How do you
begin your morning? I’ve mentioned here before that I’ve started practicing
morning meditation…and I’m still practicing. After several months you would
think I have it down to an art. Perhaps I should not have deviated from what
became a routine – listening to the same guided meditation.
I was in the
mood to try something different. After a quick Google search, I found a new
meditation to try. My room was quiet and still, the only light on was a small
bedside lamp. I got myself situated and pressed a button on my laptop to begin
the session.
The slow
soothing voice said, “take a comfortable seated position on the floor, legs
crossed.”
The picture
on my computer screen displayed a woman sitting crossed legged, with one foot
resting on each thigh. She’s telling me to, “relax…and breathe.”
Meanwhile,
I’m struggling to put my second foot on top of my thigh…as the woman looks
peaceful. I yelled back at her, “do you know how large my thighs are? My legs
won’t twist like that.”
Her response
was, “deep breathe in…and exhale.”
I took a
deep breath in, but blowing it out was more segmented, the way I learned in Lamaze
class decades ago – he-he-hoo; he-he-hoo. This didn’t feel like relaxing to me.
Then I realized I had my glasses on with my eyes closed. I took the glasses
off, took my legs out of pretzel pose and found a variation of the pose the
woman demonstrated in the still photo.
After
getting myself worked-up for the first five minutes, I let my body relax and
focus the stillness of the room and the soothing words. I needed to exercise
patience and understand that over time, it will become easier.
Although my
meditation session felt like an epic fail, I know that anything worth doing well
requires patience and tenacity. If you’re starting something new, have
patience, stick with it; the results will be worth it.
What is
something new that you have done lately?
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