MIDL 15min 16 / 20: Observing Thinking Patterns

New to MIDL? 15 Minutes of Mindfulness is an introductory series to the MIDL 52 Mindfulness Meditation Trainings. 16/20 is the MIDL Mindfulness Training in the ability to observe the reality of the process of thinking and its underlying emotional charge to train the First MIDL Pillar of Flexible Attention. Practice daily for one week before moving to the next exercise

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Reviews

It was very easy to get relaxed quickly with this guided meditation. Labeling thoughts and then taking a deep breath helps a lot to send them away.

I did have some questions though, when you say "breathe into the thought" could you explain what that means exactly?

Also when we put our attention on our hands are we meant to put our peripheral awareness somewhere else like the sounds we hear? Or is it just 100% focus on the sensations of the hands?

Thanks again.

This is such an important practice. It’s so interesting to note what drives your wandering mind. I recommend this to all my meditator friends. Thank you Stephen!

Day 1. Still drifting off after so many weeks doing these meditations. I really enjoy doing them and notice throughout the day if for some reason I wasn't able to. 🙏❤️
Day 2. Day 3. Day 4. Day 5. Day 6. Day 7.

Thank you for these sessions, Stephen, and thank you for your thorough answers to my previous questions! You make this world a more peaceful place ❤️

I was wondering if you could share some thoughts on how to go about meditating when you are in physical pain. It’s rather hard to meditate and very hard to relax because your mind concentrates too much on the unpleasant sensation. It makes it difficult to just accept the pain!

Thanks again :)

I've learned so much from these lessons, I can feel my meditation practice is growing.