The Challenges of Mindfulness Meditation

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There are four types of challenges one might encounter when practicing mindfulness meditation:

 

- The “sinking” mind, when awareness becomes dull, grey, numb, often resulting in drowsiness and sleep.

 

- The “thinking” mind, also known as the “monkey mind” that keeps grabbing onto one thought after another.

 

- Discomfort and pain that disrupts your concentration

 

- Distracting sensations, such as feeling that you are floating, spinning, or disappearing.

 

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