Struggling With Morning Meditation Motivation

[TheUniverseIsLove]

Lately I have been struggling to meditate. I still do it and appreciate it, but I keep putting it off until later in the day. Sometimes, because of this, I fail to get in the full hour I aim for. Not bad, just noticed. Tibetian bowl sounds seem to help me get motivatied, but then I find I want to only meditate with them, even though I appreciate what both versions offer. However, I also find a pull to want to incorporate more "silent" sessions. 

Do any of you use Tibetian Bowl sounds, and if so, how do you split your practices between sound and no sound? Do you find a difference between the two? 

Sometimes getting up early to meditate doesn't seem as easy as, "just wake up and go," even though I know it IS that simple. How do you all start your day early, do everything you want to accomplish in the day, and get enough sleep? 

Also, do you think other activities could be subsituted for meditation if they created similar experiences? If so, what activities? 

Thanks! 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2019 by TheUniverseIsLove
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[TrynaBeTurquoise]

I would try meditating before bed. I find this fits in my lifestyle better, improves my sleep quality. I usually always listen to some binaural beat (deta waves before bed) or tibetian bowl sound using headphones. 

I am more of an "up and go" morning person most of the time, I find exercise in the morning or some kind of light physical movement is better for quieting my mind in the morning. Maybe because of the natural cortisol spike in the morning, I deal with the most neurosis/overthinking/indecision about "planning for the day" right when I wake up. Meditating then does help sometimes for me, but I find physical movement fits in better and use meditation/kriya yoga as more of a winding-down activity. 

I wouldn't be so hard on yourself to get 1 hour. Even if you get only 10 minutes, count it as a success. 10 minutes every day is better than setting a goal for an hour and skipping days falling off track not getting any time in. Take baby steps. 

[TheUniverseIsLove]

@TrynaBeTurquoise ?

[Aaron p]

There's all kinds of wee ways you can trick yourself. You gotta tune it to your own self, each person's different. For myself I am conscious that I nearly always put off meditation if I wait until dark, so I try not to wait until dark...too tired. Being aware of time the night before is handy. I'm very precise with my measurements of time. 10 minutes on phone in morning to wake my eyes up (LED light really works), 45 mins up, shower and ready, 1 hour 15 mins for kryia yoga and self enquiry. Just before I need to leave. 

Also if your like me and you struggle to actually *sit down* to meditate because of laziness or whatever, just force yourself abruptly to go and sit on your cushion shut your eyes and hold your mind empty for 15 seconds. Then just gently move into your normal position and ease into the meditation. For some reason this works for me. If your struggle is doing your full hour...my personal thing that helped me was really keeping momentum, practise after practice keep it fluent and try to get yourself to slip into a trance like state. Time flys when you don't exist ??

[TheUniverseIsLove]

@Aaron p

That's the thing though. I don't have trouble doing it for an hour, really.  Sometimes 5 mintues, 10 minutes, 2 hours...it doesn't feel all that different. Sometimes the time files by, and sometimes it seems to last forever (Did my timer stop?!?) 

Time is a strange beast. 

I will try the just jump on a cushion thing though. ?

I think I may know my defiance. 

I don't feel much different meditating than I do doing basically  everything else. 

I can be in meditation mode whenever I go, whatever position I'm in.  

Time feels the same in every instance. 

I'm feeling those vibez in everyday life, in most moments, so inner self is like, "why do both." ?‍♀️

I just get distracted from the day to day life, and I think the meditation sessions remind me and make it easier to "clear my mind." Zen. Balance. Ying. Yang.  

Also, Non existence is a strange beast too. 

I think meditation focuses one on the idea to truly just be in the moment fully. 

Non-existance is just being and doing fully. That's all there is. Nothing and Being.   

When you BE and DO... ? percent, 

You get lost in time with all there is, all there was, and all there will be. 

You get lost in the love of the now, without even knowing you're there. 

That's why, though VERY long winded, I think Leo knows what's up. 

I also think Psychedelics bring about the same. All being and doing. Just like, more thrown in your face.  

I'd argue that more perception change puts someone fully in the moment too, like meditation. And psychedelics  I guess it would depend on the new perception strength though.