I'm here to help you change your life, and trust me, I'm going to tell you that it's going to take some serious effort. 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.
Give me a minute to explain to you why this is so important in your life. Lend me your ears as they would say.
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.
Every single day, for at least 10 minutes a day (set a timer on your phone) sit on the floor with your legs crossed, close your eyes and focus only on your breath. I don't want you to get guided by tapes, sounds, or anything else. Just your breath.
Sit there. Quietly...and just...breathe.
Now let me explain what I'm really up to here.
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.
When the thoughts and emotions fly into your head, let them. Don't get mad at them or try to get rid of them. Just focus on coming back to your breath instead of getting wrapped up in the uncontrollable.
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.
Really give this practice a good try. And with any practice we engage in to nourish and heal ourselves, we experience a constant falling in and a falling out of it. We miss a couple of days but then we recommit back to what we know nourishes us and take it back on again.
Come back to it.
Before I ask you to do this, I want you to keep an open mind. Take on a meditation practice. Really, take it on.
Give me a minute to explain to you why this is so important in your life. Lend me your ears as they would say.
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.
Every single day, for at least 10 minutes a day (set a timer on your phone) sit on the floor with your legs crossed, close your eyes and focus only on your breath. I don't want you to get guided by tapes, sounds, or anything else. Just your breath.
Sit there. Quietly...and just...breathe.
Now let me explain what I'm really up to here.
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.
When the thoughts and emotions fly into your head, let them. Don't get mad at them or try to get rid of them. Just focus on coming back to your breath instead of getting wrapped up in the uncontrollable.
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.
Really give this practice a good try. And with any practice we engage in to nourish and heal ourselves, we experience a constant falling in and a falling out of it. We miss a couple of days but then we recommit back to what we know nourishes us and take it back on again.
Come back to it.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into some great quotes for motivation by clicking here or read more about how to lose weight and start to have the best year of your life.
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