Tuesday 29 October 2013

Anxiety and meditation, No slacking allowed

No slacking! 
If you wake up and start to think anxious thoughts, let me say from experience that you absolutely aren't going to sort them out by lying in that warm bed turning them over and over, you are better to get straight up and move.  Anxious thoughts are sticky things but they don't hang around for long if you get out of bed and brave the cold for starters and shower and fiddle about putting things in order.  Then meditate,  and leave those thoughts outside the door.  If they try and come in, know them for what they are and pay them no attention until you need to.  Afterwards, sit down with a cup of tea or coffee and better still, with a friend and examine the things which are bothering you and see if you can do something about them.


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