meditation

September 13, 2007 at 11:15 am · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: meditation

I’m part of a small group class that meets every Wednesday morning. Our facilitator taught us some basics of meditation yesterday and challenged us to add it to our routine each day.

I woke up this morning and knew I should probably try it before I sat down to my computer. But the draw of checking my email was too strong. God give me strength

So after checking my email and Facebook (geez!), I waited until Callie left the room and I sat down in one of our comfy green living room chairs. I planted both feet on the floor, turned my palms up on my legs, and closed my eyes. We were to try it for 5 minutes at first. We are to breathe in deeply from the “stove of our stomach” and breathe out through the “fire of our heart.”

That alone takes a couple minutes to master! I then found my thoughts all over the place. It’s extremely hard to quiet our minds! As the thoughts enter, we are to quietly dismiss them and continue on.

I was doing okay and just focusing on my breathing until I realized….oh I should share this in my blog! Then I was done for. I glanced at the clock and I had actually made it 5 minutes. But oh do I have a long way to go!

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