Pre-kids, I used to go to my favourite meditation sanctuary, a sir lankan buddhist retreat in Leura. Once a month they would hold a whole weekend of silent meditation. We would meditate 8 hours a day, and aside from a single Q&A session there would be no communication at all until we farewelled each other Sunday afternoon.
I remember our facilitator teacher many years ago smilingly telling my meditation group that meditators and their teachers seemed to have a Standard Meditation Time of 20 minutes. I loved this idea, that, just like the rest of the world using Greenwich Meridian Time as their timing launchpad, meditators the world over had this golden number of 20 minutes as being the right time to create a meaningful experience.
I used to go for that silent weekend most months, and then I had babies which sort of changed that indulgence. And it also meant I have had lots of time since to reconsider the 20 minutes and whether that was manageable or not. I have come to believe, as do those reasearches who study these things i’s more about regularity. And that 10 minutes every day is better than aiming for 30 minutes but only getting to it once or twice a week.
At Transform we are taking the Mindful in May. It starts today! For one month, you will get online ten minute a day meditation challenge and learning how to meditate with some expert teachers.
This challenge also raises money to save lives through bringing clean, safe drinking water to the 1 in 10 people on the planet that live without access so you can choose to donate a little extra or even to create a fundraising event around your efforts.
I’ve signed up. So, do you want to join me? Here’s how you sign up for the one month challenge: http://www.mindfulinmay.org
Join me and lets support each other in positively rewire our brains!
-Christina