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meditation record

  • shamatha calm abiding

  • vipassana insight

  • in counting breath you practice both

  • body relaxes
  • mind

Meditation Record template

date:
length:
quality:

- 0  poor: heavy drowsiness, unstoppable wandering thoughts for almost the whole session
- 3  not good: drowsiness, wandering thoughts for more than half of the session
- 5  ok: able to focus for about half the session
- 9  good: able to focus for more than half of the session
- 10 excellent: I felt calm, focused, joyful... etc.

problems:

D  drowsiness
W  wandering thoughts
Bm boredom
Bk blankness

Begin a daily meditation practice

  • Record your effort during the next few weeks.
  • After each session of at least 20 minutes, note the following:
  • Length of meditation

quality of meditation

  • 0 poor: heavy drowsiness, unstoppable wandering thoughts for almost the whole session
  • 3 not good: drowsiness, wandering thoughts for more than half of the session
  • 5 ok: able to focus for about half the session
  • 9 good: able to focus for more than half of the session
  • 10 excellent: I felt calm, focused, joyful... etc.

problems encountered

  • D = drowsiness
  • W = wandering thoughts
  • Bm =boredom
  • Bk = blankness