21 Day Meditation Challenge

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Chopra Center has begun it's 21 day meditation challenge - and this time I'm taking it! The lovely Xin sent me a link for it and we both signed up. Today was day three. As we're a bit out of sync time-wise (the Chopra Center is in America I believe), I tend to do my meditations after work when I get home. Here are my notes from the past three days:

Day One

Date:20 February 2012
Title:First meditation
Text:I found the So Hum meditation much deeper than I expected - I have done it before, and, while I don’t have too much of a problem with my ’monkey mind’, I do still notice thoughts coming up of things I want to do/need to do, and having to draw my attention back to my breath and saying So Hum in my mind. An interesting first meditation. Looking forward to the next one!



Day Two (please ignore formatting and font problems - I am being lazy XD)
Date:21 February 2012
Title:Second Meditation
Text:I found this one very interesting. It wasn’t hard to think of everything that I thought I owned... but then I found myself disputing it. Do I really ’own’ this relationship/object/emotion? It was interesting and gave me pause for thought. Still enjoying the challenge!


Day Three
Date:22 February 2012
Title:Third Meditation
Text:This one was interesting, too, but in a different way. I have been having problems with my stress levels lately, and I forgot (again) about mindfulness and being in the NOW. This really helped with remembering.
During the meditation I had the most peculiar sensation of parts of my body (particularly my hands and arms) getting very very warm. It was a pleasant sensation, like healing, and I willed it to move down towards my feet too.
I’m still having a bit of trouble with sitting with my eyes closed for so long, but I’m getting there. :)



Love to all~ <3

VPA: the fourth of feb.

Saturday, February 4, 2012
thanks goes to Havi Brooks of the Fluent Self Blog as per usual...


thing one: feeling not so sick and exhausted
what I want
I have been feeling a bit icky and horrible since about Monday last week... I had to take a little bit of time off work because of it. And then I had to push through other work shifts despite it. and now I have a weekend in which to rest and try and work on it a little bit.
how this could happen
well, I was resting on my day off yesterday, and now I have a weekend with hardly anything in it (aside from a chiropractic appointment this morning which I believe helped anyway!). I have pillows, books, journals, my bed! my chair! movies and tv series. and my lovely boyfriend, who is in need of a bit of rest himself.
my commitment
to listen to my body. to try and get as much good stuff into it as possible. to feel GOOD and SHINY.

thing two: gaining back my inner light
what I want
some days I'm feeling it. But other days it's like it has gone on holiday without saying goodbye. (though that sounds like fun~). I want to feel that shiny, bubbly little light inside myself that just makes me go YAY about everything that I love. I have had moments of it, but I sincerely miss the times when it was just around all the time and, regardless of whether I was tired from something or feeling a bit sick, I was still feeling very yay about my options.
how this could happen
the usual suspects. being creative in some way. listening to meditations. reading inspiring books. immersing myself in the spiritual world. reading oracle card spreads. writing. :) yoga! tai chi?
my commitment
to listen. to try. to feel and to work through any ickyness that comes up.

thing three: work clothes
what i want
as I have recently started a new job, I've been wearing a lot more of my 'professional' clothes and it has become apparent that, because I have lost about five or so kilos, a lot of my skirts and such either fall off or just look very odd on me. I need some new ones! and I need some specifics, like a black business skirt and black pants... and more shirts!
how this could happen
I have gotten many of my best (and most well-loved) business clothes from op-shops and, as I don't have much money at all, I'm thinking that's the way to go! I'm a bit excited, but I'd just like to put it out into the Universe that I would really love some good finds to be there for me, and for it not to be too intensely hard to find them.
my commitment
to finding the RIGHT THINGS and holding on to them. to not allow myself to feel judgemental about my body or the things I like. to feel the excitement of op-shopping! ^_^
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