Falling Off the Meditation Wagon - Don't Do it! Get Back on Again

Meditation is no different from eating healthy andit's quite easy to fall off the meditation wagon.
exercising. It is a life-long habit that can enhanceDon't do it! If you do, simply get back on again.
your quality of life. Just like it's easy to fall off theMeditation has transformed my life since
diet or exercise wagon, it's easy to fall off thediscovering its power several years ago, yet for
meditation wagon too.the last two months of the year I allowed myself
When you feed your body with nutritious food,to fall off the meditation wagon. Rather than
you feel better. You have more energy. Your skinpractice some form of meditation every day, I
looks better. You sleep better. Start feeding yourallowed days, even weeks to go by without
body a lot of junk, or change your normal eatingmeditating. As a result, I was anxious and
habits for vacations and holiday time periods andstressed out.
eat and drink too much and you will need a shoeIt sounds crazy that ten to fifteen minutes of
horn to get into your jeans.meditation each day can make such a huge
The same goes for exercise. When you exerciseimpact on one's quality of life, but it does. We live
on a regular basis you also feel good and sleepin a society of speed. Every product that comes
better. Exercise helps to keep your weight steadyon the market is newer and faster. Technological
and gives you a sense of well being. Knock offadvances were supposed to give us more time,
the regular exercise because of being too busywhen in fact, the advances seem to have robbed
and you can feel it immediately.us of time because we feel that we need to do
In both cases, you've fallen off the wagon ofso much more.
taking care of your nutritional and exercise needs.Meditation allows us to be still. It seems
You don't want to continue to feel bad or gaincounterintuitive that slowing down can help us to
weight and not be able to fit into your clothes, sobe more productive, but it does.
you get back on the wagon of taking good careI don't plan to fall of the meditation wagon any
of yourself and making better choices.time soon. This on again off again period of time
Meditation is no different. Once you've establishedconfirmed how important it is to be consistent in
a meditation practice, it becomes a routine thatmy meditation practice.If you're not even on the
enhances your quality of life by reducing stress,meditation wagon, I urge you to give it a try.
thinking more clearly, being less reactive toYou'll be amazed at what carving out ten to
situations, and having a sense of peace andfifteen minutes a day will do for you.
calmness. But just like lapses in diet and exercise,