How Do I Stop Daydreaming During Meditation?

Daydreaming is a very common human mental activity. A large-scale study found that people spend 47% of their waking hours daydreaming! What is daydreaming? When we daydream, our mind is wandering into the past, future, or fantasy. Daydreaming is a way of escaping from the present moment. When we are daydreaming, we are not inContinue reading “How Do I Stop Daydreaming During Meditation?”

How Do I Tune Things Out?

Many of us come to a practice like mindfulness meditation to help us find some space to breathe, to relax, and to just be. When we sit down to do meditation, we quickly discover that there are many things pulling at us from different directions. Thoughts, distractions, tension, pain, discomfort, worries, complaints – the listContinue reading “How Do I Tune Things Out?”

How Do I Calm Down My Wandering Mind?

Being distracted and unfocused during meditation is very common. Having a wandering mind during meditation is very common. It doesn’t mean that you are doing it wrong, or that you are “not cut out for mindfulness meditation.” It’s OK that many thoughts come up and distract us during meditation. The mindfulness technique is to noticeContinue reading “How Do I Calm Down My Wandering Mind?”