Last night I decided to follow through with yet another sign the Universe has been putting on my path since I stopped doing it. I’ve been getting signs and people telling me I really need to start again, but I find other things to do in its place. But after my client mentioned the other day that I should be doing 15 minutes of meditation every day (as this client also mentioned a few other things I NEEDED to hear that day!) and a link to another Deepak meditation challenge showed up on my wall , I took it as the nudge I needed to get on it. For years my goal has been to eat healthy, meditate daily and exercise. I’ve started the eating healthy and due to some issues right now I am not incorporating exercise so figure this is the perfect time to add in the meditation. I LOVE water and being in it, there is something about sitting in a tub full of HOT Epsom salt water with lavender on a cold stormy night (or in my case any night!), to me it feels like being enclosed in a womb, protected and with no worries in the world, so I decided I would grab my iPod, light my candles (with my airplane pillow around my neck for added support – and boy it was comfy!) and get my “Deepak On”. I did Oprah and Deepak’s 21 day meditation challenge a couple years ago and loved it so much I bought the CD’s. Deepak has the most mystical voice that can soothe you the minute he speaks and takes you away like a good old song in the middle of the night. Sitting cozy in my hot bath and ready to “go away” for a little, I started my “Mindful Breathing”. I instantly remembered what my classes felt like that I took and I wondered why I hadn’t started this up again sooner. I felt the breath go in and out and my worries float away with them feeling more relaxed with each breath I took. I got about ½ way through when I heard a knock at my door – my oldest son felt our Dog should be let in as he was laying outside my bedroom door just waiting for me to come out for our nightly cuddle, right in the middle of being carried away into “Deepak land”. It reminds me of all the times when the kids were little and you couldn’t even go for a pee without being interrupted. Needless to say our Dog did NOT get to join me! A little interruption and about 5 minutes later I was back to my deep breathing. When the session ended my gut new I should stop there as that would be enough for the day, but I of course never listen and decided to push through with another one. The feeling of “bliss” soon ended yet again when out of the blue I instantly remembered that I had a hair cut in the morning and I had to remember to grab money, so the whole time I’m reminding myself to grab money. Then I remember my sister “touched up my greys” before we went to Vegas and I thought to myself I better remember to tell my hairdresser that, cause what if I don’t and the colour doesn’t turn out. Than I thought, I better bring the box so she can see it and it just snow balled from there – Deepak was officially blocked from my mind. By the time I got my “monkey mind” settled, the water was now cold and I decided to end it for the night. Looks like I am a bit rusty since my Mindful Breathing classes and need to practice a LOT more at keeping my “monkey mind” at bay! My goal will be to do ONE session a night – we’ll see how it goes :)
For those that are interested, Oprah and Deepak have another 21 Day Meditation Challenge coming up in March (I’ve signed up for that one too). The link is below:
https://chopracentermeditation.com/
For those that are interested, Oprah and Deepak have another 21 Day Meditation Challenge coming up in March (I’ve signed up for that one too). The link is below:
https://chopracentermeditation.com/