Stop when you first feel tired

I read in a book about meditation, or rather mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hanh, that when meditating you should stop at the first sign of fatigue.

Last night, as I was tidying my desk, and this evening as I was reading, I had this thought pop back into my head.  Given that I recently wrote about wanting to find a way out when I was taking something too far, it would seem that resting when fatigued would be an excellent idea to try.

It isn’t inherently difficult or hard work, quite the opposite, so the only resistance is my internal one.  So I can hopefully bring awareness to my habits and patterns and choose a different path without strain or force, something that I’m not sure is always possible, but is always desirable!

Idea:

• Continue as normal
• Start to notice that I got tired a while ago, and maybe just rest for 20 mins before carrying on as normal
• Let the natural process of that noticing start to get sooner and sooner
• Let the natural process of deciding what I really need after resting to happen whichever way it does

I’m quite curious as to what will happen if I try this.

For now I’m putting it on my list of ‘moon trials’ which are part of my Alternative MA.  And since I promised chas I’d write about that today, I’ll go and get another post going…

Want to see more? Try one of these posts:

• Day 25: I’m ready now?
• Day 19: Remembering to stop trying so hard
• Day 18: End of a year