There is no time like now to begin or to deepen your meditation practice. We have both time and motivation. If you could also use some additional support (I do!) you can still sign up to participate in the Himalayan Institute Year Long Meditation. The goal is to get people all around the world meditating for a collective total of 1,000,008 hours. Surely that will do some good! At this point Covid-19 is in 150+ countries, and we have registered meditaters in 130+ countries.
The Himalayan Institute and Yoga International are regularly posting guided practices, livestream talks, and archival resources to provide on-going inspiration and support for practice.
It’s a great comfort to know that whenever you close your eyes and turn your attention inward, someone else around the world is doing it too. All practice begins with personal experience, and then like a spiral the effects radiate out into the world. One of my favourite British Object Relations psychoanalysts, Donald Winnicott, says true intimacy is the ability to be alone in the presence of another. I can’t think of a better description of group meditation practice.
