We have covered Steps 1 - 12 from the Book "Codependents Guide to the Twelve Steps" by Melody Beattie. Each chapter/step has been paraphrased and we hope that you take the opportunity to purchase the book to experience it fully. Each post does have the full list of Activities from the book that will hopefully help you examine your recovery journey more closely and ask yourself questions you might not have thought of otherwise.
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I love to meditate on my couch in front of a beautiful window. Sometimes I focus on a candle when I want to let all of the pieces of my life flow by and be well. Other times there is too much noise in my head and meditation becomes my way out. At those times I use a really neat tool that I wish I could find the link to. It has been a long time. But here is the trick and this REALLY helped me early in my meditation practice.
It is said that our minds can only focus on so many things at once. So if we focus on our breathing, then focus on our heartbeat, then focus on our skin and what it is feeling ... and so on ... eventually all of our focus is taken up and all the chatter in our head disappears. THIS WORKS! Granted, I have a very low count of things I can focus on (two) so it does wonders for me in shutting out my thoughts when they are overactive and I need to center.
Meditation has changed my life.
My meditation spot:
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