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What is meditation I remember the first time I ever did group meditation.  it was a Guided Meditation Practices, the 3 stage breathing meditation, that lasted about 3 minutes. I have t be honest and say that I panicked when I had thoughts about sitting still for three minutes. With nothing to do, no where to go, sitting in silence with the just the thoughts inside my head. The very idea, hit me like a bolt of lightening and practically had my telescope peering at the door as an escape route from the idea of sitting still. 20 Ways Sitting in Silence Can Completely Transform Your ... Well, it was not that bad, my mind was filled with thoughts and felt like I had discovered an angry beehive. I had never ever really paid attention to what was going in in my mind, not that I ever really wanted to as it was always filled with unpleasantness. How Many Thoughts Does Your Mind Think in One Hour? Well, when the first meditation passed, it was not so bad. I look back at it with mirth and fondness. But later, when they said we would do the body scan and that was going to last 20 minutes.  If there had not been someone sitting between me and the door. I would have legged it when I thought there was no one looking. Wow, thinking back to how I was responding to my fears and impulses to run. I settled down and laid on the floor to do the body scan. I had in fact done something similar before. How to do Progressive Muscle Relaxation			Meditation and relaxation? Being chilled out and being in a mindful meditative state are completely different. One just relaxes the body and the other wakes you up to being in the moment. Mindfulness Definition Most of us have experienced being relaxed and feeling the stress leave our bodies. But in mindfulness you Meditate with Intention, Not Goals. So what are the intentions. To be non judgemental, non critical and non analytical. To be honest I won’t tell you what I thought about those intentions. Well I can if I am polite. I basically thought how do you not be critical, and not be judgemental and not be analytical? I was doing it but didn’t know how to stop doing it.7 Ideas for Being Kinder to Yourself I was to eventually discover how It was done through The art of paying attention to the moment and maintaining a daily practice that has helped me to enjoy life thus far.