It happens! That’s what it’s like when you’ve not practiced much. Keep at it, it gets easier. I promise.
A fair bit going on.
Kinda like an animal in a cage trying to get out. Bouncing off the walls
Didn’t realise how much there was going on in there. Feels like I’m being pulled seven ways from Sunday with all the stuff I’ve got going on.
I was quite calm after doing yoga and realizing/remembering to do the meditation after my mind wandered in the first half
I’m always amazed at how big of a change I notice in my physical being (head, chest, neck, etc) after meditating. It’s wild how taking a long pause and slowing breathing can make such a big impact.
Initially it felt like watching about 8 different thoughts all competing for attention, kind of a scrambling of worries to say “solve me first”. After a while, it felt a little more ordered, but by the last minute, it became one big slow moving feeling of “overwhelmed”. Once I acknowledged that, the worries separated back into their original flurry of thoughts. Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing, but that’s what it was.
I kinda just zoned out, not sure if I observed the monkey mind at all
Same
I used to meditate a lot, getting back to it is certainly a challenge.
Definitely tried my best to observe the monkey mind and visualise me letting it do its thing.
Felt like I was listing and thinking about my worries in my head, then, when I ran out of worries, I felt calm. Maybe I needed that time for some monkey mind processing.
That felt great. Gave me levity as I stood back from my thoughts and emotions without becoming them.
Noticed a physical difference of my neck loosening and my body getting rid of old tensions
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Just allowing thoughts to flow without challenging or interacting with them made me calmer and understand that I do not need to act on them.
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Very distracted this time around. No quiet place to try. It made me aware how much internal chatter is happening though. I will try this again.
Needs practice and a little more privacy I think.
Interesting observing my mind jump from one thing to the other.
Nice to give permission to the noisy side for once
Kinda imagined putting literally everything I think of in a bubble. And I was in a separate bubble just watching. It felt good to see my life in a bubble but remind myself that I am me, I can just exist without feeling that life bubble.
Just drifted and became somewhat distanced from the rubbish.Nice.