19/04/2026
I used to say I couldn’t meditate.
What that really translated as was...my mind was so busy and my body was so restless, that sitting with my own breath and thoughts for just a few minutes was too uncomfortable.
There’s a teaching often shared in Buddhist circles:
A monk tells a successful business man to meditate for 15 minutes a day. The man replies, ‘I don’t have 15 minutes a day to meditate!”
The monk looks at him straight in the eye and responds, ‘Well then you must meditate for an hour a day!”
The stronger your ‘can’t’, the more need there is.
It’s not about the time you take - it’s the fact that being busy can sometimes act as a shield. A tactic for avoiding what’s going on within us.
It’s not easy to sit with the noise at first but when you practice just connecting with yourself and your breath, you begin to realise you are not your thoughts at all. Those first few minutes are often just mental clutter, but then once that clears, you feel how it is to be in YOUR body. To feel connected and to feel detached from external outcomes.
How many of us are walking around totally dissociated from that?
Meditation doesn’t need to look or be a certain way. You don’t need a guided video, calming music, or a certain time frame. It doesn’t have to be still or with your eyes closed.
It’s simply choosing to be with yourself, intentionally, for just a few moments. That might look like sitting, walking, dancing, or moving. Whatever it is, you’re away from your need to respond to others and you’re anchoring with your breath and your body.
When you’re giving so much to everyone else, every single day...why would you not choose to start with you?
❤️