As a meditation teacher, by far the most common complaint I hear about meditation is “I can’t meditate, it’s just too hard.” - Many people come to the practice determined to find peace and joy but instead, all too often, meditation becomes a battleground, with each minute feeling like an hour to be struggled through. People feel bored, uncomfortable and often terrified to -sit alone with their own...
If the practice of meditating is simple, then why does it sound so intimidating? - Sitting by yourself with an empty mind sounds like an unachievable goal. In most cases, it is. It’s not because you’re not doing -meditation properly-; it’s because you have unrealistic expectations. For some of us who aren’t Zen masters or Buddhist monks, the concept of meditation sounds foreign and frightening. The...