Okay I get asked A LOT of questions about Meditating.
Most people cannot sit in silence for longer than 35 seconds before 17 different things itch and feel wrong and they just get antsy.
I’m even ONE of those people.
Now, to be fair, the average person is not a Monk. Nor, will anyone ever become a monk – for most of us that is. And while I’m a yoga instructor – I’m not “woo-woo”. You all know what I mean. I am not stuck in outer spiritual space somewhere acting high and mighty. I’m on Earth. Walking and playing and doing and dealing with life just like all of you. So honestly, I don’t buy into the sitting in silence nonsense that people claim they’re doing. Most of them are probably sitting there getting anxiety over the fact that they definitely aren’t sitting in silence.
That being said, I meditate every single day. I spend MOST of my day in a meditative state to be honest.
Let me take this time to eliminate one very important myth: Meditation is not sitting and thinking nothing.
Meditation is being conscious enough to acknowledge ALL of your thoughts, and not act on every single one. To be able to see everything your mind is showing you and to just view it all. Meditation is the process of becoming an observer of your mind. Getting CURIOUS about the things you think and realizing YOU ARE NOT those thoughts – you are an observer of those thoughts, and the ability to observe them means you are NOT them. YOU continue to exist even when those thoughts change.
So yes, I meditate every single day. I meditate ALL the time. I meditate every time I’m working on anything. I simply observe my thoughts and choose whether to entertain them or not.
Essentially, I’ve taken a seat.
I have a front row seat, to be exact, to all the thoughts running through my mind but I am not allowing the thoughts to run my life. I just observe the voice in my head.
The reason this is all so powerful?
Once you observe the thoughts… you get to choose which thoughts to believe.
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