Mindful Monday: Hosting Meditation (SGM) from Car!

Hello Kind Mindful Steemians!

Isn't is amazing to start the week with Mindful Monday Post - Thank you @riverflows @naturalmedicine.

The day started quite nicely. Woke up at 5:15 am and before getting up I filled myself with gratitude for being alive and healthy, being able to see, hear, feel, think and so on. Grateful for the family and friends and of course the #meditators folks in mindful life community under @naturalmedicine. Grateful to everyone, everything and every events in the life....

The gratitude prayers raised my happiness chemical (serotonin) and guess what? It made me happier. I then made coffee and tea for me any my other half to enjoy the drink in the bed. Love that morning coffee in my bed. Drinking the coffee mindfully - slowly raising the cup reaching to my lips, feeling the touch of the cup on my lips and tasting coffee on my tongue, going through my throat and feeling the warm in my belly. Not that I'm always mindfully drinking my coffee like that but I remembered wathcing Thich Naht Hanh interview with Oprah -

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Then we sat for an hour of meditation together - great way to start the day.

But, anyway I was going to talk about an unusual way of hosting SGM - from my car. Yap. And how mindfulness helped.

Why?
So, we have ran 5 SGM (Steemit Group Meditation) on @naturalmedicine Discord Server and it was the 6th SGM. We had to go to a party from 3 to 8pm and SGM was due to be at 6pm. And I had it all planned - so I thought. From the party I had to drop my daughter to her friend's house for sleep over at around 5pm. So, as per my well thought out plan - I was going to drop my daughter to her friend's house and then go to my home 15-20 mintues away, meditate with wonderful people and then go back to the party. What could go wrong?

We reached to the party at around 3:30pm worrying we were getting late. But due to small mishap caterer was quite a few hours late arriving. As the clock was ticking to 5:30pm, I was getting to my car with my daughter. But before driving off, took few deep breaths - calmed myself and dived inside myself. Noticed the fast pulse and heart rate (with the thought that I might be late for SGM) but observed it objectively. Breath was deep. I also witnessed the arising of worry. Observing everything as if I was separate from the physiological and psychological happenings. Realizing the #Buddha's teaching:
Aniccā vatha sankhārā
Uppāda vaya dhamminō
Uuppajjitvā nirujjhanti
Te san vūpa samō sukhō

A common translation:
All things are impermanent
They arise and pass away
Having arisen they come to an end
Their coming to peace is bliss
(Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta) Source

Accepting that present moment and surrendering to the NOW put me into ease and peace. Then, traffic tested my mindfulness too. As road got congested I could see the arising of frustration but again it could not grow as I noticed it right at the time of its birth. Then I got to my daughter's friend house just couple of minutes to 6 pm. So there was no time for me to get home and host the meditation session. I thought, hmmm...., may be the universe wants me to try an unusual way of hosting meditation - from my car. So, quickly I parked near a quiet residential area and checked in in our ethereal harmonic Meditation Hall in our amazing mindful life community. And we meditated for half an hour - nicely, quietly and deeply.

I remember laughing and chatting afterward with @yangyanje on my way back to the party. And, reached the party filled with peace and joy of meditation. The party was just amazing. It could not have been better, could it really?

So, yes, that was the story from our 6th SGM - you wanted to know , didn't you @riverflows @vincentnijman @chireerocks?

Interested to join SGM (Steemit Group Meditation)?
We cordially invite you to Mindful Life community, which resides in the @naturalmedicine server HERE. Our #SGM (#SteemitGroupMeditation) in our virtual Meditation Hall are on:

• Wednesdays 8:30 to 9:30 pm London time (30 minute session)
  (8:30-8:40 pm check in & brief guidance, 8:40-9:10pm guided meditation and 9:10 to 9:30pm Q & A plus chitchat)

• Saturdays 5:30 to 7:00pm London time (One hour session)
  (5:30-5:40pm check in & brief guidance, 5:40-6:40pm guided meditation and 6:40 to 7:00pm Q & A plus chitchat).

But you are welcome to join just guided meditation session if time prevents you from joining the whole time.

Please join us – we love to share our Happy Place - Meditation Hall.

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With Peace Love & Joy 🕉❤️😊
Let’s grow together in wisdom through #meditation 🧘🏼‍♂️🧘🏼‍♀️