20 minutes on my floor on a pillow, sitting up, using meditation timer app. Begin: 1:24 AM. I have had a pretty go nonstop day but I still made time to honor my meditation commitment. Despite wanting to just go to bed after returning from the office at 1.
It was an inspiring start though, doing this even though today was so squished and tomorrow promises to be even more so. The act of this was empowering.
The meditation itself would not have impressed anyone. I fidgeted and had to check the time twice, at about 7 and 14 minutes. I had to switch leg positions for discomfort too. One of my cats kept trying to grab my outstretched hand. Stray thoughts abounded. But it is a start, and it felt good.
Time: 20 minutes
Place: On the floor in my bedroom, on a throw pillow
Focus: breath, self-guided body scan
Distractions: Yellow cat. (to protect the innocent, I will refrain from using my cat's names and will instead call them "gray cat" and "yellow cat"). Yellow cat kept trying to grab my finger with his paws. I have never actually seen him do that before. Gray cat was pretty good - he did not even try to get in my lap, he just sat next to me quietly.
Stray thoughts: I'm doing this post-hoc, so I don't remember
Attention span: I opened my eyes to look at the clock about every 7 minutes
Other comments: Again, I'm doing this post-hoc, so not sure.
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