Week 3
"Thinking Too Much"
Practice: Mindfulness of Thought
Some people think that meditation is about stopping thought. As the saying goes, if that were true, a coconut would be enlightened.
Robert Thurman
This Week...
- What To Do If You Encounter a Thought
- Abdominal breathing
- Thought—3 exercises
- Primary and secondary suffering
- Check in/q&a
- Poem
- Practice: mindfulness of breathing, or body, breath, sounds, thoughts
Practicing at Work and Home
- 'Formal' practice.
- Notice your thoughts and how they affect stress.
- Continue bringing awareness into daily life. Add another mindful activity to your daily routine.