The invitation to thoughts.

Just a few days and March would be over.I might go cycling today.How do you get to know you are in trance and not in France?Dance till the time your feet get sore.Looking out of the glass door of my therapy room these were some of my thoughts.

Well...it's time for me to connect to my Breathwork meditation.I decided not to set any intention today for the mediation and welcome what happens.

From folding my legs to closing my eyes I was in awareness of every step.Every step counts and has to be slow and gradual.

The first step..deep breaths..and the thoughts too started visiting so fast as if they were tired of  waiting for long to meet me.The palak pakoras,the jewelry,the bhagwad gita class,the news buzz,the pending work,The dry leaves ...etc....end of  thinking capacity....na na...just the beginning. 

The progress in the mediation is initially in direct proportion to thoughts.Observing my breath now became a bit challenging.The pains and aches in the body ....peri menopause, menopause or post menopause. Some pause is there.I gave a message to myself,"Assumptions are a bane in life.Have your facts right'.

The sacred pause.

The effort to keep observing the breath was full on.The focus now was on small 'A'...the tip of the nose and the tip of the upper lip.Smaller the focus,bigger the awareness.

I felt calmer and my thoughts reduced to conversations I have to say NO to.The food too.God bless the palak pakodas.

The sacred pause.

The observation of breath was effortless now. Calmness is a super power. Practice...Practice...Practice.At this moment I had a random  thought about a client that she should seek a spiritual master.

The steps of coming out of mediation are as important as going in.I said God bless you to myself and was still in my silence.Most of the challenges arise because of the inability to sit still and with oneself.

The mediation practice ended with usual gratitude for the divine power that made this happen for me today.

   I slowly opened my eyes. After few minutes I read the text from the same client ...Ma'am I am ready for a spiritual master.

     Our thoughts make our world.Try.....but with a pause.