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1. Do you have a monkey mind?
You may have heard the phrase monkey mind. What does it mean? The monkey mind is constantly busy moving from one idea to another. it is the conversation in our head, the worrying, the judging, the listmaking. there is nothing wrong with having a monkey mind, often we need to assess multiple things at one time. for example reading a person's body language while listening to their words and then flicking back to their powerpoint presentation.
However, the dangers of a monkey mind to getting caught in a cycle of worrying. You loop back to the same thinking again and again. You may think you will solve the problem by thinking about it regularly, but often we just recycle thoughts. It is estimated we have x thoughts a day and x thoughts …show more content…
How to meditate when you're too tired and have a lot of stuff going on
Sometimes you just hop straight into bed and you think, stuff it, I'm too tired to meditate. Also, I am too sad to sit by myself right now. Often we have problems and worries that bubble under the surface. During the day the worries are ignored and we are distracted by life's minutiae When we rest was are often surprised by feelings of sadness or dissatisfaction. When meditating these thoughts can be uncomfortable but what i have come to know that it is good to face your fears. i find it beneficial to sit through the unease because often there are equal pleasantness in a meditation session. i find the best meditation to do when you are already in bed and too tired a mini zen meditation. Simply close your eyes and breathe in, breathe out and count one in your head. Repeat and count the outbreath until you count to ten on every outbreath. You can stop at ten or you start again at the count of one. I find this meditation relaxes me, just like counting sheep before sleeping. It makes my breaths deeper and calms my mind in preparation for sleep. this isn't about fixing the past, its about letting go
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1. Do you have a monkey mind?
You may have heard the phrase monkey mind. What does it mean? The monkey mind is constantly busy moving from one idea to another. it is the conversation in our head, the worrying, the judging, the listmaking. there is nothing wrong with having a monkey mind, often we need to assess multiple things at one time. for example reading a person's body language while listening to their words and then flicking back to their powerpoint presentation.
However, the dangers of a monkey mind to getting caught in a cycle of worrying. You loop back to the same thinking again and again. You may think you will solve the problem by thinking about it regularly, but often we just recycle thoughts. It is estimated we have x thoughts a day and x thoughts …show more content…
How to meditate when you're too tired and have a lot of stuff going on
Sometimes you just hop straight into bed and you think, stuff it, I'm too tired to meditate. Also, I am too sad to sit by myself right now. Often we have problems and worries that bubble under the surface. During the day the worries are ignored and we are distracted by life's minutiae When we rest was are often surprised by feelings of sadness or dissatisfaction. When meditating these thoughts can be uncomfortable but what i have come to know that it is good to face your fears. i find it beneficial to sit through the unease because often there are equal pleasantness in a meditation session. i find the best meditation to do when you are already in bed and too tired a mini zen meditation. Simply close your eyes and breathe in, breathe out and count one in your head. Repeat and count the outbreath until you count to ten on every outbreath. You can stop at ten or you start again at the count of one. I find this meditation relaxes me, just like counting sheep before sleeping. It makes my breaths deeper and calms my mind in preparation for sleep. this isn't about fixing the past, its about letting go
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