Letting the negative self talk go
Yesterday I wrote a post saying how I struggle with saying a lot of negative things to myself and I got a lot of helpful suggestions.
Sometimes challenging my inner bully can be almost impossible, especially in the moment when i'm angry or upset at myself. But there is alternative, recognising that the inner bully is there and giving myself space to recognise it, accept and let it pass.
Have a look at this link where @Kaz-RO explains a bit more of the process.
@Ben-RO suggested that I make a thread so that a few us can work on this together, I know that I find doing things with other people a lot easier.
Hopefully some of you want to work on this too and we'll use this thread to talk about how we're all going with it and post some updates!
Anyone up for this today? @Creativegirl12 @j95 @ma30n @redhead @FootyFan26 @N1ghtW1ng
I was thinking 16-22, 103, Daily Mindfulness Guide unless someone else has a specific one they want to do.
Alright well my phone battery isn't going to last much longer so I'm doing it now 🙂 Let me know if anyone ends up doing one 🙂
Done!
That was good. I am currently on a train, and i find trains ridiculously soothing. So even though an old man fell on me mid meditation, that was one of the most relaxing ones I've done in the last couple of weeks!
How'd you go @Bay52VU?
Hey @Creativegirl12 @Bay52VU picked 16-22, 103, Daily Mindfulness Guide 🙂
Haha @Ben-RO train too full for a window seat?
I felt like the only thing stopping me from falling asleep during that one was being in a chair rather than laying down 😛
There actually is a window seat in my seat row...thing. But I am waiting for the train to start going before I actually snake it as I booked really late and the trains pretty full, maybe i should just grab it and plead ignorance if someone'show up and takes it 😛
I think nearly falling asleep is a pretty good sign that you're relaxed @Bay52VU! Personally i think that it's okay to fall asleep in a meditation, even if that's not actually being mindful, if you fall asleep, you still taught your brain a little bit more about relaxing and not letting random thoughts run the show.
I'm crazy good at falling asleep when I'm tired though @Ben-RO 😛 Though I was kind of surprised since I spent most of the time thinking about my posture being weird and uncomfy #wearingabinder
And I didn't realise I was tired. But all good.
I'll be a little late for this one because i've got to head home first! I'll be on around 5:45 if anyone else is able to go then! Otherwise I'll have a crack at it as soon as i am able to!
Who's thinking of coming along today?
sorry havent been active. im gonna sit out tonight, im in a very pessamistic mood and have not been doing well. ill hopefully be ablle to join in soon, most likly wednesday.
actully im gonna join today. someone let me know exactly what im doing?
Oh that's interesting @Creativegirl12 because i find eating easier than breathing....which doesn't make sense unless you've seen how much i love to eat 😛
Hey crew, I will only be able to help out with this at around 5 today because I'm doing a heaps awesome video catch up thing with all our mod crew later tonight! Would you like to go at 5? Or would someone like to run the show a bit later?
Aight, i shall leave it up to you folks to have a go if you're feeling up to it 🙂 I promise to do it when i finish!
Greetings! I am gonna go at 5:30 (maybe a bit later).
I think we should do:
16-22 > Mindfulness 103 > Where did my food come from?
But I'm cool with doing something else too if yáll want to do a more normal seshion rather than one where you need to think about fruit 😛
Who's with me ?
Welp, that was weird. And kind of not really a meditation. Perhaps we should screen our meditations more carefully 😛
Still, i i got to eat a strawberry and it was pretty good. And thought about where it came from and it was actually hard to think back through all the steps that it had taken to get to my mouth! Also i kept staring at it and thinking about how each of it's tiny little seeds could become a whole strawberry plant and then i felt bad for eating it 😛
also I drew this 
