Fantastic! (And great to see you doing newsletters here; I have been thinking about doing the same for a while but, like you, I'm a little too addicted to productivity to figure out the time for it, especially since I want to spend LESS time at the computer.) (GAH!) Anyway, I was going to suggest the Calm app for the walking meditation, which they have in different lengths of time, for example, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc. It's guided and lovely; I start out almost every day with it and it is one of those "feeding two birds with one scone" things because I am practicing mindfulness while also getting my steps in. Oh, man. I am just so sneaky. Anyway, congratulations again!
Hi Marla. I'm so happy to see this comment from you. I really appreciate you and value your words and insights so much and it means a lot to me that you're here. <3
I agree that it's a giant irony when we want to spend LESS time at our computer but the only way to be more efficient is to get better at computer-related tasks!!
I do subscribe to Calm and I love it! I haven't really used it for what you are suggesting though. Elisa suggested something similar, so I definitely have to up my game there, and I'll report back. Thanks for the reminder. I love the guided ones too.
I like your "feed two birds with one scone," but I also like "kill two hunters with one bullet." Heh. (Yours is better.)
I have a similar antipathy for meditation, and I do believe there is such a thing as active meditation. Meditation while walking. Or meditation that involves just listening very closely to a piece of music trying to hear as many nuances as you can or hear something new each time you listen. I mean, not that I do things like that, but I could. Whereas I'm not sure I could do the traditional meditation.
Also, you have now said the first thing ever that made me want to get a VR headset.
I love the idea of "active meditation," and I think the mindfulness aspect of walks, for example, can be really helpful. Everything you said here resonates with me. Remember those books that were out in the 80s and 90s where you stare at an abstract design and then suddenly it becomes 3D? I was SO GOOD at that, even when my friends couldn't see it. I figured out a way of relaxing my eyes in a particular type of way that let me just immediately hone in on the 3D image. (I wonder if that is what gave me such a bad astigmatism??) Anyway, I feel like the "active meditation" is similar to what you're describing ... one needs to "focus" on a particular sound (birds chirping) or sight (the tree or lampost across the street) and then just "soften" to that and only that ... OK, unrelated: GET A VR HEADSET! We could hang out in it and play mini-golf and ping pong!! And I love the Supernatural app; I think you will, too. P.S. I can't wait for you to hear Myq on OHH in a few weeks! xo
Woo!
Thank you so much, Myq!!!
Fantastic! (And great to see you doing newsletters here; I have been thinking about doing the same for a while but, like you, I'm a little too addicted to productivity to figure out the time for it, especially since I want to spend LESS time at the computer.) (GAH!) Anyway, I was going to suggest the Calm app for the walking meditation, which they have in different lengths of time, for example, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc. It's guided and lovely; I start out almost every day with it and it is one of those "feeding two birds with one scone" things because I am practicing mindfulness while also getting my steps in. Oh, man. I am just so sneaky. Anyway, congratulations again!
Hi Marla. I'm so happy to see this comment from you. I really appreciate you and value your words and insights so much and it means a lot to me that you're here. <3
I agree that it's a giant irony when we want to spend LESS time at our computer but the only way to be more efficient is to get better at computer-related tasks!!
I do subscribe to Calm and I love it! I haven't really used it for what you are suggesting though. Elisa suggested something similar, so I definitely have to up my game there, and I'll report back. Thanks for the reminder. I love the guided ones too.
I like your "feed two birds with one scone," but I also like "kill two hunters with one bullet." Heh. (Yours is better.)
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I have a similar antipathy for meditation, and I do believe there is such a thing as active meditation. Meditation while walking. Or meditation that involves just listening very closely to a piece of music trying to hear as many nuances as you can or hear something new each time you listen. I mean, not that I do things like that, but I could. Whereas I'm not sure I could do the traditional meditation.
Also, you have now said the first thing ever that made me want to get a VR headset.
Finally, I'm a Myq fan :)
I love the idea of "active meditation," and I think the mindfulness aspect of walks, for example, can be really helpful. Everything you said here resonates with me. Remember those books that were out in the 80s and 90s where you stare at an abstract design and then suddenly it becomes 3D? I was SO GOOD at that, even when my friends couldn't see it. I figured out a way of relaxing my eyes in a particular type of way that let me just immediately hone in on the 3D image. (I wonder if that is what gave me such a bad astigmatism??) Anyway, I feel like the "active meditation" is similar to what you're describing ... one needs to "focus" on a particular sound (birds chirping) or sight (the tree or lampost across the street) and then just "soften" to that and only that ... OK, unrelated: GET A VR HEADSET! We could hang out in it and play mini-golf and ping pong!! And I love the Supernatural app; I think you will, too. P.S. I can't wait for you to hear Myq on OHH in a few weeks! xo