This morning's meditation came courtesy of Insight Timer and in particular, Mary Maddux who provides meditations on her own app, Meditation Oasis. I really thought about doing another mountain meditation but it's grey and cold out there and it's one of those days and I thought I needed to do something shorter, clearer and easier to wrap my fuzzy brain around. This meditation was perfect. Utilitarian yes but rock solid in the way that it acknowledged the constant stream of thoughts that the morning offers but does a tidy job of reminding you that you don't have to do anything more than notice that they are happening. In the same way that the insistent honking of a car turns into 'sound', worries about the work day become 'thought', fitting in perfectly with the RAIN acronym (R=Recognize what is happening, A=Allow life to be just as it is, I=Investigate inner experience with kindness, N=Non-Identification).
One of the things that I am discovering is the importance of structuring my meditations so that they are sustainable. For me that means at least for right now that the morning meditation should not be all that long. Late morning, early afternoon, even late afternoon and evening give me the time and space and mental facilities to do something longer and even if I do something when I go to bed (that puts me to sleep!), it all works in a way that is helping me build some meditation muscle memory.
Blessings on all of you and may your day be as good for you as it's possible to be.
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