We've Turned Meditation Into Another Performance

We've Turned Meditation Into Another Performance

Even when we sit down to do something restorative, it's easy to bring along the same expectations we carry everywhere else. We want to make progress, see results, and know we're doing it correctly. Dora recognizes how that achievement mindset showed up in her own meditation practice, where every session became a quiet evaluation of her performance. But meditation doesn't have to be another opportunity to prove yourself. What might become possible if you gave yourself permission to simply sit, without grading the experience? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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