I just meditated for 10 minutes at the dog park and did a body scan. I have ignored at best, actively avoided at worst, my practice for much of 2024. My best friend died by suicide last Jan, and he and I had meditated 2x/week for 20-30 min together since 2019.
Meditation can already be uncomfortable; I guess the grief made it unbearable. In 2025, I plan/hope/want to sit regularly again. It is already difficult; I am tearing up a lil at the dog park lol. The only way out is through. #chillstr
Love and peace be with you. Try meditating with other comforting things too perhaps. A book. A relaxing hobby. Exercise.
sorry for your loss
♥️ to start again is hard and beautiful at the same time. you meditated with him before and now you do this with him in you.
when my mother died (tomorrow will be two months), I started to dedicate to her every beautiful experience I had. and felt her so close and felt love in a way I rarely allowed myself to feel when she was alive.
feeling all that comes - and meditation will bring this to surface, you know - is what will open space for love to be recognized.
you don't need any of my words. maybe I just wanted to tell you that I want to join you. I will do some practices here too.
Thank you for your kind words, pollyanna. You always seem to have a most eloquent way that directly touches my heart. My heart goes out to you for your loss 🫂❤️
I would like to lead some guided meditations. I did on nostr before my friend passed. But it has been a matter of, how do you give when you feel you don't have enough yourself? I am hoping to put aside my self judgment and fear and just show up and speak words into a mic. Maybe the meditations will suck, maybe no one will show up, maybe lots will. Who knows? Who cares? Ha. I will let you know when I do. I would love to have you there.
please tell me! I really want to join you. ♥️
