The next Vital Switch New York Meditation Meetup will be held this Friday, July 24th at 80 East 11th Street, 10003. The meeting is scheduled for 7pm to 8.30pm, with yummy tea to follow.
We had such a great group last time, and enjoyed it thoroughly, so we decided to do it all again two weeks later… please tell your friends.
Meanwhile, Read below to find out about thoughts in meditation….
How to stop being drowned by thoughts
By Matteus Levell
Meditation can be a blissful experience. Expanding your state of consciousness is a buzz. It can leave you feeling sharper and more energized.
But the reality for many people is that when they go for a swim in the ocean of experience that is mediation, they end up drowning in thoughts.
Drifting in the interminable blah, blah, blah, the shopping list of thoughts that constantly imposes itself on your day.
How to catch a break from this inner noise?
Let’s go back to the drowning analogy. Imagine you are adrift in the ocean, bobbing in the water after a shipwreck. Now, in order not to drown you are going to need something buoyant to hold onto – something to rest on. Suddenly you become aware of a piece of debris from the sunken vessel and you swim toward it. You clamber on top of it, it sustains your weight and you sigh in relief.
So it is with meditation. A meditation technique is there to give you something to rest on.
For instance, placing your awareness on the breath.
Take a moment to connect to your breath. Here I mean tracking the physical effect of the breath of your body. The automatic rise and fall of the chest and belly area with each in breath and out breath. Really feel it. Just observe the natural rhythm. Following the breath like this for even just a few minutes starts to internalize your consciousness, opening the door to a deeper mediation experience.
Vital Switch offers straight forward non-religious meditation techniques that address the needs of a busy western lifestyle.
This tip about the breath is just the beginning! Come and check us out discover the joy of an effective meditation practice.
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