You’re just about to go to bed when you suddenly remember,
“Crap, I was going to meditate today.”
You know from experience your mindfulness practice helps with your stress, your sleep, your mood.
Who doesn’t want all of that, especially right now?
But then you skip a morning with the promise to do it in the afternoon.
Meditating in the afternoon becomes meditating tomorrow.
Then tomorrow becomes the day after that.
Too many of us miss the opportunity to discover the long term outcome of a consistent practice because
we don’t know for sure what the deal is with this meditation stand-off.
Part of you wants to practice and part of you doesn’t? That doesn’t make sense.
When you think about it, it makes perfect sense.
Part of you wants to meditate, but there are obstacles.
Everyone has obstacles to practicing consistently.
In fact, this is what meditation does - it gets us to look at how we get in our own way.
It shows us our self-imposed obstacles.
Meditation (and the avoidance of meditation)
brings our self-imposed obstacles to our attention so we can face and know them for what they are.
They’re not insurmountable. They’re workable.
But it sure isn’t easy to work with them alone.
My name is Marilyn Babcock & this is what I do.
I accompany you and support you when you’re ready to engage with this frustrating process of sorting out
what draws you to meditation and what gets in the way.
“Crap, I was going to meditate today.”
You know from experience your mindfulness practice helps with your stress, your sleep, your mood.
Who doesn’t want all of that, especially right now?
But then you skip a morning with the promise to do it in the afternoon.
Meditating in the afternoon becomes meditating tomorrow.
Then tomorrow becomes the day after that.
Too many of us miss the opportunity to discover the long term outcome of a consistent practice because
we don’t know for sure what the deal is with this meditation stand-off.
Part of you wants to practice and part of you doesn’t? That doesn’t make sense.
When you think about it, it makes perfect sense.
Part of you wants to meditate, but there are obstacles.
Everyone has obstacles to practicing consistently.
In fact, this is what meditation does - it gets us to look at how we get in our own way.
It shows us our self-imposed obstacles.
Meditation (and the avoidance of meditation)
brings our self-imposed obstacles to our attention so we can face and know them for what they are.
They’re not insurmountable. They’re workable.
But it sure isn’t easy to work with them alone.
My name is Marilyn Babcock & this is what I do.
I accompany you and support you when you’re ready to engage with this frustrating process of sorting out
what draws you to meditation and what gets in the way.
Here’s what it looks like:
Together, by phone or video conference, we create a safe, light-hearted space. You describe what actually happens - or doesn’t happen - in your meditation and in your intention to meditate.
No judgment. No expectations. Just curiosity.
I ask probing questions. You talk; I listen. And we see what comes up. I create journaling exercises for you so that you can continue the inquiry between sessions.
We stay true to the tradition and methods you practice.
We follow the practice guidelines you were taught.
We do brief practices together and explore what arises.
We track the process closely, and as we uncover what's happening we attend to it with care.
Engaging in new ways with what comes up, new possibilities emerge. Your experience of meditation shifts.
You discover self-awarenesses, capacities, and skills that you can return to again and again.
Not just when meditating, but anytime.
