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Monday, December 9, 2013

Meditation Monday #49

Still going stong, yall.  Are you meditating consistently?  If yes, what form do you use?  What do you love about it?  How long have you been at it?  What got you started?

As for me, I started another 40 Day Meditation Challenge, got sick, missed a day or two as a result of the illness, so started over.  I re-started this newest Challenge on December 2nd.  I'll finish it on January 10th.  My challenge this time is a bit more difficult than the previous ones.  I'm adding in a couple forms to the two "anger" forms I've been doing for a while now.  I'm adding Prosperity back in AND a new form... not sure what to call it, but the chant says Sa Re Sa Sa Sa Re Sa Sa Sa Re Sa Sa Sa Rung Hur Re Hur Hur Hur Re Hur Hur Hur Re Hur Hur Hur Hung.  The greatest difference I have experienced since adding in this last one is a HUGE spike in my experience of peace.  So, that's pretty amazing to me!  :)

This video is a yogi teaching the Sa Re Sa Sa meditation that I recently added in.  I strive to complete at least 5 minutes of this form.  It's awesome!



With the new forms, my meditation time looks something like this: open, Kirtan Kriya (7 minutes minimum), anger (3 minute minimum), anger (3 minute minimum), Sa Ray Sa Sa (above; 5 minute minimum), Prosperity (3 minute minimum), and close.  It's not always in that order, but most often it is.  I usually need to do the quiet forms (anger) so that my baby will stay asleep.  Not that she's always asleep when I meditate (because she's not), but when she is, I try to help her stay asleep as long as possible.  It certainly is easier to complete longer versions of each when she's asleep!

Can you believe it... my baby is 6 months old tomorrow!!!!?!!!  She's the most blessed of the bunch cause I've been meditating the whole time she was gestating and for the whole of her life (except for a random few days I've missed).  :)

Weekend Bloggy Reading

3 comments:

Sheila at Longings End said...

Hi there...I am your neighbor at Serenity Now. Lovely family you have. And I like to wear skirts too! Just not in WINTER which I dont like :) I enjoy doing yoga stretches, but have never done the meditations. For me...I love to take a little tiny bite of scripture -- the part that seems to jump off the page when I read the Bible that morning -- and then chew on that and dig a little deeper until I feel God's peace in my heart. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas. Babies are such a delight. My niece just had her first and we are all excited and delighted. You can read her blog at Diapers and Dressforms.blogspot.com. And please come visit us at Longings End. Blessings of peace and love to you...

Tori said...

Thank you! I appreciate your wonderful and thoughtful comment!

I love to read scripture and ponder on it, too. I have found myself pondering words and verses during meditation. It's like the practice of meditation opens my brain to greater/deeper understandings. It's an awesome tool!

I attempted to visit that blog and it didn't work for me. :( I hope you had a lovely holiday season!

Tori said...

Thank you! I appreciate your wonderful and thoughtful comment!

I love to read scripture and ponder on it, too. I have found myself pondering words and verses during meditation. It's like the practice of meditation opens my brain to greater/deeper understandings. It's an awesome tool!

I attempted to visit that blog and it didn't work for me. :( I hope you had a lovely holiday season!

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