Nice to relax
Mine was relatively calm.
My brain was busy and kept switching subjects. Every 30 seconds or so I had to reset and think about breathing in the present.
I noticed the chatter quieting down toward the end. My mind doesn’t shut the hell up though
Lots going on in the mind. Good to sit back and just let that unfold
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My mind works in over drive and it’s hard to relax and fully understand what is going in there
My mind is more like a big gorilla that constantly is spinning. It’s hard to slow it down and relax
I meditate regularly so I have gotten some control of my mind. I am at peace most of the time. The monkey can become agitated in times of stress but most of the time I feel good
All over the place! Challenge not to judge. But also shining a light on things that occupy my thoughts - that I normally don’t notice but flip into ways to beat myself up.
Very imaginative. I’ll be envisioning a lot of scenarios in my brain
Not used to meditating. I can observe the thoughts come in one after the other. Sometimes it’s truly random and could be a random subplot in a movie I watched, some pedestrian that walked by me during the day, or a cup of coffee I was holding in my hands. Those are fine. What’s challenging is not to attach to a particular stressful thought like did I pay my bills, my ED issues, a particular stressful work problem I’ve yet to solve. Those make me agitated and it’s hard to stay as just an observer.
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I flobserved the money and sat back and watched it doing its thing and I sat back relaxed
It was interesting to let my mind dive down all its usual rabbit holes… but with a GoPro strapped to its head so I can really notice what it’s doing. The connections it makes, the comparisons, the immediate jumps to the ways that I’m not enough and, paradoxically, how I worry too much - it was good to start to confront it and get a sense for it. This wasn’t like any meditation I’ve done before, as they usually focus on noticing and gently dismissing thoughts rather than letting them run. I think this is even more practical, because you can never really stop yourself from thinking.
Lots of random thoughts coming to mind and let them be. All just day to day things and things on my mind currently
Things slowed down
Things were surprisingly quiet, but I did this first thing in the am. I know if I need this after dinner or before bed, I’d be observing hundreds of thoughts
Good way to get some space from thoughts and recognize that’s all they are- random thoughts
More awareness of current life situations that are hyper stimulating my monkey mind. More relaxed about those life situations
I was able to truly experience the space around me with my eyes closed and push my thoughts to flow naturally as opposed to being dictated by my worries.
I realized that the monkey mind is manageable. In different ways probably for different people but I think I have some viable ideas going forward for me.