Meditation
I don't so much meditate as
ruminate without interruption.
That is to say interruption from:
- 1. Time pressure
2. External stimuli
3. Problem solving pressure
I don't do anything special in terms of technique. But I do set aside a regular time (evening), daily (mostly), alone in a darkened, temperature controlled room (or with a blanket). I do 20 minutes at body temperature, lying on my back with head and knees supported. I'm letting ambient stimuli pass through my sensory awareness, and letting any thought, breath or relaxation 'event' roll on through. No 'enforcing' thoughts or breaths; no resistance behaviour.
If there is a logic to it, it is that it gives my ruminating mind, and my out-of-whack breathing patterns a chance to re-synchronise to each other. In other words, in a day where they are continuously tested, interrupted and separated, this is their 'long moment.' Nothing is resolved, it is just a 'clumsy stroll.'
For the next 24 hours my breathing is less laboured or shallow, and my mind is less looking for fixes where none are needed.
It may not be much for some, but for me it's a momentary but marked descent into deep rest, followed by a day of ever so slightly smoother response capacity.