Everyday Mindfulness

Spikey! Great to see you here again on the forum. And great to hear that things are getting a bit better for you. Regarding practice...I'd recommend increasing the lengths of your meditations, perhaps gradually. There's nothing wrong with meditating for only five minutes at a time but longer medita...

Hi Guys long time not spoken. Seeing it is some time ago now that I posted here and seeing that I was really struggling with life and mindfulness I thought it would be a nice idea to let u guys know how things are going now. If you don't know me yet, I posted here quite a lot struggling with my depr...

Yes. I agree with Peter. Good advice. All best, Jon Not going to lie...but a bit disappointed about this haha. I can understand where you and peter are coming from in finding a practice that will be enjoyable – but unfortunately there are not many things that I find enjoyable because of my depressi...

I'd like to add to Jon's and Gareth's wonderful words: I understand that you haven't had it easy, Spikey. I understand that you've suffered and want solutions. I can truly relate. On another note, let's not forget that you haven't given meditation much of your time and practice yet, Spikey. For mos...

Hi Spikey, If that's the most challenging area for you, I'd recommend using guided meditations specifically designed for relating to the thinking process in a different way - with the idea that you train yourself to observe thoughts as passing mental events, rather than get caught up in their conte...

'These uncomfortable thoughts and feelings are your practice.' Never a truer word was spoken. When I was on my mindfulness teaching course a few years back, I remember one of my fellow students experiencing a very difficult sitting meditation. 'There was a lot of physical discomfort,' she said, 'al...

The resitance that I meet is that I find it boring and often after a minute I'm hoping that the meditation is aleady over - and sometimes also physical discomfort. These uncomfortable thoughts and feelings are your practice. Sit with them, get up close and personal with them. Do they have a shape, ...

'Maybe you could also practice 3 times per day for 5 minutes?' This is a great suggestion. As Peter says, you can't realistically expect to see much change if you only commit five minutes per day. In that time, there simply isn't enough time for you to meet the kind of resistance that is at the hea...

Thanks for your insight. Yes there is indeed a lot of resistance and hate. This is because I feel that the universe is against me very often. At the moment I try to 5 minutes a day – which is already a tough job for me to do. I agree with Jon, and like to add... The universe isn't against you, you ...

Welcome back, Spikey. There's a lot of resistance there. Your hate and resistance is making things worse for you. You might not want or like a lot of things, but they are certainly there, for better or worse. Mostly, we cannot think ourselfs into accepting. The acceptance comes from being with the ...