Settling In

I've been going easy on myself and so my practice has mostly about just noticing how I feel about meditating.  I seem to be finished and out of patience with it at about 10 minutes.  So that's how long I've been sitting.

Waiting for Instructions

For a few weeks now I've just been asking for guidance and listening.  What I hear over and over is that my purpose on the earth is joy.

Steady Progress

For the past month or so, meditation has been sporadic.  I've been pretty sick from time to time with flu, etc.  However, when I've been able, I've spent 20 minutes in the morning soon after I get up, just sitting listening for guidance.  Nothing spectacular has happened but I am peaceful.

Finishing the Meditations from Oprah and Deepak

I did most of the meditations that Oprah and Deepak sent out as emails and I feel as if I really benefitted from doing them. 

The quality of my meditations since then has been much more centered.  I apparently developed the habit of centering through the guidance of those meditations.

Deepak and Oprah

I continue to use the Deepak and Oprah 21 Day meditations and find it really helps me be motivated to sit and really focus.  On my own I get bored and restless fairly quickly.

Guided Meditation

I am so happy using Deepak Chopra's meditation series.  Wish I had checked in with this earlier.  It really helps me stay focused. 

I also joined a group and meditated with them yesterday.  That helped too.

Making Room for Meditation

Making time for meditation is very much like making time for anything else.  The best way for me to do it is to do it first.

I have several things that I do "first."  The problem isn't making the time, it's doing it "first." 

For so many years my "firsts" were home care.  It's deeply ingrained in me.  But now home care is not a first. Those activities come naturally and are comfortable.  Because I'm more than a little bit lazy, I find myself thinking they come first.

So, change is hard.