As a meditation teacher, I have heard countless students sharing their excuses about why they have not meditated in the past week. They want it. They know that it is good for them. They just didn't do it. At least, inconsistent.

It always seems to hinder something: they need more sleep, dogs that need to walk, children get up, they have to work late or early, they feel anxious, worried or annoyed… meditation just doesn't Other things they have to do are so important. However, all these things they did did not give them the peace of mind they hoped for.

Of course, meditation is about changing your relationship with all the events, worries and anxieties in your life. This is a daily ritual such as eating, sleeping, brushing your teeth – creating a more relaxed, healthy, meaningful and conscious lifestyle. Achieving deep peace that all of us desire is a powerful practice. So, what is the secret of moving from an excuse to practice?

The answer is: you must have a strong "why?"

Where did you find you? Why?

The answer may surprise you.

Secret is body consciousness

Your body is not just a mechanical tool for all the activities in your life. It is a highly sensitive biofeedback system.

Your body can tell you what is good for you, how much, when you need to rest, when you need to relax and enjoy, when you need to get up and move, when you need to be alone, have connections with others, in nature In the middle, spend time in meditation. It will connect you to when, why and how much. If you are concerned.

In our context, it will connect you with the reason you want to meditate first. At least it is possible to do this – if you pay attention. However, do you often stop and really pay attention to the body's signals? You often stop to feel what it tells you?

Why don't you do this?

First of all, we have a culture that encourages the opposite. We are encouraged to concentrate rather than concentrate. We encourage to do as much as possible. We encourage as much as possible to collect as much product and wealth as possible from the external environment, data and sensory input.

We encourage us to respond quickly and discourage them from taking the time to consider thoughtful and profound reactions. We are used to reacting and hearing sounds quickly on news and social media. We are impatient with anything that takes time. Let's go, go, go, until we are too tired to continue.

Do you think this is tired?

However, are you worried about what happens if you stop? Are you worried that you will fall behind and be excluded? At some point, you may think that you don't want to live this way anymore. When you reach this – or better before it is long – take time to pay attention to your heart. Pay attention to all these thoughts, do, worry, accumulation and stimulation have an impact on you.

Are there other options?

Meditation creates a new way of being

Meditation interrupts uninterrupted thinking and behavior, giving your body a chance to relax – this is something you can't even do when you are uneasy. As you did in meditation, consciously relax, in the past 24 hours and in the years of your life, relieve the tension you accumulate in your consciousness. It slowly eliminates the reactive psychological-emotional pattern that drives you to perform uninterrupted activities on the hamster wheel. It makes your mind chatter.

Now, when you first start meditation, you may not notice this relaxing, quiet and calming effect. You may be more aware of how busy your mind is, how contradictory your emotions are, how nervous your body is. If you spend too much time on your body to treat your body, the initial moments of physical consciousness in meditation may not be as good.

Or you may barely feel anything. All thinking, doing and pushing yourself to do what you think "must" or "should" do may make you feel uncomfortable. You may have lost contact with important feelings and feelings. You may feel bored, have no external excitement, and distract you.

However, when you are truly, directly, gently, without judging the ground, you will feel uncomfortable, bored or numb when facing them in meditation, reminding you how much you need to activate another.

If you notice this signal and take the time to sit down, breathe, and pay attention to what's going on inside – the pressure layer will begin to relax and your important feelings will reawaken. When you relax, your body consciousness may tell you how tired you are from your lifestyle.

When you pay close attention to what your body says, you may find that everything you are looking for may not be as important as it seems. You may find that you don't want to live on a human hamster wheel anymore, constantly moving, worrying and anxious. You may be inspired to make new choices that reflect the deeper desires of your soul.

Meditation makes you think of a more relaxed, healthy, meaningful and conscious way of life – your body will tell you how important this is – if you pay attention.

Letting yourself meditate is a secret was originally published on Spring