Timeblock

Thinking

Stretching has become a consistent and flexibly placeable thing. Though yesterday was a close call where I stretched right before bed, did only one of each stretch, and skipped a few. Still solid and slept well, though.

Meditation (Day 28)

Today, I was pretty distractable, but still had lots of good bits. Because the session is 35 minutes now, and because of my experience from 4 weeks of practice now, I'm both better at overcoming distraction and have a lot more time to get good focus on the breath in. Still a long way to go, but I believe progress is on a chaotic uptick.

Naps are no longer something I consistently do everyday, and when I do do them now, they're another meditation for the day. Though they're a laydown meditation wherein one of the goals is to embrace dullness. This has been a solid experience for me thus far. Basically every nap feels like one of those rare solid naps I would have when I just laid down to nap.

Which makes me think that the "good" naps were accidental meditation. I had often found I'd get a good result by listening to blowing air of some kind (either from the noise machine at home or the central air setup at the office). I focused on something, and let the dullness come. Now, I do that more explicitly on purpose. And sometimes it leads to dreams still, where I think I'm still awake, but I'm definitely having some hypnagogic perception.

But even with super strong dullness, I rarely come out of my naps groggy now. This is because at some point the dullness noticeably fades, and so I employ the habits of applying a dullness antidote like in a normal meditation session. Thus, by the time I get up from my nap, my mind is often fully awake. It is a solid experience. Often there's this pleasant tingling sensation in my head.