The Dhamma Wheel Meditation Challenge

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Mary50 wrote:And now steady sitting practice at 45 minutes in the mornings and again in the evenings, also using 20-minute video guided meditations a few times during the weekfor added motivation. A time of quietening down, bouts of sleepiness but getting re-acquainted with the body and breath.
Excellent! It's more than I'm doing at the moment, I think I will blame that on the gloomy winter weather. ;)
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This is a reminder that there is a Dhamma Wheel Meditation Challenge group on the smart phone app 'Insight Timer'.
I would like to invite you all to join.
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My goal is to be able to watch the arising and dissipating of sexual desire for at least another week without giving in to temptation. It is a bit strange because normally I don't have a strong desire for that particular sensual pleasure in comparison to the other 5 senses, but once I started keeping the "abrahmacariya" precept, the body seems to go into rebellion.
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Does anyone else have a retreat experience like this?

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30 Hours in 30 Days Challenge

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Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to propose a challenge to anyone who feels up to it: I am going to see if I can reach the modest goal of meditating for an hour a day for 30 days. I will split it up into three sessions myself and may end up with more than 1 hour per day but I want to see how I feel by essentially doubling my formal meditation.

Any takers?
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Khalil Bodhi wrote:I just wanted to propose a challenge to anyone who feels up to it: I am going to see if I can reach the modest goal of meditating for an hour a day for 30 days. I will split it up into three sessions myself and may end up with more than 1 hour per day but I want to see how I feel by essentially doubling my formal meditation.
Any takers?
I'm currently doing an hour a day ( 2 x 30 mins ) so would be happy to join you. However I usually have a day off on Sundays, is that OK? ;)
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Spiny Norman wrote:
Khalil Bodhi wrote:I just wanted to propose a challenge to anyone who feels up to it: I am going to see if I can reach the modest goal of meditating for an hour a day for 30 days. I will split it up into three sessions myself and may end up with more than 1 hour per day but I want to see how I feel by essentially doubling my formal meditation.
Any takers?
I'm currently doing an hour a day ( 2 x 30 mins ) so would be happy to join you. However I usually have a day off on Sundays, is that OK? ;)
Great! Glad to have such good company and I'll have the front office issue you a Sunday waiver :tongue:
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I would be happy to join you. I have a Goenka retreat coming up on the 5th of next month and would love to have increased my sitting so I'm a bit more comfortable for it than previous times!

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Alexander____ wrote:I would be happy to join you. I have a Goenka retreat coming up on the 5th of next month and would love to have increased my sitting so I'm a bit more comfortable for it than previous times!

Alexander
Great! So that makes three. I'm about to head off for my mid-day sit now (15 minutes only) to get my head back on straight before I get back to work.
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Ben wrote:This is a reminder that there is a Dhamma Wheel Meditation Challenge group on the smart phone app 'Insight Timer'.
I would like to invite you all to join.
With metta,
Ben
Thank you for the heads up about the group. It should help me with this work in progress. :thumbsup:
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I just started meditating a couple of weeks ago. So far I can't get past 14-15 minutes (sitting), so my goal is to get to 30 minutes by the end of September.

I also take my dog for a walk 2-3 times a day, so I try to take that opportunity to practice mindfulness, paying attention to sounds and tactile feelings while walking. This is not proper meditation but I have to say I enjoy it a lot, it has given a whole new dimension to the very simple and common activity of walking with my dog. :smile:
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padmini wrote:I just started meditating a couple of weeks ago. So far I can't get past 14-15 minutes (sitting), so my goal is to get to 30 minutes by the end of September.

I also take my dog for a walk 2-3 times a day, so I try to take that opportunity to practice mindfulness, paying attention to sounds and tactile feelings while walking. This is not proper meditation but I have to say I enjoy it a lot, it has given a whole new dimension to the very simple and common activity of walking with my dog. :smile:
Sounds like an excellent start. In my experience, it is more about quality than quantity of minutes with the caveat that I am always trying to lengthen my seated meditation. The Insight Timer app has proven to be invaluable. Anumodana on your noble aims! In bocca al lupo! :anjali:
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padmini wrote:I also take my dog for a walk 2-3 times a day, so I try to take that opportunity to practice mindfulness, paying attention to sounds and tactile feelings while walking. This is not proper meditation but I have to say I enjoy it a lot, it has given a whole new dimension to the very simple and common activity of walking with my dog. :smile:
That sounds like a great way to practice walking meditation, and I would imagine your dog appreciates it too. :thumbsup:
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A little update on my progress.
At the moment my morning routine includes: walking with my dog and practising either mindfulness or Metta, then getting home and following this guided meditation (especially Breath Meditation with Instructions for Leaving Meditation).

Thanks to this, I can sit for (almost) 40 minutes and if you include the walk with my dog, I meditate for a total of almost 50 minutes every morning! I am very pleased with this progress.

I hope with time (my deadline is again the end of September) I can drop the guided meditation and still be able to sit for 35-40 minutes.

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padmini wrote:A little update on my progress.
At the moment my morning routine includes: walking with my dog and practising either mindfulness or Metta, then getting home and following this guided meditation (especially Breath Meditation with Instructions for Leaving Meditation).

Thanks to this, I can sit for (almost) 40 minutes and if you include the walk with my dog, I meditate for a total of almost 50 minutes every morning! I am very pleased with this progress.

I hope with time (my deadline is again the end of September) I can drop the guided meditation and still be able to sit for 35-40 minutes.

:anjali:
Anumodana!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
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