Comments on: Remedial Meditation (Remeditation?)

By: Natalia

Natalia — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:24:23 +0000

P.S. I’m comforted by your terrible meditation skills (mine are terrible too)! Thanks so much for sharing this. And I agree: it’s worth it. Oy vey.

Love that you include your dog in this, by the way. Mine, Naomi, is always with me, too

By: Natalia

Natalia — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:07:01 +0000

Oh, man, I didn’t even see this until Now! Pfft.

Yay!

Thanks a lot!!

By: What is a monkey mind? « Monkey Mind Mama

What is a monkey mind? « Monkey Mind Mama — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:25:26 +0000

[...] a practice for a reason. It takes a lot of practice! I can relate to this excerpt from Eileen, from Soul Sleuthing’s brilliant post below: “When I first started practicing meditation I plunged headfirst into [...]

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:27:47 +0000

Loved this! My yoga practice is like your mediation. Most of the poses and flows are riddled with mental chatter however, like you I think of it as a practice and sometimes at the end I sit and a moment of deep calm and fullness occurs. That moment is worth all the practice! I enjoy your style of writing and have just entered the blogging world. It's nice to have some inspiring mentors to track! Susan .-= Susan´s last blog ..Leaking Fire =-.

By: Meditation zeitgeist, August 7, 2009 | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation

Meditation zeitgeist, August 7, 2009 | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:06:06 +0000

[...] at Soul Sleuthing gives a very honest account of what her experience of meditation is, complete with wandering thoughts (and wandering [...]

By: Barbara Martin (@Reptitude)

Barbara Martin (@Reptitude) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:30:45 +0000

You mean having a meditation practice means you are supposed to practice it like practicing the piano? Terrific blow by blow here. Hmmm.
.-= Barbara Martin (@Reptitude)´s last blog ..Be More Creative by Being in the Moment =-.

By: PJ Harris

PJ Harris — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:05:30 +0000

Perfectionism (and fear) is the main thing that stands in my way of meditation. I can’t meditate until I am good at it. How will I get good at it until I PRACTICE? Great article and tweeted. PJ Harris, LMP

By: leah

leah — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:12:53 +0000

ha! my experience with meditation is much like yours. I laughed with recognition reading your description.
.-= leah´s last blog ..CED August Theme: Move =-.

By: Cam

Cam — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:40:42 +0000

Such an honest post, it brought little tears of relief to my eyes! I still feel that meditation is down there with flossing my teeth, so plain English inspiration (such as this article) helps a lot.

Thanks
.-= Cam´s last blog ..New Poem: Farewell to Julia =-.

By: Mahala Mazerov

Mahala Mazerov — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:12:37 +0000

I love this description of your monkey mind, all the more because you express how essential meditation has become to your life. I think most of us follow the same stages you do, the early delightful plunge — what I call the honeymoon phase — and then the stage where meditation feels like one more laborious obligation. Sadly most people stop there, they don’t return to discover the delicious bubble bath practice. (How I love your description!)

To find that requires you to let go of judgments – this was a good practice, I must be doing this wrong, this is boring, today I’m in bliss – and accept that practice is simply that, *practice.* It’s all good.
.-= Mahala Mazerov´s last blog ..Your Turn To Ask, A Meditation Survey =-.