Less than a week until my 10-Day Meditation Challenge. Who’s joining in? I’ve found community to be highly beneficial in my meditation journey.
This is a photo of me with one of my best friends, David. Dave and I grew up on opposite sides of the Ballina Golf Course in architecturally similar homes. We spent our teen years on the beach, drunk at house parties, using fake IDs to go to gigs at the Byron Piggery and the Ballina RSL. Now we meditate together. It’s a long way from teen me sitting on the roof racks of his car as we hooned across the golf course at night.
This is my dearest wifey, Liv, joined at the hip since we were 17, when I’d just moved to Sydney. The early years of our friendship were wild as we blazed our way through Sydney’s nightclub scene. Now we channel our wild woman energy into meditation and the incredible feeling that brings…
These are precious and rare friendships in my life, not only because of how long we’ve known each other, but also because of how each relationship has grown. Some friendships are rooted in shared history, and over the years, while love exists, you find you have very little else in common. My relationship with both Liv and David is an example of growth, individually and as friends, with evolving shared interests.
Now meet Avery. She lives in Maine, USA, and we met online, through our meditation community. We clicked… and all through the pandemic, we meditated together, and talked about life, the universe, and how to be better versions of ourselves. By the time she flew out to Australia in March 2023, she was one of my dearest friends… completely blowing my theory that online connections aren’t real or meaningful.
Along with other friends in our meditation community, we all often align our meditation times, holding each other accountable to our practice. We message that we’re going to meditate at a certain time, and text as we begin… ‘see you out there’.
For the writers in this community, it’s a little like writing sprints with a sprint partner. Only more woowoo.
Having friends, new or old, who also meditate helps you maintain the practice. They hold you accountable, provide a sounding board for your experiences and anything you want feedback on, and, importantly, help make it fun.
Meditation can be fun. Even when it’s tough.
I’ve found that while my meditation practice is personal and generally happens when I’m alone, I remain focussed on this journey by having friends and community who also meditate.
From 21 July, I’m holding a 10-day online meditation challenge. It will be relaxed, fun and easy.
All subscribers will be able to participate in the 10-day challenge in the Substack chat, which helps build community.
Paid subscribers also get a free downloadable meditation diary and a meditation track composed just for this challenge.
If you join in, the challenge is to meditate for 10/10.
Ten days straight. A minimum of ten minutes a day.
The rest is flexible. You can choose when to meditate. Where you’ll meditate. Even for how long – I’ll be meditating for longer than ten minutes, and so can you.
That’s it for now. Have a think about whether you want to join in and let me know.
Who’s in?
With gratitude,
Jane xx