Ya I napped well
And felt great after. I heard and enjoyed the first 5 or 10 minutes. Then
I tend to fall asleep a lot. But I always wake up so refreshed. And my meditation specialist guy told me a long time ago if I fall asleep. “You must of needed it.” And it wasn’t wasted.
But it was fun to be in a good mood and randomly do the last couple. 2 days in a row.
Been good about regular sleep meditation for many months now but sporadic with adding it in to other parts of my day. Going to try for a more regular/daily habit. Added this one today, letting myself do some processing and grieving.
Tried two different meditations this morning.
Start with this Andrew Martin one that felt too fast paced and I could hear his spit when he talks so I was very distracted and judgmental the whole time.
Came back after coffee feeling disconnected and looking for something else. Did a Yung Pueblo writing workshop earlier this week and Diego talked about Vipassana and I found this short basic type introduction to it.
It really helped bring me back to present and was a nice reminder to let feelings come up and not judge them. Might try some longer Vipassana practices this week.
So I had a bad headache since I have woken up. I have pushed through the pain to workout and figured it would go away on its own. But by 1pm it hadn’t. I don’t have any Tylenol here at home (hubby must have taken it to work). Wasn’t going to do a meditation but thought of searching for a meditation for pain. Honestly I was a bit skeptical lol but I did this one and after 15 min it’s gone! My headache is freakin gone!! Like what just happened here?! It was so interesting to connect with the pain and then visualize it being removed. I heard the pain tell me to be gentle with myself (the speaker asks u to ask the pain what it’s trying to tell you?). Really neat meditation!
An absolutely beautiful meditation this afternoon. I have been surrounded by love of numerous friends lately and yet there has been pain of a singular friendship that has felt lost. This came up on my recommended when I first opened the app and seemed like it was really meant for this moment.
It is a really special meditation that I highly suggest. So much more than talk of rejection — this one is full of self love, affirmations, grounding & chakras. I was crying through most of it and laughing and just radiating so much energy & love that I found myself with hands planted so firmly over my heart as if it was trying to burst out from my chest.
It’s crazy how quickly I can be thrown out of routine. One night away and everything goes out the window. Thankfully I do reach for meditation many times during my day but I was really enjoying these guided ones in the evening so I will get back at them tonight.
I found myself meditating in many ways during my weekend away. I would have to say my favorite way was to have good posture and close my eyes, palms facing up on the back of the motorcycle as we sped down the freeway and back roads. During the trips down the back roads this was especially neat because my closed eyes were gifted with the breaks of sunlight and shadows as we passed by tall evergreens. It brought me back to a feeling of being a little girl in the back seat of my parents car with my cheek against the cold glass. I always used to close my eyes then and watch the trees go by in light and shadow. Just now typing this out I realized that I never got lost in a memory when I was meditating, I just recognized a feeling that came up… that’s pretty cool. I stayed in the present moment.
Ha I mean its a fairly short one and he has some good things to say…might be good if you were walking or doing tasks around the house kind of thing but if you’re trying to chill out and just breathe it’s best to avoid.
Did this little meditation just now. I feel gratitude for sure but not necessarily relaxed lol the background music was quite overpowering in this one. I think I might try 5 min of silence now and see if I can sit like that
I am laying in bed with COVID typically I screenshot and crop but I feel like shit so I just screenshot and posted today. Now I can’t stand how shitty my posts look because yours is so fucking neat!!!
see and I’m too lazy to screenshot because I’m laying weird and can’t reach the buttons for it. I just click share and it lets you save the tidy little photo as is