meditation: 216/365

by | Aug 16, 2015 | 1 true thing | 10 comments

I LOVED meditation while I was at Canyon Ranch. But in the real world, where I really, really need it, I haven’t meditated even once. Because I have NO TIME for meditation. Just like I have no time to cook. In exactly that sense. In other words, I would rather be doing other things.

Even when I’m still, speaking of motion, I’m usually DOING something.

For around $15, Whole30 will send you a daily email during your 30 days. It’s full of try this and that is completely normal and you can do it’s. I subscribed. Today’s email, which is really about yesterday because you have to sign up ahead of time for the email and I didn’t know that, included a link to the adorably captivating 5-minute video below:

Even I realize that I can make time for something that only takes one minute. And there’s an app for this–of course there is. Which I just downloaded. Free, by the way. All of this based on Martin Boroson’s book, One Moment Meditation—OMM…

A moment goes by so quickly that you’d have to be a master just to notice one. That’s why your training starts with an exercise–the Basic Minute–that takes a full minute. A minute is like a moment with handles on it–you know where it begins and ends, so it’s easier to grasp.

*my healthy action today: I meditated for one minute : ) 

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10 Comments

  1. triciatierney
    triciatierney on August 16, 2015 at 10:41 am

    Sometimes, (and I’m just like you re all this stuff) it just takes one minute.

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    • cynthia
      cynthia on August 16, 2015 at 7:23 pm

      Amazing, isn’t it, Tricia!

      Reply
  2. ninamishkin
    ninamishkin on August 16, 2015 at 12:59 pm

    Great post, Cynthia. I did it the OMM, eyes closed, sitting in front of my desktop. And I’m smiling, all by myself in my office! 🙂

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    • cynthia
      cynthia on August 17, 2015 at 9:51 pm

      Thank you, Nina! And now I’m smiling thinking of you smiling : )

      Reply
  3. KM Huber
    KM Huber on August 16, 2015 at 1:50 pm

    Healthy action for today: more unplugged than not, completing only those tasks necessary.
    Karen

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    • cynthia
      cynthia on August 17, 2015 at 9:55 pm

      Unplugged is us taking care of ourselves–good for you.

      Reply
  4. helena sorensen
    helena sorensen on August 16, 2015 at 4:42 pm

    BRILLIANT! THANK YOU!!!

    My healthy action for today:
    One Minute Meditation… at the end of my day…
    having composed a love letter to my brother
    who is expecting his 1st grandchild…
    AND sent it… with fingers crossed! (lol)

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      • helena sorensen
        helena sorensen on August 18, 2015 at 1:57 am

        and phewee!
        for *the wording* is everything…
        at best… he keeps me honest… 🙂

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        • cynthia
          cynthia on August 18, 2015 at 9:42 am

          Nice to have a brother like that : )

          Reply

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