30 min bedtime medi then woke up for a pee 2 hrs later and couldn’t fall back to sleep so I did the medi again!
Years ago that would have been it, I would have started suffering in a wicked cycle of sleeplessness which then affects my mood and fibro flare up.
Thank-you medis!!!
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Ugh I hate waking up and then not being able to sleep! I try listening to some of those Calm deep sleep sessions or just putting on some rain and thunderstorm YouTube sessions and then some deep breathing and it seems to help.
Morning Meditation complete 
Was woken up at 5am to a cranky hubby getting ready for work 
Couldn’t fall back asleep. So I got myself up for a 15 meditation. 9 min of silence broken into 2 sections. The first 5 min were good! The last 4 was a struggle, more thoughts to get rid of and I was getting antsy lol but I feel good and very grounded 
Entered the now this mornin.
Pleased to do a standing body scan when had along wait in the mall.
Off for my traffic awareness walking medi before bedi 
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I’m heading in for a night time medi…
Already looking forward to yoga tomorrow.
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Morning meditation complete
Guided medi with 10 min of silence broken into 2 sections. First 5 min were good! Last 5 min were hard. But I am proud that I’m getting better at recognizing and letting go of thoughts that come, as well as have proven to myself that I CAN actually sit still for a length of time 
This is awesome Dana!!!
Thanks! I’m surprised u were able to read my post haha my spelling mistakes were brutal lol I just noticed that now and fixed them lol I type too fast and then don’t reread my stuff lol
Minnie’s bladder dictated when I went to bed at 9:30 last night and I wanted to make sure I did in fact sleep.
This morning before gratitude list
I did another. 7 minutes.
I’m Capable Of An Immediate Shift
by Richard Burr.
@HillbillyChris
Chris this is the meditation thread lots of useful suggestions and insight here
Gratefulness is being known. Mindful walk before bed 🧘♂:heart:
My energy is way down lately, thinking it’s a combo of too much work, coupled with poor eating habits, which has me weighing more feeling lethargic, sleeping lots but not real structured sleep, as a result somehow I feel too tired to meditate fearing I will just fall asleep or not be able to get “into it” or at least that’s been my excuse. Going to try for five minutes now. Love you all. Namastae
Morning medi
Will be in the now on the bike today, short ride 🧘♂
@I.cant.We.can 5 min is great, should help 
Stay after that healthy self care 
Morning body scan
Needed to return to the body part alot.
Would like to exchange the anxiety that is being known for gratitude and to remember its all a changing process 🧘♂:heart:
7 min sunrise medi
I am having to dial it back a bit, I am finding my mind very occupied these days so getting back to the basics.
I get this. Dr. Al (New England Stress Management) always told me when this would happen to me. “you must of needed it.”
Sat in stillness, mind wasn’t all that still but I’m working on it. Morning medi
This beautiful post was shared by Sharon Salzberg on FB today…
"Theologian Howard Thurman recommended that we “look at the world with quiet eyes.” It is an intriguing phrase. Usually we more resemble cartoon creatures whose eyes are popping out on springs: “I see something I want! Give it to me!” Then our arms extend, reaching out to acquire that object. Our fingers flex, ready to grab on to what we want in order to keep it from changing. Our shoulders strain to hold on even tighter. Our heads rigidly turn to this object so as not to lose sight of it.�Our bodies lean forward in anticipation. It’s a moment of grasping—or an hour of grasping, or a day, or even a lifetime—and it’s very painful.
All too often we seek happiness in the wrong places and in the wrong ways. We cling to people and experiences and objects as though we could glue them in place, while ignoring the precipice of change upon which we are standing.
When we practice looking at the world with quiet eyes, we develop a degree of calm and tranquility. The surprising discovery is that this quietness isn’t passivity or sluggishness; in fact, we can be fully connected to what is happening, and have a bright and clear awareness of�it, yet be relaxed. This quality of calm isn’t deadened or coldly distant from our experience—it is vital and alive. We find that the world will come to fill us without our straining for it.
As we release that momentum toward clinging—no longer falling into the future, ignoring what is here as we obsess about what we don’t yet have, fixating on defeating change and insecurity—we calm our minds. Such calm is its own special type of happiness, one of composure and strength. In that alert yet relaxed state we find peace.
As we develop more calm we experience being more at home in our body and mind, with life as it is. That feeling is quieter than a lot of the intensity we try so hard to experience, but it is ours, not someone else’s to give us or to take away. That calm can be steadfast and supportive, unbroken when conditions change. It can flourish in the face of obstacles; it can be there for us when everything else seems to fail. This kind of calm is born from deepening concentration. Concentration is the ability to keep the mind steady on an object; it is one-pointed and powerful in its attention. It’s not that we reject or dislike the thoughts and emotions that come up, but rather that we don’t get swept up and tossed around by them all the time. We have a calm center.
When I first started practicing meditation, I assumed that it took a great deal of grim laborious effort to experience concentration and its fruits, including calm.
As my practice evolved, I learned that the conditions required for concentration to develop were far from the kind of tormented struggle I had imagined. As I came to realize, straining to keep the mind on an object does not create the atmosphere in which calm most readily arises. When the mind is at ease, serene, and happy, on the other hand, we can more easily and naturally concentrate.
Rather than coming from grasping, calm and concentration come from being able to begin again. We look at the world with quiet eyes—even with our scattered and wandering minds, those long stretches of aimless fantasy even though we are trying to be present, and those regrettable interludes of caustic self-judgment even though we are trying to be more loving. Whatever distraction we notice, we practice letting go of it, and we begin again by reconnecting to our meditation object. We discover that, no matter what comes up in our experience and no matter how long it lasts, nothing is ruined or damaged irreparably. No matter what happens, we can view it with quiet eyes, and we can always begin again."
