One Moment Meditation : Day 3 : What To Do With The Body

Day 3 of the lesson series speaks to working with meditation positions.  The trick seems to be get as you can comfortable but to draw the line a position that does not push you into taking a nap!  It is pretty basic stuff but what I found helpful is that when you do the straight back thing and keeping the chin parallel to the ground, it increases your ability to relax and focus.


I found that particularly helpful when I was doing evening meditations after a loooooong day at the office.  I did not slip into a coma as a result and could focus on being in the moment and with my breathe.  I cannot say that there was anything earth shattering or profound from practicing this except that position has its place and do not underestimate how it impacts your ability to relax and focus at the same time.

Read more about the lesson by going to the link : Day 3 : What To Do With Your Body

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One Moment Meditation : Day 2 : Working With The Mind

Day 2 of the lesson series speaks to working with the wandering mind.  I guess it is natural for the mind to start going through the lists, the commitments, the worries, the to dos and so on and so on.  The truth I have come to make peace with is that the mind is designed to think and that is its job.  The trick for me is in focus!

So when you can focus on the mind in a gentle manner, it is a playful dance with wandering versus back to focus.  And this is the bottom line of the Day 2 lesson.  It is finding your way back to your breathing gently when you wander away from it.

Practicing this has been great as I have found some spots at work where I can spend my minute just being with my breathe and divinity.  The trick for you is to find spots where you know you will have the potential of not being disturbed.

Take aways for me included:

• The mind is what the it is and it will think.  I have found that one should not fight it and hate on yourself but rather invite it and gently guide it back to the focus of the in and out of your breathe
• What has helped me is to enclose whatever I am thinking into a bubble and watch it gently and lovingly float away.  It gets me to tap into the peace that lies beneath the stream of thoughts
• I also found that certain images would form and stay with me.  I would let it unfold and focus on that and how it felt with my breathe.  It helps going through it rather than resisting it.  I found that it dissolved quite beautifully
• This practice is not a once off and must be a consistent action.  That is the secret.

There is nothing profoundly more to get if you look at the Day 1 lesson but it is just strengthening the minute into focusing on the breathe and peace that one can find when you let go and connect to the greatness that is always around you.  Read more about the lesson by going to the link : Day 2 : Working With The Mind

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One Moment Meditation : Day 1 : Intro To The Basic Minute

I discovered this link to the one moment meditation.  I loved it as I can buy the concept that when you look at life in terms of moments, it takes on a wonderful journey.  When you see life as a series of moments, you can work towards experiencing power moments and making those the higher frequency within your life.  I will admit that meditation has been one my challenges.  The concept of doing nothing and simply breathing does get to me and to do it for for a period of time makes me uneasy especially when you have deadlines, chores and things to do to keep life going.

So when this concept of one moment meditation came along, I was intrigued.  If I can take just a minute out of my day to be still and connect it does not seem like hard work to me.  And because it is a minute, I am amazed at how open it makes me to have more of them during my day.

So I started Day 1 of One Moment Meditation about a week ago.  It was interesting because half the week I was on vacation and the other half I started back to a demanding work schedule.  In the beginning I found the minute too short.  With all my thoughts, to do lists and worries flooding, I did feel that the minute did not give me a chance to get into the flow of connection.  Then when I had people around me and I was at work, the minute actually was too long.  I was like come on already!


The one thing that I have taken away of a week of practicing multiple meditation minutes is that:

1. I can start seeing that I can connect to something bigger than where I am currently and it can take seconds to connect
2. My awareness is greater than ever.  I can be in a meeting and notice where I am not connected and closed off and not responding as my best self.  I can be in a hostile situation and remember to breathe and not be so hooked into it and choose to change tactic in that moment
3. I feel like I have options to get the best of both worlds.  I can have a busy life but i can spare a minute here and a minute there to connect.  And with a minute, the where and when can get very creative and it simply fits in

I do however feel that having longer meditations such 15 minutes, 20 minutes and some even an hour has its place and is necessary.  But some of us just do not have the time to do that everyday.  So I suggest balance it.  Try the one minute thing in your busy times and the longer ones at least 2 to 3 times a week.  Keep up with my progress as I progress the remaining days by visiting The Business Of Good Livin.

I would love to hear from you on how being in a moment fully impacts your day to day lives.  Feel free to drop me a mail on crazeebeelivin@gmail.com  or inbox me on Facebook or Twitter.