Mindfulness of Breathing – Journey 1 Week 12
There’s not much progress to write about this week. The plan of gaining some mental strength by the end of the week hasn’t really materialised. Concentration seems a little bit stronger but there are still a lot of thoughts ready to dive in and carry my attention away.
A still mind seems out of reach at the moment, beyond a wall again. It’s hard breaking through the fuzziness from this cold, which seems to have been lingering for three weeks now. I’ve found myself drifting into sleep two or three times even though I didn’t feel particularly tired.
A head cold seems to encourage busier thoughts than usual but maybe the mind is using thoughts as a distraction from the discomfort of the cold symptoms. A possible way forward might be to focus on these symptoms instead of the breath.
A bit of a disappointing week. Not sure whether to keep persevering with focusing on the breath, even though it seems ineffective at the moment, or try a different approach to get round this blockage?