This series contains reflections and documents my progress of meditating for 60 minutes a day every day for 60 days.
Yesterday wasn’t a particularly enjoyable meditation. I found myself more fidgety and physically unprepared to sit than I had for a long number of days beforehand, and was so limited to these thoughts of physical comfort that I reaped few of the mental benefits that has been accompanying these meditations so far.
Today, I’m happy to say, was a welcome change from the day before. I found myself (if a bit uncomfortable) very willing to stay in the same position for long periods of time, and able to let my thoughts roam free in a way that was very relaxing.
I also noticed something pretty interesting, which was that after maintaining a position for the first ten minutes or so, it was significantly easier to stay in that position. It seemed like the nerves in the unmoving limbs stopped paying attention to their predicament (almost asleep, in a way) and I was able to move my attention away from them and to other things. It felt like they were somehow “locked in” to their current position, and rather than expending active effort to keep them still, it felt like it would take active effort to move them.
Not too much else to report on at the moment. I haven’t been as steadfast with the time of day that I meditate as I’d like to be, so as I build some other habits I’m going to experiment and try to find the best place in the day to put my meditation. I’ll let you know how it goes!
