I’m making a better effort to meditate, but I don’t know if I’m doing it right. Focusing on my breathing and releasing thoughts is hard and if I relax too much, I fall asleep.

If you have related issues when meditating, have you found better ways to meditate or alternatives that give you similar results?

  • ristoril_zipEnglish
    17·
    12 hours ago

    Be tolerant of yourself. Acknowledge your fidgeting and wandering thoughts. If you try to fight who you are, you’re not meditating. Notice the fidget, do your best to quiet it, then get back to meditating. Same with random thoughts.

    And sometimes it’s just not the right time to meditate. Try again later under different circumstances.

    • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      8 hours ago

      Meditation as sessions of radical self-acceptance has waaaaay more appeal to me than meditation as a method of ascension or escape from my desires and self. This thread might single handedly get me to start meditating lol

    • Cammy [she/her]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      13·
      11 hours ago

      Thank you. I think I fixate on doing things incorrectly a lot when that kind of thinking is counterproductive for meditation.