Question for Leo about incorporating different meditation techniques

[fopylo]

@Leo Gura
Hi Leo, I've just watched your video of the Do Nothing meditation technique, and I've also realized that many of the techniques that you are showing are very counter-intuitive to each other. Do you practice all those different meditation techniques everyday? Like do you do the Do Nothing, Concentration, Mindfulness and Strong Determination meditations every single day? You say that in order to build a meditation habit I need to do it every single day for it to stick.

I've built a habit to do 20 minutes concentration on breath meditation in the morning, and 30 minutes mindfulness meditation at night. Adding the Do Nothing technique will ruin both of them as it has a completely different approach.

Similar question can be do you combine also the yoga techniques and journaling on top of all of that?

You reply will be appreciated

[kinesin]

@fopylo  When you do your 30 minutes mindfulness meditation at night, what is it that you're being mindful of?  As an experienced meditator (15 years), I can't see any meaningful difference between a nonspecific sitting mindfulness session and a 'Do Nothing' meditation session.

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Similar question can be do you combine also the yoga techniques and journaling on top of all of that?

Yes, both of those are extremely important.  Yoga keeps you physically loose and strong, and also functions as a good foundation for mindfulness.  Journalling will order and develop your thoughts, leading to a lot of insight.

Do you feel as though all this is getting too much for you to fit in to your daily routine?

[fopylo]

2 minutes ago, kinesin said:

When you do your 30 minutes mindfulness meditation at night, what is it that you're being mindful of?

See, hear and feel

Do Nothing is letting your mind loose and mindfulness is directing your focus to your senses

3 minutes ago, kinesin said:

Do you feel as though all this is getting too much for you to fit in to your daily routine?

Actually I just started my summer vacation so I'm literally available 24/7 for 2 months