We are what we think, having become what we thought.

I don't have the reference for the quote above, but I wish I did.  Some deep stuff, there. I think a lot.  I analyze and plan and contemplate and while that in itself is not a bad thing, perhaps I take it to an occasionally unhealthy level. So what to do?  I certainly don't need more thinking.  An action is required.  I've decided to commit to meditation.

I have meditated before without much success.  It's the thinking thing.  The desire is not so much to learn to control thought, as to set it free.  To achieve a level of awareness that is not constrained by the thought.  Easy, right? :-)  Yeah, not so much.  I'm ok for the first 10 minutes or so and then what we're having for dinner, or what is on the schedule for this week or whether the dogs are out or in.....too much thinking.

After a cursory search it appears that Rockford doesn't have much to offer in the meditation department, and please, if you're local and have a resource to share do so.  Lots of yoga, which is in no way a bad thing, but no mediation. I would love a yoga class for old, uh.....squishy...women, but that's for another day.  I need a guided meditation class.  Please.

In the meantime, while I decide whether I'm willing to drive to Madison, or the suburbs to find a teacher, I have a DVD and a library full of books.  And a brain full of thought.  It's a place to start. 

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[wenders]

Have you tried self-hypnosis? I like it, because it's sort of guided and you're supposed to think... just an idea.