When we let go...
I have just turned a year older this weekend. All in all- this has been a great weekend. The Springboks have beaten Samoa last night and I had a great time celebrating with my family. Even had a friend over. As you probably know by now- almost every day in my life starts with training. Saturday's training tops it all. One of the reasons why I enjoy weekend training sessions is the longer time I have to meditate. I am actually busy writing about this in my book at the moment. This Saturday I realised how funny it is that I have learnt to keep my mind in line with breath counting, and how breath following was attempted soon thereafter. That was about 21 years ago. Now- being "advanced" enough to let go these training tools I was happy to just let go and sit. Yeah right... Without any of these techniques to preoccupy me I do manage to have my mind open, but when it is open thoughts come to occupy it yet again. I caught myself daydreaming in lot...