One might think that the combination of being outdoors in one of the most amazingly beautiful parts of Northern California might be the perfect place for lots of quality meditation. And one might be right if this place was somewhere you were able to engage in your basic tree-hugging solitude. While family camping trips with church folks are on the short list of amazing fellowship events, they don't allow much in the way of quiet or solitude so my thoughts on meditation were tabled in favor of quality time with a variety of people that I ordinarily see on Sunday and hence, don't offer a whole lot in the way of QT.
I got home yesterday at 1:00pm or so and really thought about meditation but it was more about rest and recovery so my program basically took a long weekend that lingered into this morning when I wanted to get up, feed the cats and then go back to bed. That was not in the cards however so this morning was right back on the bicycle with an almost 9 minute breathing meditation courtesy of Jack Kornfield and Insight Timer. Many things to recommend about the meditation and of course the Insight Timer app but on a rainy, chill morning, this meditation is magic. Short enough to not feel pressed for time, long enough to have an impact and to me, those are very beneficial qualities.
I'll find some time in the late morning, early afternoon to do something a bit more substantial and then when I get home but for now I'm mostly set I think.
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