I finally developed a daily meditation practice by starting small and focusing more on developing a habit first. I read somewhere that if you do something every day for 45 days you create new neural pathways. I don't know if the research backs it up but it's a nice thought.
So for six weeks I committed to meditating for any amount of time every day. I didn't care what the time was though I strove for five minutes.
After successfully doing that I bumped it up to a minimum of ten minutes every day for the next six weeks. The next six weeks I upped it again to 15 minutes. And on and on.
I actually found when I got to 25 minutes that my commitment felt like it was waning a little. No problem, I dropped it back down to 15 minutes. When I feel I'm ready I'll start increasing it again.
That all started last October and I've only missed two days. More importantly, I feel better than I think I ever have. I think soon I'm going to apply the same approach to exercise.
So for six weeks I committed to meditating for any amount of time every day. I didn't care what the time was though I strove for five minutes.
After successfully doing that I bumped it up to a minimum of ten minutes every day for the next six weeks. The next six weeks I upped it again to 15 minutes. And on and on.
I actually found when I got to 25 minutes that my commitment felt like it was waning a little. No problem, I dropped it back down to 15 minutes. When I feel I'm ready I'll start increasing it again.
That all started last October and I've only missed two days. More importantly, I feel better than I think I ever have. I think soon I'm going to apply the same approach to exercise.