Those twenty minutes are my superpower
Today I was in a rush.
I had things to do and places to be and I told myself I’d meditate later.
You know how that goes.
Later never came. And by mid-morning I felt it.
That slightly off-kilter feeling. A little scattered. A little less myself.
Like I’d left the house without something important.
I knew it was those twenty minutes of stillness and connection.
I’ve been meditating for over twenty-five years.
And now it is as natural to me as breathing.
As ordinary and as essential.
And if I miss it, I feel the difference immediately.
Not dramatically. Just not myself.
Like a note slightly out of tune.
I know when I close my eyes, and meditate; everything shifts into alignment.
The world doesn’t change.
The emails are still there.
The to-do list hasn’t dissolved.
I know I am more than my thoughts and beliefs.
And from that place of stillness, I see infinite possibilities.
Hundreds of millions of people meditate every day.
On trains and in temples and in the five minutes before the school run.
You don’t need a cushion or a course or complete silence.
You don’t need to be spiritual or flexible or have an empty mind.
That’s not what meditation is.
It’s simply this: a place to come home to you.
Harry Styles, yes, that Harry Styles once said that rest and recovery are as important as doing the work.
That meditation is a huge part of how he stays grounded.
I love that.
I love that someone living in the eye of fame found his way to stillness and wasn’t embarrassed to say so.
My meditation practice changed my life.
In profound ways.
I learned to see what matters and what doesn’t.
It makes my life easier and so much better.
Even on the days I nearly skip it.
Especially on those days.
Love always — Janie x