2. Most of us have been there.
Someone cuts you off in a queue,
you get coffee spilled on your
shirt and are late for awork, the
kids are playing up,
or someone at work takes your
favorite cup without telling you.
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3. And if you were human, the usual
thing to do would be to
STRESS OUT!
GET MAD!!
Or start labeling the „CULPRIT(S)‟
of your misfortune or annoyance.
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4. What we don‟t realize half the time is that stress
comes from the rules we make about how we or other
people “should” behave.
We judge those who go against our ideals and when
we think we haven‟t done something the “right way”.
Or we judge ourselves for making the wrong choice.
This is the Judgment Trap
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5. The truth is that we
have no control over
what happens outside of
us.
The good news is that
we DO have control
over the way we think
or choose to
respond/react.
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6. Think about it for a moment.
When was the last time you reprimanded someone over
something that later turned out to be not such a big deal
(even if you did it in your thoughts only)
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7. Or maybe someone cut you off at the lights and you
started to call them names (perhaps with the window up
for safety).
Did you really feel any better for doing so? Chances are
you probably felt worse and the day kind of spiraled
downwards from that point.
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8. You may even have shared a bit of laugh with a friend over
the incident, and that was it, it didn‟t destroy the rest of
your day.
If this later scenario is foreign to you, or it has been a long
time since you responded like that, then I challenge you to
give it a go next time an “annoying” situation arises.
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9. In our Meditation Workshops, we talk about stress, and
how by adopting the attitude of “it‟s not good, it‟s not bad,
it just is” really helps to cultivate acceptance and helps
people to be a little easier on themselves when starting out
with meditation for the first time.
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10. So when a client tells me about their
challenge with a certain type of
meditation and
they ask if they are doing it right,
my response is:
“It’s not right, it’s not wrong,
it just is, and you may simply want
to find another position or just sit
with the discomfort until it fades
away”
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11. You may want try and go for 30 days without making
any judgments and journal your experience.
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12. Go ahead and see if you are able to last the whole 30
days but just remember if you catch yourself judging
not to be too hard on yourself – just have a little laugh
about it.
Meanwhile, here are a couple of really cool tips for
managing everyday stress:
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13. 1. Eat a small square (yes, a SMALL square) of dark
chocolate each day and really savors the taste and
texture of the chocolate in your mouth before
swallowing the chocolate.
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14. 2. Close your eyes (as long as you are not driving or
walking on the street) and count backward from 59
down to 0.
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15. We hope you enjoy today‟s tips and for more ways to
manage stress, stay tuned!
Namaste!
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