Everyday Mindfulness

Practiced this today. Did each stage for longer than the first time I tried it, I found it really grounding, especially the stages 1 & 2. I'm unsure how long I was in stage 3, I think it was a good amount of time, some thoughts began to emerge so I observed them, though didn't start a dialogue (...

Hi, I know what you mean about wondering if you should be progressing to something else after grounding yourself with your breath, I have pondered that too. I have noted that once I have grounded myself either with breath or body scan or sounds (or whatever) I naturally begin to ''see what happens''...

Liking the look of the new site

A warm welcome, I too came to Mindfulness & Meditation following a life changing illness.

DJLFSC Hope you've been getting good quality sleep, mines been sporadic but mindfulness helps in those instances. Keeps me calm at least.

Your post has made me aware of just how much I am mindful (naturally) during the day.

I found it interesting that my meditation practice has been different the last month or so. I have been unwell and have had a great deal of stress in my life. Meditation prior to this difficult time had been easier to remain with the breath (or body part during a scan), during meditation lately I've...

A warm welcome

I've realised, from where I'm at right now, that it very much depends on what is going on in my life at the time as to how easy I find it to stay observing rather than attaching to thoughts. Recently I've had quite a bad relapse of my illness and added to that there has been some stressful situation...

Hi JonW, thanks for that and same to you too ;) Hi DJLSFC, I can relate to what you describe regarding sleep and the thought process. I find that my sleep pattern is improving from what it was and that I can avoid attaching to thoughts much easier than I used to be able to do. The realisation that t...