My meditation journal

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Cold shower today as well. So nice :-D

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Yesterday: Spa and cold-bath

Today: 30 min yoga and a cold shower.

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Yesterday: Spa with 3 cold-baths.

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Yesterday: Chanting Gayatri-mantra for 15 min and then 30 min yoga.

Today: Same as yesterday.

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Second session of kayaking this year.

First session was 8th of March. Good to be out again. Brought my ukulele with me and chanted Gayatri-mantra for 45 min on a beautiful island nearby. Altogether I was out for 3 hours. Paddled around two islands. Beautiful weather. So nice. Did a cold shower when I came home, and later in the day I did 20 min of vinyasa flow yoga.

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20 min vinyasa yoga, and then a cold shower. So good.

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Started the day with a cold shower, then later in the day I did 30 min of yoga and then went to the spa where I did sauna, warm-bath and 4 sessions in the cold-bath. Super-ultra-nice :-D

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Spa with 3 cold baths today. The really nice thing about this spa is that it is possible to jump into the cold water. Somehow that is very fun and meaningful :-D

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Spa with 3 cold baths today as well. So nice. I really love to jump out into the cold water, and then, after the shock has been absorbed to take a deep breath and also hold my head under the water for as long as I can. It gets really still inside at that point.

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Spa with 3 cold baths today as well. So nice :-D

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Only a cold shower today, but it was so good :-)

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Spa with 2 saunas, 3 warm-baths, and 4 cold baths today. Actually the order was first sauna, then cold bath, then warm bath, then cold bath, then warm bath, then cold bath, sauna again, and then finishing it off with the last cold bath. So nice. I was pretty tired after having worked 4 night-shifts in a row when I got there, but it is a very efficient way of getting some deep rest.

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Third session of kayaking this year

1,5 hour kayaking first thing this morning, and then spa and 3 cold baths. So nice :-D

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Spa with 2 cold-baths today. So nice :-D

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Bathing in the sea this morning, and then home to take a good and long warm shower ended with a good and solid cold shower. So nice. It has been snowing lately, even though we are far into the spring, so the sea is almost as cold as during the winter, so this is pretty close to ice-bathing still. Been really kicking on the spa lately with its cold-bath, but it is really nice to have these three things to alternate between: the sea during winter / early spring / late fall, cold showers at home, and cold baths at the spa. And both the spa and the sea is only a block from where I live. It really boosts the motivation to have these different flavours of cold-exposure to alternate between. The most beautiful of them all is of course direct exposure to the sea during winter, but even that can sometimes become a little too harsh or too much of something when done too much without any variation, so the really smooth experience at the spa supported by the saunas and the warm-baths can really increase the smoothness and relaxation of it all, and of course a quick and handy session in the cold shower at home is as simple as you can possibly get it.

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Cold shower today, and then 1,5 hour mantra-singing at the yoga-studio nearby. Both were really really nice :-D

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Spa with 3 cold-baths today. Super-ultra-nice :-D This is the perfect way to recharge after night-shifts. Been working 4 night-shifts in a row this weekend as well.

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4th session of kayaking this year

Tuesday: 45 min silent meditation in the morning, then 2 hours of kayaking, and then spa with 2 cold-baths.

Wednesday: No practice.

Thursday: 20 min silent meditation in the morning

Friday (today): 30 min silent meditation

Edited April 15, 2022 by Thittato

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5th session of kayaking this year

So sweet. This time I was out for 3 hours. The weather was perfect. Nice and quiet with a lovely sun. Found a beautiful mountain-top to meditate on at an island I took a pause on.

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45 min meditation today. So nice :-)