Going Out Of Your Mind

You don't need a dark corner or an empty mind to meditate. Just go about your day and find peace in the little things

- SEEMA GOSWAMI

As part of my resolution to try something new every time I go on vacation, I signed up for a guided meditation class last week. I have dabbled with yoga in my time, have done my share of breathing exercises, but somehow I have never really got around to meditating in earnest. It began well, with the mandatory inhales and exhales and many chants of Om, all of which I am familiar with. But as the instructions got more and more complicated (“Put the backs of your hands together, place them on your chest, and move your thumbs in a clockwise motion”) my mind, instead of being cleansed of all thought, began to focus on all the aches and pains that my body was experiencing, almost as if in protest against the indignities it was being subjected to.