Week 13 Day 2

Week 13 Day 2

Medi object choiceless
Intention observe raw sensations without conceptualising

Evening all! Today's tube practice was again on a quieter train which was very pleasant vedana. After reading Holly's post I thought I would investigate the breath more. I definitely had to be relaxed otherwise the breath seemed a bit forced. Looking for start middle and end was fascinating. ..as Holly said middle could be  everything in between start and end! I then remembered Nick saying that the breath is actually made up of infinitesimal parts joined together. That helped because I imagined that a breath was cut into little pieces...However. ..that is conceptualising!
Even if I think about it now it does depend how long my breath is to whether I could spot the middle before reaching the end.
The air was cold and I felt a shiver...but was it down my spine as they say? It does ripple down the body but seems to radiate out down the arms...Thoughts of gratitude about my health,  job and life came through my head. I sat for a while and listened into people's activities. ..There was a child reading out a phone number. I listened closely to the announcements and the voice of dulcet tones. I'm wondering if this is the woman that got sacked for making up silly announcements...how do you get a job like that?

Today was busy but not frantic. Yg confusion, he said he may not be going on 6th March, argh. But my boss said the programme will noy pay for them after that date. I had lots of tasks relating to the workshops last week but I managed to whizz through them. Da boss was in grumpy mode, but really nothing too bad..but the whole team was trying to comfort  (or maybe sedate! him).

My father is getting an angiocardiogram tomorrow and hopefully we will find out the prognosis then. Mum says he seems better but still very weak. However my father is not one for rallying round, his spirit is weak. My mother said he was brave...I don't think he has a choice, but doesn't have the motivation to do much else.

The District and Circle line are down,  I ended up taking a bus to Leicester Square and then getting on the Piccadilly line there.  I had a momentary craving for Chinese desserts but as I was walking down the stairs I let it pass. I never go to Leicester Square without going to the cake shop, so there's a turnout for the books!

I saw an ad for a new show for Ruby Wax.. here it is...!

http://www.rubywax.net/tour.html

She has done a masters in mindfulness  based cognitive therapy  Nickolas Grabovac just for interest.

I will go to one of the shows and report back...anyone want to join me? 2 to 14 March...I like her anyway. And it's just round the corner from work! Result!🐽💜🐽