Meditation

I am part of a couple of mommy groups where we schedule various activities like walks, play dates, etc. that way we can get out of the house and socialise with other people other than our babies! It's been great so far and I've made some amazing friends already.

This evening, one of the mummies hosted us at her house for a meditation session. One of the other mummies provided a CD and after a bit of stretching, it began. Well, well, well, I don't know if I am made for meditation. I know everyone said that the first few times getting the clutter out of your mind to concentrate on yourself is hard work. I have to say, my clutter was screaming! The CD playing had a very soothing lady's voice talking about some really nice things, but I just couldn't concentrate even though I really wanted to. I remember snippets of what this voice was saying, in what I think was a bit of an Australian accent. She told me that I am a dancing spirit and something about my feet gliding across something, I'm guessing the dance floor of life maybe? One of the last pieces we listened talked about love and letting go and really letting love in and concentrating on it, but I couldn't focus on it enough and don't really remember what she said. I do know that in the moment, I was thinking, that is so true, I need to do that, I need to make a bigger effort on loving. Hopefully, we'll get to do this on a weekly basis and over time I hope to be able to do a better job on taking in the messages and focusing on that 'me' time. 

The only other thing was that I can't sit on the floor cross legged for that long. My feet kept falling asleep, so I had to keep changing positions. Some of the other ladies were sitting there, completely still while I fidgeted non-stop. Oh well, what can you do?

I'd like to keep working on this element and maybe we'll be able to throw in some yoga into the mix. A few years ago I did some reading on the 7 chakras and breathing correctly, so I'm thinking of resurrecting some of that and doing some more reading on that topic.

Do you have any experience with meditation? Do you enjoy it? Any tips?