Hi all, Thank you for taking the time to reply and give your input. Much appreciated! I have trouble replying back quickly due to my severe procrastinating tendencies. So, sorry for the late reply. Like many of you predicted, it was difficult trying to sit 2 hours per day right from the start. 1 hou...

I don't think I remember the AT name for the vipassana course. I will contact the center and see if I can get hold of the email address. It's good to know that Anapana was spoken highly of by Buddha. I have no idea what the four frames of reference even mean. I will google and find out. Thanks for t...

In a talk, Ven Thanissaro recommended setting weekly goals so that a goal is not thrown out the window for a single day of lapse. That's me. I try to meditate everyday for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening. The day I lapse into not meditating, I feel depressed and give up on daily pra...

My mind has a natural inclination towards Anapana. I can do Anapana meditation effortlessly but am finding it strenuous to do body scanning continuously. I usually do initial 15 minutes of Anapana and then do some body scanning from top to bottom and bottom to top twice each and then take rest in An...

I am not able to keep up my resolution to sit everyday.

Thanks for the replies, Ben and m0rl0ck. I have a 3 more questions. a) I usually sleep for 7 hours. Is it ok to reduce sleep to 4-5 hours per night when you are meditating for 2 hours a day? What if one meditates most of the night instead of sleeping? Does meditation compensate sleep? b) Regarding f...

Hi all, I researched about ADHD and learned that meditation helps in controlling the symptoms of ADHD. I took my first 10 day retreat in 2009. After the course the awareness of sensations around the mouth and nostrils did not persist while I tried meditating a few times. I gave up meditating. In 201...