Over the years I’ve used meditation to relax, de-stress, and fall asleep. I was very excited to find downloadable mp3 meditations on iTunes a couple of years ago. Usually, I’m out like a light on the nights I plug into my iPod and listen to a meditation.
Recently, I decided to mix things up a bit and download a new meditation. I went to the iTunes Store and looked at the selections. There were meditations to improve relaxation, self-esteem, sports performance, and even male endurance.
Then a particular title caught my eye, Motivation to Move. The synopsis stated that it motivated the listener to get up and be active - exercise, workout, go to the gym, etc. Hmmm…. I definitely need to exercise and little bit of motivation would be greatly appreciated.
Buy.
I started listening to the meditation three weeks ago. I really don’t know what all it says because I fall asleep before the relaxation exercise is complete. The instructions say to listen to the meditation every day for 21 days because that’s approximately how long it takes the new behavior to go into effect. Well, on Day 20 I started cleaning… a lot
Saturday night I cleaned our bathroom after dinner because I wanted to put out the freshly washed, new towels. I cleaned. But not the ordinary mop-the-floor clean. The get-into-the-corners-and-scrub kind of clean.
Sunday I cleaned and reorganized the laundry room cabinets. I reorganized the linen closet and all the shelves on my side of the closet. I did a mountain of laundry, folded it and put it away. I swept floors and vacuumed. (BTW, how does one short-haired dog shed so much hair?) I climbed step-stools and lifted things over my head. I made a dozen trips in and out of the garage.
I finally settled down at 9 pm and noticed that my body ached as if I had been working out. That’s when I happened to think of the Motivation to Move meditation. Well, I guess fanatic cleaning could be deemed as a form of exercise. I wonder if the author of the meditation had housework in mind as one of the ways to get moving. Or if it was the inner workings of my brain that interpreted the meditation as such.
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Your Turn
Do you ever do meditation?
Do you think my sudden burst of fine-tooth cleaning is a result of my Motivation to Move meditation?
6 comments:
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I don't have anything to play it on yet (supposedly getting an iPhone this summer so that would work), but I've been really interested in trying a meditation to fall asleep at night. I'm definitely going to do it now. You're the second person I've heard that it really works for.
Cleaning is so meditative. When I'm in the mood, that is, and when I really, really clean like hell--as you're mentioning. It's a metaphorical thing, cleaning. I'm thinking that my house could use some special treatment.
Shooting is my meditation.
I don't know - maybe you were just feeling energetic. I'm glad you got a lot done!
I need that meditation...my house sure can use a good cleaning! You go, girl!
Funny, I was just writing about hypnobirthing for my post tomorrow which definitely uses meditation. I will have to go out onto iTunes and see if they have a labor play list.
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