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Mindfulness Technique Check!

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I've been using Headspace for the past 51 days and have made great strides towards really nailing my meditation habit. That said, it'd be really nice if some of the more experienced meditators on the forum would check my technique before I get too far along doing a shitty job of it. Here's how it works:

Headspace starts you off with a few deep breaths, has you close your eyes, and then begins the session with a quick body scan, starting from the top of the head and ending at the feet. During this portion, I like to use Shinzen Young's noting method of hear in/out, see in/out, and feel in/out as I scan downward. At this stage in the exercise, most of my noting is 'feel out', but of course other kinds of sensations arise as I scan. Headspace does not teach the Shinzen-style noting part explicitly, but they do mention simply noticing what's arising in your awareness as you scan and doing it the Shinzen way makes sense to me.

Then they have you focus on the breath. You can count if you like, which I do, and every time you notice that your mind has wandered away from the breath, you simply bring your awareness back to it. I follow that direction, but every time my awareness strays from the breath, even for a second, I note the sensation hear in/out, see in/out, feel in/out.

That's pretty much it.

What's the verdict? Am I on the right track?

 


"Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress." - Maimonides

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