Not One More Vet
  • Home
  • Crisis Numbers
  • Join
  • Blog
  • Who We Are
  • Education
    • Workshops
    • Lectures
    • Power Lectures
  • FAQ
    • Rules
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Grant Application
  • Sponsors
  • NOMV in the News
  • Support Resources

Your Daily Dose

A mental health and wellness blog, by the members of Not One More Vet

Mindful Monday: Meditation Recheck

3/27/2017

0 Comments

 
by Carrie Jurney DVM DACVIM (Neuro)
Last week we SOAPed by problems meditating and made a plan to try breath focused meditation while running.
Time for a recheck exam.

Well, my first attempt at moving meditation was on the treadmill on Tuesday. Unfortunately instead of my breath, I tended to focus on the clock on the treadmill. Which made my run seem a million years long.  So I did a grand total of three minutes of very scatter brained meditation and then felt mad at myself. But- honestly I think that's a problem of the goal, and not the behavior. Rome wasn't built in a day, and I will not become a meditation master in a day either. 

So then I had a really hard week of travel, and did nothing healthy Wed-Fri. Saturday I got a massage with a friend, which was a great recharge and Sunday I was ready to get back to life. I drove myself out to my favorite running trail and took off. This time I set a more realistic goal for myself. 3 minutes. 3 minutes seemed doable. So I let myself run for a bit first, and about half way through my run when I felt like I was in the groove, and took out my headphones and just focused on my breath. I did much better this time. Not perfect. Still focusing on other things on occasion- the smell of the wild garlic, the sound of the gravel under my shoes- but better. 

So practice makes perfect. I'm going to keep going on a three minute meditation until I feel like I can achieve that, and there we'll go for longer. 

Anyone else have a story of beginning in meditation?

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    The Admin Team of NOMV is a group of veterinarians dedicated to improving veterinary mental health. 

    Archives

    October 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017

    Categories

    All
    9/11
    September 11
    Supinator Muscle

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Crisis Numbers
  • Join
  • Blog
  • Who We Are
  • Education
    • Workshops
    • Lectures
    • Power Lectures
  • FAQ
    • Rules
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Grant Application
  • Sponsors
  • NOMV in the News
  • Support Resources