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I am hoping to do Yoga for Surfers today since I didn't get to it yesterday.
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01-05-22, 08:33 AM | |
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I did do the practice from Yoga for Surfers yesterday (Vol 1, practice #3, post-surf).
Vannie, I downloaded Ten Percent app when it was free but wound up deleting it. It was one of the most memory-consuming apps I had, and I found that there wasn't a lot of free content, plus what there was was very repetitive of the Ten Percent books (which I love!). But to respond to your issue, the way I teach meditation, I point out that it's not about staying focused/never getting distracted. It's about noticing when you are distracted. How teacher Sharon Salzberg explains it is that noticing is the "magic moment" - as soon as you notice that you are distracted, you give yourself the opportunity to do something different. So, if you have the thought "oh no, I've lost track of my breath and am thinking about dinner," instead of continuing to think about dinner, you can tell yourself "okay, now I'm going to come back to my breath." And as Salzberg says, we have to do that again and again! But that's totally normal. Hope this helps!
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Pat, glad you found a Kate practice you liked too! She seems to always work some interesting variations of things in.
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I agree with you about Calm - I kept it, but there's not a lot there that's free (they have more free stuff on their YouTube channel). I like Insight Timer because it offers SO MUCH content, all free.
And yes, some days (most days, haha) my focus is all over the place too! I have to constantly remind myself that it doesn't mean I'm "bad" at meditation - if anything, it means I need to practice more so that I can grow stronger in that skill.
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01-05-22, 02:16 PM | |
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I tried a couple more of Kate Vantucci's practices today: Get It Done In 20 and Find Your Balance, followed by Eoin's BlissologyClear Intention meditation.
Kate is now a yoga teacher I follow (thanks, Beth ). Although the practices I've tried so far contain mostly basic poses and are easy (for me), I do advanced variations of the poses that match my level. |
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