I'm Lucy Fink and this week I'm going to
explore the art of meditation my
personal form of meditation is watching
The Real Housewives of Orange County of
with pizza in my apartment and
pasta and like probably lunch at a
barbecue kind I've noticed recently that
I've been out to dinner with friends or
on the phone with my parents and I'm
actually thinking about something else
and someone will say something and I'll
just be like oops sorry I just blacked
out what did you say this hectic week is
the perfect time in my life to try
meditating I'm gonna start right now
Monday night I'm gonna meditate on my
bed for 15 minutes we'll see how it goes
meditation takes courage cuz you have to
spend time with yourself and I hate
myself I mean I don't I'm kidding but am
i last night's meditation was note to
self do not meditate on the man my back
started hurting midway through I lit a
couple of candles it smells a lot like
fire and I was having a lot of trouble
sitting in a room with my eyes closed
knowing that there was a flame burning
so I blew it out
the biggest struggle for me last night
was trying to figure out how to shut
Mike right off and in doing so I
couldn't think about anything except for
the words stop thinking about anything
so by the time my 15-minute alarm went
off I was sort of like was that it so I
did some research and there's this
meditation technique called mantra
meditation where you sort of repeat a
word or set of syllables that don't
necessarily have any meaning attached to
them with the goal of focusing your mind
the mantra I decided to repeat over and
over again is I am grateful for all that
is forget it already I am grateful for
all that is unfolding in my life and all
that is yet to come
my life and all that is yet to come
have you ever been woken up at 4:30 in
the morning by monks who told you to
tame your monkey mind I have I am
grateful for all that is unfolding in my
life and all that is yet to come
I don't think I will ever forget those
words this morning I went out onto my
building's terrace and I practiced
mantra meditation one more time
it was nice being out there as the day
was breaking and to hear the sounds of
the city around me the cars passing by I
sort of sounded like white noise that
was a great way to start my day I think
I'm going to take a break midday today
I'm going to sneak away from my desk and
try a new type of meditation mindfulness
meditation an article from Psychology
Today
Paul's mindfulness meditation something
that is unique and is not directed
towards getting us to be different from
how we already are but instead it helps
us become aware of what is already true
moment by moment that was the perfect
mindset to adopt on a stressful day like
today personally my favorite place to
actually meditate is on the subway
cruising along rat scattering by a
casual mole person tonight I went to a
meditation club I was in a room of
almost 100 complete strangers and we all
sat there and for 20 minutes we each did
personal meditation in silence many
clubs a community of about 800 modern
New Yorkers and we share meditation it's
a common thread people with you know
modern regular lives can come together
and share meditation and also discuss
the issues that come up in our lives
living in a place like New York City
like love sax dating work five days of
meditation and I am Zen to my core
meditation can become part of your busy
lifestyle you don't have to go off into
the wilderness and stop talking for 10
days meditation should feel like you're
sitting on the side of a road and you're
watching cars pass by each of those cars
is a different thought that you're
having when you start to think stop
having that thought stop thinking about
that you start to try to push those cars
back that's when you run into a traffic
jam acknowledge that you're thinking
about it and watch it drive by until it
goes off the screen
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