How did your meditation go today? For those who joined our early call, what was it like starting your day with meditation? If you haven't practice, set an intention to practice later on today. Drop a GIF, share some words, or if you have questions - I'll do my best to answer them. With warmth, Brandon

Did you take time to meditate or have purposeful silence today? If you did, how did it go? If you didn’t, are you willing to commit to time for yourself today and tomorrow?

How did your practice go today? - What went well? - What was difficult? If you haven't practiced yet, when are you going to meditate later today? What kind of technique are you going to use? How might this impact your life? Share below by just dropping a GIF for an intention, or you can do a short check-in. Also, if you have any questions about your practice today, feel free to drop it in the comment box

Stabilize First: Why Concentration Comes Before Everything Most people try to go straight into insight, visualization, or more advanced practices. But their attention isn’t stable. So nothing really lands. — If you can’t stabilize your attention, everything else stays inconsistent. That’s the foundation. — A simple way to understand your practice: Center of gravity — where you are right now Trailing edge — what’s already stable Leading edge — what you’re growing into If you don’t know these, you’re guessing. If you do, you can actually train. — At the beginning, it’s fine to explore. Different teachers. Different methods. But at some point, you have to commit. Otherwise, you stay scattered. — Today we worked with a simple concentration practice: Sit upright Relax the body Feel the breath Stay with it Again and again. — I used the metaphor of training a wild elephant. Your mind doesn’t settle because you want it to. It settles because you train it. Gently. Consistently. Repeatedly. — If your meditation feels unstable, don’t add more. Go back to concentration. Stabilize first. Everything else builds on that. — Where are you right now in your practice?

If you’re new here, please take a moment to introduce yourself in the comments! Currently we meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8am CST for freely offered meditation sessions. You can find them within our calendar. Have fun! Any questions let me know 🙏 Warmly, Brandon