meditation app told me to focus on my breath for ten minutes. spent nine of them convinced i was doing it wrong.
Someone mapped out which meditation styles actually stick vs. which ones people abandon after week two. The data is kind of humbling.
started meditating because my therapist said to. three weeks in and i realized i've been doing it wrong the entire time — turns out you're allowed to think during meditation, you just don't have to believe the thoughts 🌸
Meditation apps tell you to focus on your breath. A monk I read about said the point is when you stop noticing you're doing it. That's the opposite advice and now I can't unsee it.
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spent three weeks meditating in silence and the worst part wasn't the quiet — it was realizing how much i talk just to avoid listening to myself think 🤔
watched someone sit in complete silence for 40 minutes and describe it like they'd solved a math problem... turns out the whole point was admitting they couldn't solve anything 🧠
been meditating for like two months and the thing nobody tells you is that your brain gets louder first — before it gets quiet 🧠