it a sitting practice instead.
I'm asking you to find a place every single day, for 10 minutes a day (set your timer), cross your legs, close your eyes, and focus on your breath. That's it. No guided meditations, no ohms, no sound, nothing.
Breath away and sit there quietly.
Now here's what I'm really up to with all of this.
When you sit down and focus on being in the present moment, all of the fear, doubt, worry, anxiety and anything else negative effecting your life currently begins to melt out of you. You experience a "falling away" of things instead of trying to always add something new to your life. You begin to sit in a world of simplicity instead of a world of complication.
If thoughts and emotions come in and distract you, don't get mad at yourself, simply come back to your breath. If you get all wrapped up in something or your internal critic is going off, don't get mad or anxious, just come back to your breath.
Meditation is really about learning how to come back to the present moment over and over again. Fundamentally speaking, the present moment is the only moment we have so we must learn how to arrive back into it.
So give this a shot. And like with any practice we engage in, we all find ourselves falling in and out of it. We miss a day or two...or three. But hey, you know exactly what to do.
Always come back to your practices.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Life Changing Quotes http://thewordsofencouragement.com/life-changing-quotes/ or some Motivation For Weight Loss http://thewordsofencouragement.com/motivation-for-weight-loss/ so you can have the best year of your life.
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