How Do You Cope When Distractions Interrupt Your Meditation?
If you've done much meditation at all, you've almost certainly had to deal with distractions.
It can be so frustrating when a dog barking interrupts you when you only have a few minutes available to meditate.
Learning to meditate through distractions is a really valuable skill to have.
A large part of this is simply changing the way that we think about these distractions.
If a cars brakes irritates you but rain falling is soothing, then it's just a matter of changing how you define these sounds to yourself.
If you can change the way you think about sounds then you're going to be able to meditate through anything.
You can use every noise to deepen your experience of meditation, rather than distracting you.
If you can really focus on the sound itself, not where it's coming from.
It's all just a vibration, so there's no fundamental difference between the soothing rainforest sounds and cars roaring past.
Think about the sound as a vibration, not the concept of what the sound means.
Try not to judge the sound or define it, just accept it.
Give yourself plenty of time and perseverance to achieve this.
You're only human, sometimes it'll work great and other times you'll find yourself getting frustrated by every little noise...
that's fine.
Don't judge the sound and don't judge yourself either.
Accept it and you'll find that next time that sound will only send you deeper.
Patience is also vital here.
As with meditation itself, you need to let the process take time and unfold naturally.
Trying to force it won't help, and will probably hinder your progress.
If you can reach the point where every noise only serves to send you deeper into your meditative state, then you'll literally be able to meditate wherever you want.
You could try meditating in a noisy environment on purpose.
Don't expect too much from the process.
This will help to desensitise you to distractions and often, by not expecting much, you'll find that you achieve a whole lot! Think of it like an investment that you expect a return on a little way down the track.
Another tool that helps immensely is using binaural audio tracks, these take you to a deep level of meditation and block out other sounds too.
Many people find this a very easy way to make the most out of the available time that they have to meditate.
Not letting distractions interrupt your meditation is a skill that's really worth developing.
We lead such busy lives that simply finding the time at all can be a challenge so don't let that time to be ruined because of some rock music off in the distance.
It can be so frustrating when a dog barking interrupts you when you only have a few minutes available to meditate.
Learning to meditate through distractions is a really valuable skill to have.
A large part of this is simply changing the way that we think about these distractions.
If a cars brakes irritates you but rain falling is soothing, then it's just a matter of changing how you define these sounds to yourself.
If you can change the way you think about sounds then you're going to be able to meditate through anything.
You can use every noise to deepen your experience of meditation, rather than distracting you.
If you can really focus on the sound itself, not where it's coming from.
It's all just a vibration, so there's no fundamental difference between the soothing rainforest sounds and cars roaring past.
Think about the sound as a vibration, not the concept of what the sound means.
Try not to judge the sound or define it, just accept it.
Give yourself plenty of time and perseverance to achieve this.
You're only human, sometimes it'll work great and other times you'll find yourself getting frustrated by every little noise...
that's fine.
Don't judge the sound and don't judge yourself either.
Accept it and you'll find that next time that sound will only send you deeper.
Patience is also vital here.
As with meditation itself, you need to let the process take time and unfold naturally.
Trying to force it won't help, and will probably hinder your progress.
If you can reach the point where every noise only serves to send you deeper into your meditative state, then you'll literally be able to meditate wherever you want.
You could try meditating in a noisy environment on purpose.
Don't expect too much from the process.
This will help to desensitise you to distractions and often, by not expecting much, you'll find that you achieve a whole lot! Think of it like an investment that you expect a return on a little way down the track.
Another tool that helps immensely is using binaural audio tracks, these take you to a deep level of meditation and block out other sounds too.
Many people find this a very easy way to make the most out of the available time that they have to meditate.
Not letting distractions interrupt your meditation is a skill that's really worth developing.
We lead such busy lives that simply finding the time at all can be a challenge so don't let that time to be ruined because of some rock music off in the distance.