I was talking with my friend Susan today, driving up the hill to pottery. It is great to have a friend in the car, as they provide an excellent captive audience. I was busy telling her about how sometimes my mind is FILLED with so many future things to think of & worry about, so that sometimes all that stuff just goes whirling around inside my head like one great big washing machine on a never-ending spin cycle.
"Ah," says Susan, "You should take up meditation. That's a great way to just empty your mind, even 5 to 10 minutes a day is worth it. It really opens you up." Susan is big into healthy mind/body stuff. I am along for the ride too, usually. But meditation...
"I'm not much for meditation", I say, "I never really figured out exactly how to go about it." I mean, if I already knew how to empty my mind by myself I wouldn't have started this blog..."Okay, so how do YOU do it, Susan?"
"Many ways! But right now I have this programme I am using every morning for visualisation & relaxation. I don't even have to get out of bed!"
"Really!"
"Right. I just wake up & have my ipod nearby & turn it on & listen to some directed meditation for about 10 minutes & it's really soothing - in fact, some times I even fall asleep & don't wake up until I hear it end!", she chuckles.
"OK," I say, "So let me understand. You wake up, turn on a machine, stay in bed & fall asleep for a few extra minutes & then wake up when it makes a certain sound, right?"
"Right!", she says.
"You know, Susan, I have always been under the impression that this was called 'Hitting the Snooze Button', but now, thanks to you, I know this is really called 'Visualisation & Relaxation'!"
So there you have it - in case anyone needs any justification...
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