Part 3: Meditation Practice
If you're ready, find a quiet place to spend the next 15 minutes with our "Guided Sitting Meditation."
Attitudes of Mindfulness
Non-judging: Not getting caught up in our ideas and opinions, likes and dislikes.
Patience: An understanding and acceptance that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
Beginner’s Mind: Seeing things with fresh eyes, with a clear and uncluttered mind.
Trust: Trusting in your intuition and your own authority.
Non-striving: Trying less and being more.
Acceptance: Coming to terms with things as they are.
Letting Go: Letting our experience be what it is. (From Full Catastrophe Living, Kabat-Zinn)
“...non-doing, the domain of true meditation, in which it looks as though nothing or nothing much is happening or being done, but at the same time, nothing important is left undone, and as a consequence, that mysterious energy of an open, aware non-doing can manifest in the world of doing in remarkable ways.”
Tips for Your Practice
* Set realistic expectations: start your practice with 10 minutes a day, moving evenutally up to 15 mintues and then 30 minutes.
* Routine: Deciding on the same time to practice each day can ensure that you dedicate the time.
* Finding Space: it is helpful to know that your time will be quiet and uninterrupted. If you need to, communicate with those that you live with to avoid frustrations.
* Patience: be patient with yourself, your ruminating mind, and your possible discomfort as you start your practice. There is no final end point.
