Its been a rocky start for my journey to be a consistent meditation practitioner. As resources, I referred to both the Calm app and Pema Chodron’s book on How to meditate. I am finding the book more useful and relevant for my current milestone to quiten my mind.

  1. I practice meditation in the morning, at the beginning of the day.
  2. I start a new Meditation workout on my Apple watch (in the hope that maybe health data such as BPM will be a useful review later on).
  3. I start a twenty minute timer on my Alexa. Currently, I start to get fidgety around fifteen minutes into the meditation.
  4. I sit cross legged on a ground seat cushion with an open chest stance.
  5. Unlike popular practice advice, I keep my eyes open in the Tibetan style of meditation. My head is positioned straight, and the gaze is downward.
  6. My shoulders are open, back and relaxed. My arms are either placed on thigh or sometimes joined together in my lap.
  7. I start by inquiring and labeling my emotions (I struggle with this, and have learnt about the importance of being precise from Brené Brown’s excellent book Atlas of the Heart).
  8. Next, I perform a physical checkin and try to relax my body more.
  9. I feel and allow my breath to go in and out of my body. If I get distracted, I come back to feeling my breath again.