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Hi All,
I haven't posted for a while as I felt stuck on a level but I'm making progress again.
Now, I'd like to share my positive experience of meditation with you. I've been trying to meditate for a long time. I tried guided meditation, buddhist meditation, yoga meditation, visualisation. Nothing worked because my mind always wandered. So I gave up on it. Then I found a post on fb recommending a meditation book made for children. It had good reviews and I thought if children can learn it from this book, I can surely learn it too. So I bought it and it also included an audio record, a series of guided meditation sessions.
I haven't started reading the book yet but I've been listening to the records. Just 10 mins almost every morning before my gf wakes up. I've been doing it for more than a month now and I've started experiencing results. After a 15 minute session I feel like I received an hour of relaxing massage. My body is free of all the tension that anxiety normally causes me. And my mind is relaxed. It's like that joyful calmness that you feel after having a glass of wine or a bottle of beer without getting drunk. It's a shame it only lasts for 10 minutes but I believe, based on other people's experience that I've read, that it will become longer and longer as I practice more. :)
I haven't posted for a while as I felt stuck on a level but I'm making progress again.
Now, I'd like to share my positive experience of meditation with you. I've been trying to meditate for a long time. I tried guided meditation, buddhist meditation, yoga meditation, visualisation. Nothing worked because my mind always wandered. So I gave up on it. Then I found a post on fb recommending a meditation book made for children. It had good reviews and I thought if children can learn it from this book, I can surely learn it too. So I bought it and it also included an audio record, a series of guided meditation sessions.
I haven't started reading the book yet but I've been listening to the records. Just 10 mins almost every morning before my gf wakes up. I've been doing it for more than a month now and I've started experiencing results. After a 15 minute session I feel like I received an hour of relaxing massage. My body is free of all the tension that anxiety normally causes me. And my mind is relaxed. It's like that joyful calmness that you feel after having a glass of wine or a bottle of beer without getting drunk. It's a shame it only lasts for 10 minutes but I believe, based on other people's experience that I've read, that it will become longer and longer as I practice more. :)
I've also tried guided meditation. Not really sure what other way to try. Seems to help a little when I do it regularly but when I get in a depressed funk I just dont really have an urge to do it even though thats probably the best time.
http://www.amazon.com/Sitting-Still-Like-Frog-Mindfulness/dp/1611800587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404917522&sr=8-1&keywords=sitting+still
Unfortunately I don't have enough experience with meditation to be able to tell you what to do when you're depressed. I guess it's just the same as when I go to the gym. I'm not fancy going but I know from experience when I start doing the reps I will feel good, so I just force myself to go anyway. It might be the same with meditation.
Good luck to you!