Mindfulness of Breathing – Journey 1 Week 9
This week has been a bit of a disaster, meditation-wise. No steps forward but lots of steps backward.
At the start of the week, I was distracted by a sore knee. I’ve no idea what I’ve done to it but it started to swell up and got quite painful. Consequently, it was getting harder to keep focusing on my breath, and the sessions became a bit of a struggle.
It felt like sitting in the meditation position was aggravating my knee, so I reluctantly decided to sit on a chair. I always used to fall asleep doing this but I managed to stay awake. However, I noticed that I was more relaxed and less focused.
Mid-week, I started to get a cold and the fuzzy head made my head feel very tired, with the concentration trying to slide away all the time.
Just to add the icing on the cake, everyday life got quite hectic and intruded quite badly on my meditation. I still managed two sessions a day but they were very poor quality. It seemed like 90% of the time was spent thinking and 10% being aware of breathing. A frustrating lurch in the wrong direction.