Yes, just do it...and don’t get stressed. If the meditation takes 10 minutes and you still need more time before leaving. Make it only 5 minutes or Get up 5 mins earlier.
It’s not only 10 minutes It’s enough time transforms you It can make your balance It can make you what you wanna do Even if you have only 5 minuets just do it
Well, I’d say stick with it. At least for a few weeks. If it is still more a nuisance that beneficial, consider getting rid of it.
You can meditate for 5 min. or you can use on Simple Habit app in section On the go section Commute and meditate while going to work. If you’re in real hurry to go to work I would recommend Commuting meditation. You can chose walking, bus/train, car and waiting. Also, you can chose duration 5, 10 or 20 min. Depending on how much time you spend on commuting to or from work.
That depends on quite a lot. So, you could focus on a longer term solution of adjusting your morning. Not removing it, just getting more morning. But that’s not practical for everyone, I fully realize. You could migrate your morning meditation session to another part of the day. If you’re, say, meditating twice a day, you could try to make time during your afternoon routine. Or over lunch as a separate thing. Or twice in the evening, one to fully arrive at home and one as part of your evening ritual. Another possibility yet is to just let it be frustrating. And learn from that frustration. Let the difficulty just ... be. Try to make the most of the meditation, regardless, and treat it as practice. Not all times will be calm. Learning how to meditate amid anxiety might eventually lead to a more resilient calm. Or to other insights about yourself. You can view it as a work in progress. And perhaps later you will have more time. I like to think of sometimes bending a habit to avoid breaking it, and maybe this is another path you can consider. Maybe changing the duration to just breathing for two minutes on days when you’re rushed would feel more luxurious and mindful than trying to cram in the ten minutes when exactly ten minutes is all you have and you meant to take twenty. Bending a habit to avoid breaking it, though, seems to work best when it’s handled like a real promissory note to yourself that you will keep. If you get in the kind of meta-habit or “compensating” yourself for the lost time meditating later on, and also restoring the full habit as soon as practical, then your meditation practice can be less a rushed chore and more... a practice. Something that can’t and won’t be perfect every day. But something you approach earnestly and trust yourself to continue earnestly. Or, really, you can just delete it. You can use that as it’s own experiment, and observe the upsides and downsides of it. If you approach it non-judgementally with a trust in yourself that you will, if you decide to restore that habit, be able to — and if you need to take a break from that habit right now that you will — in fact — have done so based on the observation that that’s just what’s best for you at this time.
I usually put a timer so I can feel safe to forget about my scheduling and feel free to enjoy the present moment. After the timer goes off and I "return to reality" I realize I had forgotten about it completely and now any anxiety is gone. It feels much better to go to work afterwards since I can do everything in it’s proper time without feeling anxious. I can actually get things done quicker because I’m doing it with enhanaced attention and calm.
I believe it’s best to do what you can in order to incorporate meditation in your routine because of all its proven benefits.
I recommend waking up earlier to allow yourself the space for an unhurried session- this makes all the difference. It is something I’m still working on but when I’m able to wake up early enough (personally, before sunrise is ideal) to allow myself the space, quiet, and solitude for meditation and an unrushed morning, it makes *all* the difference and I’m always grateful that I did it. Just keep working on it! There is no hurry.
I try to meditate, before getting out of bed, or after my first morning cuppa. That seems to work, before my mind get full of to do doings.
Have you tried waking up earlier? We often think that we don’t have enough time but sometimes you have to make it by shifting your entire world around. What about leaving from social or evening plans 30 min earlier than usual, tucking in to bed 30 min earlier, then waking up 30 min earlier? This would give you time to meditate without a rush. Don’t forget: you created your calendar, so it’s not that you “don’t have time” it’s that you haven’t chosen to make time
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