I would like to learn about meditation, some one have some recommendation.?
have a wander around youtube .. try a few ideas and look for a class.
I try to meditate, but always seem to fall asleep once relaxed
I have been doing Transcendental meditation since age 19. Took a meditation class at University of Michigan. The instructor gave me a mantra to repeat. "Ay-u-ma."
Over the years, I changed my mantra to "Let go." Let go of tension, worries, physical pain, monkey mind, etc. That's right for me.
"You're meditating wrong," a jackass medical doctor I met through online dating said. "Don't tell me how to meditate," I replied. He wanted me to sit in a lotus position. That's not relaxing.
My body temperature and heart rate decrease when I meditate, I learned through bio-feedback in my 30s.
So, I lie on the couch to relax, covered with a down throw. Repeat silently: "Let go, let go, let go..." Muscles and tension melt away. When I catch myself thinking (monkey mind), I don't chide myself. Instead I gently return to "Let go."
It takes 20-30 minutes. Sometimes I set a timer.
Feels like I'm floating in a trance. After 30 minutes, I gently "awaken," feeling relaxed, grounded and deeply refreshed.
I try to meditate every day.
Ohhh whoops. Your mantra is supposed to be top secret in TM!
Mine was Ram!
That’s the problem when Western know-it-all’s start mixing systems. Good on you for knowing what’s right for you!
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
@LiterateHiker Exactly, I was being ironic