Why can't I meditate?

For a very long time I believed I couldn’t meditate. I didn’t look like the ‘real meditators’. The meditators looked peaceful, still and quiet. While I was agitated, moving and irritated with a million things going on in my head.

I would hear myself say, “ I can’t do it, I’m not doing it right, I can’t stay still, I can’t stop thinking.

I called myself an Un-Meditator. This was an Old script that reflected my need for support.

It is only in the last few years when I began to realise that I can actually meditate. All of the feelings, twitches, itches, pains, movements and thoughts are part of the meditation experiences

There is a New script that is providing the support, reflection, guidance and compassion.

I thank my busy mind for all the ways it shows me how brilliant my brain is and how many ways I am distracted.

This simple act of gratitude and awareness has helped me come into a different relationship with my meditation practices.