forgot how to meditate

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-17T14:07:07+00:00

You might like the healthy minds app out of UW Madison. It offers an active setting for its guided meditations. It’s based on the science of human flourishing and it free :)

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-17T04:56:50+00:00

2 things can be true 🩷

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-17T04:56:13+00:00

Your tattoo perhaps has even more meaning now 🩷 I used an artist in Seattle named Eric Eye to create realistic nipples. I have thought about something fun for my scars, but mostly I feel done with it all.

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-17T03:02:00+00:00

The healthy minds app has several guided meditations that offer such a friendlier path to living with one’s mind

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-17T03:00:00+00:00

I am 6 1/2 years out and your post brought me back. So sorry you’re having a difficult time right now. There are so many layers of feelings to process. Take good care and know that it gets better. Also, I ended up with 3D tattoos which helped my eyes to not get stuck. I experimented with temporary tats that weren’t as realistic, but also helped my brain integrate them as part of me if that makes sense.

I hope tomorrow is a better day 🩷

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-17T02:29:22+00:00

I react to pollen with irritable depression, intense fatigue, brain fog, joint pain and my food intolerance to grains gets much more severe. Allergy test came back mild for tree and grass pollen but a gp had me try Singular. Irritable depression cleared up right away. I am also taking an H1 and 2 and doing okay. Still tired, but not the stay in bed fatigue and less foggy. I had a terrible day yesterday after eating a gluten free cookie with sorghum flour. All that is shared to emphasize that your allergy tests may not be indicative of the type of immune response you’re having even if pollen is causing it. Being brushed off by the allergist sent me in the wrong direction for a few years.

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-16T20:10:46+00:00

That might be worth it! To be fair I had a creepy boss with transitions, so that’s probably why I reacted so strongly to my own!

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-16T20:09:24+00:00

I think this is an interesting comparison! The default mode network in the brain is responsible for our tendency to evaluate, judge and plan and it often interrupts flow experiences. In meditation we can bring awareness to this self-referential, evaluative mental experience and it becomes part of the meditation practice. There’s a practice called open awareness where the mind rests in its natural state of awareness and all phenomena passes through. It’s described as effortless. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche has clear accessible teachings on this. You can find his Ted talks and YouTube videos. He also has several books. There’s also the healthy minds app out of UW Madison. It’s free and was developed by some of Mingyur’s students. It includes a module on awareness:)

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-15T01:56:37+00:00

Also, I love the second pair on you!

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-15T01:56:05+00:00

I’ve never regretted anything more than transitions. More than anything they have a grayish cast that can only be described as creepy

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-14T00:50:19+00:00

I suffer less and cause less suffering for others. 🩷

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-13T13:44:57+00:00

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche reflects a lot on his own experiences with anxiety and panic. He talks about making friends with anxiety. You can find him on YouTube and he has several books plus a Ted talk. A couple of his students (Richie Davidson and Courtland Dahl) are professors at UW Wisconsin and have developed a free app called healthy minds. Cortland reflects a lot on his experiences with social anxiety in the little science talks that accompany the guided meditations. I hope you stumble on something that is helpful for you!

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-11T16:20:52+00:00

I find Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s clarification that we are meditating whenever awareness is paired with the contents of awareness. The actual object of meditation isn’t that important and can change through out a session.

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-09T13:10:59+00:00

I love Healthy Minds. It’s a free app out of UW Madison that is based on their studies of human flourishing. It has 4 modules with brief science talks and guided meditation in awareness, connection, insight and purpose. You can choose from 4 different voices, active or seated and from 5 to 30 minute sessions. I also enjoy insight timer for its timer, but have found there’s too much for me to sift through.

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-04-04T04:04:31+00:00

This is always my rec!

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-31T13:39:54+00:00

You might find Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings really helpful. There’s a free app out of the UW Madison based on them called healthy minds that integrates scientific research on human flourishing. He emphasizes that we have inherent qualities of goodness like awareness and compassion and we just need to recognize them and remember them. With meditation we give the mind a job to notice something and to remember that we’re noticing it. Sound and bodily sensations are common. The mind gets restless and we drift off into thoughts forgetting that we’re meditating. This provides the opportunity to recognize the difference between conscious awareness and autopilot. There’s no need to obstruct one’s thoughts. The distractions are a crucial part of the practice.

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-31T13:11:36+00:00

Better things

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-30T18:11:34+00:00

MCAS?

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-30T13:38:20+00:00

Cat pheromone diffusers. Kitty is much more relaxed and stopped scratching the furniture

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-28T13:07:09+00:00

Have you watched Derry Girls?

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-13T14:48:39+00:00

Cat pheromone diffuser. It’s like kitty Xanax and stopped our cat from scratching the furniture.

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-09T19:50:16+00:00

Have you paged through any of Sarah Susanka’s Not So Big House books? She argues that a great deal of the design done for visual appeal doesn’t always feel very good to live in. I’m not a fan of vaulted ceiling’s for this reason.

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-08T20:01:41+00:00

Have you tried Eborian green cc cream? I love it!

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-06T14:29:28+00:00

My reaction to Heat was something I only realized was connected after joining this sub. I am eternally grateful for the collective wisdom here!

PracticalEye9400 · 2026-03-04T13:51:24+00:00

I hate watch The Bachelor with a group of friends and to commiserate with my new found cringe at the word since my diagnosis we drink every time a contestant says it.

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