LIFESTYLE
Meditation: a mastery that liberates!
Like a feeling of not knowing how to juggle all the thoughts that are racing around? A to-do list that has never been so long? Difficulty facing the day calmly, or finding sleep? Faced with this state of fatigue and stress, I discovered meditation and learned to focus my attention. I finally found a space within myself where I can come and recharge at any time of the day, phew!
1, 2, 3 break!
I started meditating a little by chance a year ago, while on vacation in the South of Portugal. A friend of mine had suggested me to participate to a session on the beach... Standing cross-legged in front of the sea, with my hands on my thighs, I have to admit that I was a bit doubtful. It's so difficult for me, who can barely sit still on my towel! However, at that moment, I chose to let myself be carried along and the magic worked, lulled by the melody of the waves and his voice which helped me to find my "bearings". The approach seems simple: concentrate on your breathing, which acts as much on the brain as on the body. But in reality, as we all know, it's a bit more complicated ;-) Since then, I persevered and I ended up finding an incredible serenity, a kind of space available in me that I didn't know existed. A space of infinite calm, accessible in any situation.
How to get started?
If you are itching to try, here is a selection of free or paid apps to help you. The principles of meditation explained through short stories, exercises on various themes such as the strength of the smile, the knots of tension ...
- Little BamBouFree for 8 meditation sessions. Subscription from 3 to 12 months, from 22 to 65 euros.
- Headspace, monthly subscription at 12.99 euros, annual at 4.99 euros per month. The application, co-created by a former Tibetan monk Andy Puddicombe, offers more than 1000 hours of content, adapted to a range of emotional states.
- Lili Barbery-Coulon (@lilibarbery), former journalist, she now teaches meditation and offers on her Instagram account lives: meditative, emotional, physical and energetic sessions, around ancestral mantra chants.