Meditating in India

Our friend Liz left Italy and moved to India. By this time she was feeling much better. She learned a lot of things from her stay in Italy. Loneliness is just a silent friend that reminds you that you are never alone, you have yourself.

Yoga, in Sanskrit, can be translated as ¨union¨. In Yoga you need to find a union between mind and body. Yoga can also mean trying to find God through meditation. Yoga, for people who do not believe in God or are not his fan, means to find the peace within ourselves and the environment.

Even when Liz felt much better, she could not find peace in Yoga or meditation. It actually hurts her (physically and mentally). Being seated for hours, in silent…. No … it was not working for her. Even when she did a great effort to make it right, it did not work! She could not find her peace, she could not concentrate. Her mind was getting bored, angry, depressed, anxious or all of the above every time she was ¨meditating¨.

Her real problem was that she was always thinking about the past and the future. Not enjoying the present. Can you relate with this? Of course you do. Because we tend to worry way too much about everything. We think about the past with nostalgia thinking about everything we did wrong. And we think about the future, and probably about how hard it will get. And when we actually realized that we are living a present, it is because we do have so many problems that it is impossible not to think about these problems at this moment.

She worked really really hard on concentrating, but it was impossible. She gave up. She cried and cried. She hated herself for not being able to make it right. How can it be possible that she wanted this so much but she was failing? It was so unfair. Does this sound familiar to you? Want to do something good and at the end you fail? Yes, right? This hurts more than anything because, come on!, you are working hard but you cannot see the reward of your effort. And in moments like this, all your mistakes, all the bad moments you have lived come back to haunt you.

Liz will need to focus; she will need to learn to accept her past and her future. But more important, to embrace her present. It is completely understandable that after all she went through, is harder for her mind to keep quiet and enjoy silence. She (her mind) has been always wondering around, questioning everything. Trying to take it easy wouldn´t be that easy!.

She is having a new chance, which is to live in a sacred place called India. Meditate, focus and learn about her mind, soul and body. Concentrate and find peace. That is exactly what she needs.

Sometimes we live in a total chaos, where we create this chaos. When we have a moment to relax and breathe, we tend to start thinking about everything (most negative things) and we lose that sacred moment of silence, reconciliation and peace. We need to breathe more and worry less.