My 40 days of meditation challenge.

I'm done. I've been doing the same meditation every day for 40 days. I felt like I needed to build a solid foundation. In yogic tradition we say that you need to do something for 40 days to experience a real transformation. Since Charlie came my highest priority is sleep. After that comes meditation, then yoga and finally running. I LOVE every single activity but when you need to prioritize you need to do the most important thing first.

The pros of making a decision to do something every day for a period of time is that you really carve out the time to do it. The meditation I did was about 30 minutes. And yes, sometimes it was boring. Sometimes I wanted to do something else. But most of the time it was a beautiful experience and it filled me with so much self respect for giving myself this gift every single day.

I will not jump into another 40 days now. I will enjoy the feeling that I completed this challenge and let my intuition guide me on how to continue. That's how I often do it. I tune into myself to find out what kind of meditation I need to do today. But of course that only comes when you have been meditating for a prolonged period of time and have become more tuned in to know what will suit you best in the present moment. I've been meditating on a regular basis for 9 years now so I have gained some experience in that field I believe.