Morning meditations - days 1-6
Jun 6th, 2008 by katesaltfleet
I have stuck to my meditations all week this week and I am unashamedly giving myself a public pat on the back 
I am actually at home right now as I have the afternoon out of the office to go to the launch of Voluntary Action North East Lincolnshire’s Vinvolved scheme for 16-25 year olds. Alas I no longer fit into that category, but I have been asked along so that I can hopefully get some of our students involved in voluntary work in the community.
Back to the meditations. In an attempt to embed the daily habit, I have been getting up at 6am (gasp!), getting washed etc, but before getting dressed, I have gone downstairs to sit on my cushion with my eyes closed and do nothing for 20 minutes. I have done this every morning, linking the habit in to a 15 minute session of yoga afterwards. I am enjoying the yoga quite a lot, just some simple triangles and salutes to the sun. The meditation side of things is a mixed bag though. Some mornings my mind simply doesn’t want to be quiet. Dreams from the night before flood my consciousness. Thoughts about what I need to do today or just random crap swirl around in my mind. On occasion though, I have got to the point where I feel like I’m just peeking in to the inner realms of my consciousness. Then I realise that I’ve “done it”, and then my mind goes in to analytical mode and the door slams shut again.
Still, I am persevering. This is about as far as I have ever got with meditation and I think the early morning regular slot is helping. Sometimes though I feel as though I’m not going anywhere and that it’s a bit of a waste of time. I guess I’d only be sleeping during those 20 minutes, so it’s not as though it’s a major sacrifice on my part since I’m getting the 6am habit down at the same time. I can do this for another 24 days, after that, we’ll see 
