I've had a recent 'renewal' of energy behind my mindfulness practice. Various other competing factors in my life have (by careful decision-making) begun to get less pressing and/or been ranked as less important, and I've therefore recovered a better balance of time to put into mindfulness practice. I've suddenly got headspace that I haven't had in years.
It all started one week when I decided to try and do both some yoga and some meditation everyday. At least 15 mins of each. And over the past couple of weeks, I haven't missed a day. And the fact I haven't missed a day (though am sometimes doing the yoga at 11.55pm) inspires me to continue not missing a day.
I have found as a result that I am more able to hear what others are really saying to me, happier in myself, more able to cope with difficult emotions, generally less stressed, etc. Life is good!
Currently my meditation takes this pattern:
- 5 mins to clear the decks and check in with myself and my weather pattern
- 5 mins breathing awareness
- 5 mins focussing on my own well-being (eg. May I be safe and free from suffering, may I be as happy and as health as it is possible to be, may I have ease of being.)
- 5 mins focussing on other's well-being (eg. the same but applied to husband or others).
This seems to work well for me and is leading me to new insights. For example, I've realised that my main purpose in my marriage is to help make my husband's life happier. If I speak to him in a way that is bound to increase his unhappiness, I am failing to give him what he deserves in our relationship.
A LOT of new thoughts and patterns emerging. Exciting to see where they will take me.
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